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- Northampton County Museum
- Exhibits focus on the history of the Northampton County area from the prehistoric to the present.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Davidson County Historical Museum
- Located in the Old Davidson County Courthouse (ca. 1858), the Museum is the centerpiece of Uptown Lexington's National Register Historic District. Visit the Museum to learn more about local and regional history while exploring the grandest of North Carolina's antebellum courthouses.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Grimes Mill
- Located at 600 North Church Street in Salisbury, this is the only roller mill museum in North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Norlina Train Museum
- Go back in time and learn about the history of the town of Norlina at this museum which houses only local railroad memorabilia.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Clay County Historical and Arts Museum
- Visit the red brick jailhouse that has been turned into a museum and exhibit space by the Clay County Historical and Arts Council.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Election 2008
- Educational resources to help students and teachers understand the 2008 elections.
- Format: (multiple pages)
- Shore-Styers Mill Nature Park
- This primitive site lies alongside a large waterfall, and contains the ruins of a gristmill, circa 1895.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum
- Take a field trip to the Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum and learn about the history and people of Columbus County.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Old Wilkes Walking Tour
- Touring Old Wilkesboro gives students insight into the town's past. Historic refurbished buildings with authentic artifacts show what life in Wilkesboro was like from the 1700s to the present.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Whippoorwill Academy and Village
- Tours and educational programs at Whippoorwill Academy and Village focus on the history of Wilkes County, early rural education, and the stories of Tom Dula and Daniel Boone.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Old Depot Association
- The museum provides exhibits that honor the local and mountain heritage and crafts. A photographic exhibit in the Caboose Museum shows the pictures of the history of the depot and has railroad memorabilia and music of the era.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Historic Rosedale Plantation
- Located a few miles from the center of downtown Charlotte, the Rosedale Plantation is a good representation of plantation life in Piedmont North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Lincoln County Museum of History
- The museum houses special collections of artifacts and historical objects as well as primary source documents such as photographs, maps, diaries, letters, and other materials.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Person County Museum of History
- A unique collection of buildings and fascinating exhibits of memorabilia and artifacts tell the story of Person County.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Wright Tavern
- Built in 1816, the Wright Tavern was in operation for over a century. It is a "rare example of a frame construction dog-run building and the finest existing example of this plan in North Carolina." It is open for tours by appointment only.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Connecting with community through oral history
- In Oral history in the classroom, page 5
- Through interviews and photographs, Harnett County students learn about their community's agricultural past.
- By Jean Sweeney Shawver.
- Wayne County Museum
- Students will learn about the history of Wayne County as well as the influence of historic events on the people and way of life in the area.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Cleveland County Historical Museum
- Students will learn about the early days of Cleveland County and will see artifacts and other exhibits at this historical museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 1869: A report on schools in North Carolina
- In this lesson, students use a guided reading to look at a report on the status of education in North Carolina in 1869, and discuss the reasons given then for why the Governor and Legislature should support educating North Carolina's children. They are provided an opportunity to compare and contrast the 1869 document against their own ideas about the civic duty to attend school through age sixteen, and its relative value to the state and the country.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies)
- By Victoria Schaefer.
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