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House chamber, North Carolina State Legislative Building: Interior of the House chamber in the State Legislative Building in Raleigh, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Capital Area Visitor Information: Find information for scheduling a free comprehensive tour of many of Raleigh's cultural attractions and a description of the sites you can visit, including the State Capitol, the State Legislative Building, the Executive Mansion, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of History, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Comparing governments - Local, State, and National: This lesson on comparing governments will focus on looking at the similarities and differences between local, state, and federal governments in North Carolina and the United States. It is suggested that this lesson be followed by Comparing governments - International. This plan could be easily adapted for eighth grade or high school ESL students.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Development and Social Studies); By Tami Weaver and Wendy Pineda.

North Carolina's leaders speak out on emigration: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.3; Excerpts from a speech by Governor William Miller, 1816, and from an 1833 legislative committee report, both bemoaning the lack of economic opportunities for North Carolina's citizens. Includes historical commentary.; Format: speech

Dorothea Dix Hospital: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.7; Dorothea Dix, a reformer from New England, came to North Carolina in the 1840s to campaign for a state mental hospital that would provide humane care to the mentally ill. Her efforts resulted in the construction of Dix Hill Asylum (now called Dorothea Dix Hospital) which opened in 1856.; Format: article

1919 political cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman: The National Archives and Records Administration's description of this cartoon reads: When this cartoon was published the 1920 Presidential election was nearly a year and a half away. There were no clear front-runners and both major parties were...; Format: image/cartoon

Carousel brainstorming: Carousel brainstorming is a strategy that requires students to access background knowledge or review what they have learned by thinking about subtopics within a broader topic. This strategy can be used in any discipline.; Format: lesson plan; By Pauline S. Johnson.

A Bill to Prevent All Persons from Teaching Slaves to Read or Write, the Use of Figures Excepted (1830): In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.9; Law enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, 1830. Includes historical commentary.; Format: legislation; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr. (1758–1802): Richard Dobbs Spaight was a North Carolina delegate to the Constitutional Convention and active in state and national politics.; Format: biography

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.

Presidential election: In Election 2008, page 1.1; A guide to the candidates who will appear on the North Carolina ballot in 2008 - who they are, what they've been up to and where they stand on the issues.; Format: bibliography

The Mecklenburg Resolves: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.3; On receiving news of Lexington and Concord in May 1775, the Mecklenburg County Committee of Safety adopted these "resolves," or resolutions, declaring all royal authority to be suspended. Includes historical commentary.; Format: document

Conservative opposition: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.2; Newspaper editorial attacking the Reconstruction-era Republican majority in North Carolina as incompetent and corrupt. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

Improving your technology utilization: A quick review can help you determine whether your school is making the most of its technology budget.; By Chris Hitch.

The Halifax Resolves: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.10; After the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina's fourth Provincial Congress met at Halifax in April 1776, and resolved that the colony's delegates to the Continental Congress should support a move to declare independence. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: proclamation

The Constitutional Convention: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.3; The Articles of Confederation proved too weak to govern the new United States effectively, and in 1787, Congress authorized a convention to revise the document. Instead, the convention wrote an entirely new constitution for the United States.; Format: article

Toward a union of the colonies?: In Colonial North Carolina, page 8.3; The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. The plan was adopted on July 10, 1754, by representatives from seven of the British North American colonies. Although never carried out, it was the first important plan to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government.; Format: article

A capital in the "wilderness": In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 1.4; In 1792, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to place a permanent state capital in Wake County. Joel Lane sold 1,000 acres of land to the state, and in the years that followed, the city of Raleigh was planned and built.; Format: article

Hugh Williamson (1735–1819): Hugh Wiliamson, a doctor and scientist, was one of North Carolina's delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and was also active in national politics.; Format: biography

The Articles of Confederation: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.2; Full text of the Articles of Confederation, which established the first national government after the American colonies declared their independence from Britain. Includes historical commentary.; Format: constitution

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