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- Ulysses S. Grant
- Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, who was general of the Union Army during the Civil War and the 18th president of the United States.
- Format: image/photograph
- Sea Grant North Carolina
- With a variety of research and outreach programs, this organization provides several educational opportunities for marine science educators including workshops, marine science and environmental education curriculum development, research opportunities and grants, and field trips.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- War Exposition, Grant Park, Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels and Captain William A. Moffett standing in automobile
- Informal portrait of Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels (right), and Captain William A. Moffett (left) of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station standing in the back of an automobile. A crowd is visible behind the automobile. This image was probably taken...
- Format: image/photograph
- Seasonal farm landscapes
- Students will have visited the farm landscape four times throughout the year, recording their observations during four seasons. The drawings will incorporate their knowledge of farms from our visits, their exposure to the seasonal landscapes of Grant Wood and Claude Monet, and their knowledge of landscape art and its elements of color and perspective developed at the Museum. The final project will be individual student books containing their landscape drawings and text.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education)
- By Jamie Barnhill.
- Invest in Teachers Award
- Help fund teacher professional development in your school or school district with LEARN NC's Invest in Teachers Award.
- Mary Slocumb
- A statue of Mary Slocumb at Moores Creek Battlefield.
- Format: image/photograph
- Obtaining permission for copyrighted materials
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 3.5
- If your desired use of a copyrighted work does not fall under fair use and the work is not licensed for public use, you must ask permission before using it. Be sure to think through carefully what...
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- The Civil War: From Bull Run to Appomattox
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.3
- Summary of military and political action in the U.S. Civil War, 1861–1865.
- Format: article
- Johnston surrenders
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.11
- Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army to Union General William T. Sherman at Bennett Place in present-day Durham, North Carolina on April 26, 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.
- Format: article
- A proprietary colony: Exploring the Charter of Carolina
- In this lesson for grade 8, students will examine the 1663 Charter of Carolina and complete a graphic organizer exploring the elements of the Charter. Students will then write a letter to the king of England from the perspective of one of the Lords Proprietors.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Sherman's march through North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.7
- After capturing Atlanta in September 1864, Union General William Sherman led his troops on a "March to the Sea" across Georgia, destroying crops, livestock, supplies, and civilian infrastructure that might possibly support the Confederate war effort. He then turned north into the Carolinas, entering North Carolina in March 1865. This "Carolinas Campaign" ended with the surrender of Confederate General Joseph Johnston to Sherman at Bennett Place on April 26.
- Format: article
- Original boundaries of Carolina (1663/1665)
- This map shows the original borders of the province of Carolina as defined by the 1663 Charter of Carolina (dark green) and the subsequent charter of 1665 (light green). Under the charter of 1663, the borders of Carolina are defined as all the land from 31°...
- Format: image/map
- Timeline of the Civil War, July 1861-July 1864
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.2
- Timeline of events from the First Battle of Bull Run to the summer of 1864.
- Format: timeline
- A successful day? Engaging your students may not be enough
- In The First Year, page 2.1
- To ensure that you meet your objectives, plan backwards from what you want students to learn.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Fraction fun
- Introduce fractions and mixed numbers using paper plates.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Lourine Grant.
- Count and eat the M&Ms
- The student will participate in a pre-math activity using the computer. The child will learn to count objects from 0-10 unassisted on the computer. Thus, each child will be rewarded with a special snack time. They will count M&M's from 0 to 10 and eat them as an incentive and a reward.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
- By Frank Lowdermilk.
- A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663)
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.6
- Initial plans by the Lords Proprietors for settling and governing the province of Carolina. Primary source includes historical commentary.
- Format: declaration
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- The Walton War
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 1.8
- Poor and inaccurate surveying led to border disputes between North Carolina and its neighbors. In December 1804, a battle was fought over an area claimed by both North Carolina and Georgia.
- Format: article
- Screech Owl Farm School
- Students will learn about farm ecology when they participate in one of the tailor-made field trips at one of the local partner farms.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Wilmington, Fort Fisher, and the lifeline of the Confederacy
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.4
- By the fall of 1864, Wilimington, North Carolina, protected by Fort Fisher, was the last major Confederate port still open. Ships running the Union blockade brought supplies to the port, which were then carried to armies in Virginia via the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. When Fort Fisher fell to Union forces in January 1865, Wilmington soon followed.
- Format: article
