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Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity three
In this activity for grades 7–12, students will evaluate primary source photographs from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection.
Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.
Counterfeit Bechtler coin (obverse)
Counterfeit Bechtler coin (obverse)
Format: image/photograph
Counterfeit Bechtler coin (reverse)
Counterfeit Bechtler coin (reverse)
Format: image/photograph
Bechtler gold dollar coin (obverse)
Bechtler gold dollar coin (obverse)
Format: image/photograph
Bechtler gold dollar coin (reverse)
Bechtler gold dollar coin (reverse)
Format: image/photograph
Marion Butler and fusion politics
In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.5
After the death of Populist leader Leonidas LaFayette Polk in 1892, North Carolina Populists turned to Sampson County native Marion Butler to lead their party. Butler was instrumental in the "fusion" campaigns of the 1890s that joined the Populist and Republican tickets.
Format: biography
North Carolina Federation of Women's Club Executive Board.
North Carolina Federation of Women's Club Executive Board.
North Carolina Fedartion of Women's Clubs, Executive Board at Pinehurst, May, 1925.
Format: image
North Carolina's first newspaper
In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.11
Without the large port cities of other colonies, North Carolina did not get its first newspaper until 1751. In the second half of the eighteenth century, newspapers were founded in several cities across the coastal plain and Piedmont.
Format: article
Person Hall, UNC
Person Hall, UNC
Person Hall, completed in 1797, served as the first chapel at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Format: image/illustration
Snow Hill, Greene County School House (New)
Snow Hill, Greene County School House (New)
Snow Hill School House, Greene County was renovated by the Woman's Association for the Betterment of Public School Houses in North Carolina. This is an image of the school house after it was renovated.
Format: image
Science News
Science doesn't happen in textbooks! This selection of websites give you a look at what's going on in the world of science right now, and how it's changing our world.
Format: bibliography/help
The cockpit of a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 at the Carolinas Aviation Museum
The cockpit of a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 at the Carolinas Aviation Museum
This is the cockpit of a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Over the past decade the Museum has developed an impressive collection of over forty-five major aircraft, and a wealth of other artifacts. It also...
Format: image/photograph
Probate inventory of Darby O'Brian, 1725
In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.4
Probate inventory of a middle-class man from colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
Format: inventory
The North Carolina Oath of Allegiance
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.8
Form that new soldiers, politicians, and civil servants had to fill out and sign after North Carolina's secession, by which they pledged loyalty to the state and renounced their loyalty to the United States.
Format: document
Enduring amputation
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.10
Letter from a Civil War soldier to his brother about how he is getting along with his artificial leg. Includes historical commentary.
Format: letter
Information literacy: not just for students
Good Internet research skills are important for teachers, too. This article provides an introduction to "information literacy" concepts and a list of references for teachers and media specialists.
Format: article
By Diane Kester.
Carolinas Aviation Museum
Learn about the history of modern aviation in North and South Carolina at this museum which is dedicated to the preservation of aviation heritage.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Address from inhabitants near Haw River
The request of the Inhabitants of the West side of Haw river to the Assembly men and Vestry men of Orange County Whereas the Taxes in the County are larger according to the number of Taxables than adjacent counties and continues so year after year,...
Format: petition
Will of Susanna Robisson, 1709
In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.3
Will of a poor woman from colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
Format: will
Anti-war demonstrators march down Franklin Street
Anti-war demonstrators march down Franklin Street
Protesters carry signs that read, "End the War Now" and "Get out of Viet Nam, Stay out of the Middle East" during a peaceful anti-war demonstration on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1969. The image is part of the UNC Libraries online exhibit,...
Format: image/photograph