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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

From the education reference

site-based management
Organizational structure that decentralizes authority and increases the autonomy of individual schools. Responsibility and accountability are at the school level, and the decision-making process includes teachers, administrators, parents, and community members.

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The Historic Shaw Properties Site Museum
These restored homes, tool shed, and tobacco barn from the late 1700s and early 1800s can be toured at this historic site in Southern Pines.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Reed Gold Mine (NC Historic Site)
Visitors can explore the gold mine and see historical mining equipment, gold ore, and much more at this North Carolina historic site.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The McLendon Cabin and the James Bryant House Historic Site
Located at Harris Crossroads in upper Moore County, both of these restored structures are available for students to tour.
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Beaufort Historic Site
Students will enjoy touring historic Beaufort with its beautiful old homes, seaport, graveyard, and folklore of Blackbeard the pirate.
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Information about the Lost Colony, the Civil War, Virginia Dare as well as thoughtful explorations into cultural conflict in this area and women's role in the 1587 Lost Colony.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Online Visitor Information Center
Maintained by the National Park Service this web page is useful for anyone planning a trip to the King historic site in Atlanta, GA or interested in the life of the civil rights leader.
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Vance Birthplace (NC Historic Site)
Learn about the birthplace of Zebulon Baird Vance and his famous mountain family on this site.
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Connemara: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
A place of solitude and peace for Carl Sandburg and his wife, Connemara is managed by the National Park Service. The home "preserves the Sandburg legacy for future generations."
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Somerset Place (NC Historic Site)
Located on the banks of Phelps Lake, Somerset Place is a representative antebellum plantation offering a view of life during the period before the Civil War. It became one of North Carolina's most prosperous rice, corn, and wheat plantations.
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Murray's Mill Historic District
Step back in time at the Murray's Mill Historic District and see what it was like to live there years ago.
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Raleigh: A Capital City
An itinerary for a tour of the capital of the Old North State. The site provides information and photographs for Raleigh's historic districts, architecture, parks and recreational areas, and more.
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Historic Bethabara Park
An introduction to the stories that can be discovered at this historic site, including the story of the Moravians, the 1753 wilderness preserve, colonial agriculture, cultural history, the village of 1754, and more. This website features several images highlighting the historical gardens, the "people's house," and many other aspects of Bethabara.
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The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough
Take students on a guided walking tour through Hillsborough's historic district and go inside the Norwood Law Office, the Orange County Historical Museum, the Burwell School Historic Site, and the Hughes Academy. Along the way they will also see the Old Orange County Courthouse, historic churches, cemeteries, colonial and antebellum homes, and much more.
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Mordecai Historic Park
This late eighteenth/early nineteenth century plantation home and historic park is located on the edge of downtown Raleigh, NC.
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Newbold-White House Historic Site
The oldest house in the state open to the public on a regular basis. The grounds remain virtually unchanged since the early 1700s and include a seasonal herb garden and a Quaker cemetery dating to the 17th century.
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Pottery from Town Creek
In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 6
Figure 4 shows some examples of pots and pottery fragments found at Town Creek along with artifacts made of stone and shell about 1200 CE. This photograph was made of one of the displays in the Museum at the Town Creek State Historic Site in Montgomery County....
By Dirk Frankenberg.
Theater at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Theater at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
The outdoor theater at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island where Paul Green's drama The Lost Colony is performed.
Format: image/photograph
Thomas Wolfe Memorial (NC Historic Site)
Thomas Wolfe wrote fiction and used the setting of his mother's boardinghouse in Asheville, NC in his autobiographical novel Look Homeward, Angel. The house is now the location of The Thomas Wolfe Memorial. Read a biography of Wolfe on this website and learn about visiting the memorial.
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Historic Bath
Read about the archaeological excavation at Bonner's Point, Bath co-founder John Lawson, Cary's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, Blackbeard, and Bath legends. Look at historic images, maps, and video describing the history of Bath.
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Historic Oakwood Cemetery
Many famous North Carolinians are buried in Historic Oakwood Cemetery. This homepage for the cemetery has pictures of the cemetery and information about it.
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