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The North Carolina Writers' Network: Literary Hall of Fame

Find biographical information about North Carolina writers who have been inducted into the Literary Hall of Fame. Periodically, this organization holds teacher workshops, check back often to learn more.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Rip Van Winkle

The classic short story by Washington Irving, in which the title character walks into the Catskill Mountains, drinks a magic draught, and falls asleep for twenty years, missing the American Revolution and the changes it wrought.

Format: story

Poor Richard's Almanack

In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.12

Excerpts from the alamanc published by Benjamin Franklin show what colonial Americans read and what topics interested them, including weather predictions, religion, history, astrology, and schedules of court dates. Includes both images of the original almanacs and transcriptions as well as historical commentary.

Format: magazine

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

Resources on the web

Tarheel Junior Historian Association

Organization that encourages student study of local and state history. Any group of young people in grades four through twelve with an adult adviser can organize a junior history club. For more information on the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, call... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: North Carolina Museum of History