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Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools: These articles provide background on Latino immigrants in North Carolina, administrative challenges in binational education, and strategies through which teachers can build on what Latino students bring to their classrooms to create a learning environment that meets the needs of all students.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Educator's guide: The arrival of Swiss immigrants: Teaching suggestions to help your students synthesize the information in the article "The Arrival of Swiss Immigrants."; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Migration into and out of North Carolina: Exploring census data: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.2; Just how many people left North Carolina in the first half of the nineteenth century -- and where did they go? To answer questions like this, the best place to turn is census records. The census can't tell us why people moved, but a look at the numbers can give us a sense of the scale of the migration.; Format: activity; By David Walbert.

Farm animal immigrants: Students will identify a rare or endangered farm animal and then locate its country of origin on a world map. Students will also research the animal and its uses to determine why it was an imported.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); By Meg Millard and Pamela Webb.

Turning the century: Students will create a museum display illustrating life during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies); By Lisa Stamey.

Center for Diversity Education: The CDE is entirely curriculum-focused to assist teachers in embedding a knowledge base of many peoples into the daily content of the classroom in grades K-12. It is the mission of CDE to prepare all students with the necessary skills to maintain a pluralistic democracy in an increasingly complex and diverse nation and world.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Latino children at immigrant rights rally: A Latino boy and girl wave U.S. flags at an Immigrants' Rights March in San Francisco's Mission District on the National Day of Action for Immigrants, April 10, 2006.; Format: image/photograph

Immigration in U.S. history: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.5; Tens of millions of immigrants over four centuries have made the United States what it is today. They came to make new lives and livelihoods in the New World; their hard work benefited themselves and their new home country.; Format: article

Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars.; Format: book (multiple pages)

The growth of cities: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.4; Cities grew rapidly after the Civil War, in North Carolina as across the United States. But the great majority of North Carolina's population remained rural. This article includes maps and tables of census data.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

And justice for all: The Trail of Tears, Mexican deportation, and Japanese internment: Many textbooks mention the Trail of Tears, but fail to mention that this early displacement of an ethnic minority is only the one of many legally-sanctioned forced relocations. This lesson will address the displacement of American Indians through the Trail of Tears, the forced deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, and the internment of Japanese American citizens during WWII.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Patricia Camp.

From Caledonia to Carolina: The Highland Scots: In Colonial North Carolina, page 5.5; Many Scots immigrated to North Carolina due to growing population, changing methods of farming, and the defeat of the Highland Scots by English and Scottish forces in 1746. The first organized settlement of Highland Scots was in Cumberland County, where 350 people moved to in 1739.; Format: article; By Kathryn Beach.

Alternative discussion formats: Museum exhibit design: In Alternative discussion formats, page 6; Designing museum exhibits encourages students to think creatively and to use a wide range of thinking skills.; By Kathryn Walbert.

Bridging language barriers: In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.3; How schools can ease the transition for Latino immigrant students.; By Regina Cortina.

Power sharing and the Lord Proprietors of North Carolina: This lesson examines the essential question: How did government instability under the Lord Proprietors effect the development of North Carolina? The lesson has been modified for novice low English language learners.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Development and Social Studies); By Pamela Glover and Laura Packer.

The Learning Page: Activities and features: In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 6; In this installment of the American Memory Guide, learn to easily locate activities and features specially designed for students and your classroom.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

Climbing the school ladder: A challenging task for immigrant Latino students: In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.1; Teachers play a critical role when helping immigrant children adjust to a new school life. Because immigrants' backgrounds and experiences are so diverse, it is important for teachers no to make assumptions and to get to know individual children.; By Magda Corredor.

The arrival of Swiss immigrants: In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.3; Although it was frowned upon in Switzerland, many Swiss citizens migrated to Carolina in the eighteenth century.; Format: article

Old Stone House: This stone house was built by Michael Braun in 1766. According to the Rowan Museum, the site was virtual wilderness. The two-story Georgian house is indeed stately for its...; Format: image/photograph

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