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Reading primary sources: Newspaper editorials: This interactive guide to reading a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: newspaper (multiple pages)

Reading primary sources: Newspaper advertisements: This interactive guide to reading classified advertisements in a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: newspaper (multiple pages)

Newspaper words: Students will use newspapers to find the letters for certain words, such as spelling words, or words with certain beginnings or endings, and then create those particular words by cutting and pasting.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Emily Goodson.

Reading newspapers: Editorial and opinion pieces: A learner's guide to identifying, reading, and understanding editorial and opinion pieces in historical newspapers.; Format: article/learner's guide; By Kathryn Walbert.

North Carolina news: In Election 2008, page 2.1; News & Observer: Election 2008 (Raleigh) The Raleigh News & Observer's online election section covers state, local, and national election campaigns. The News...

Reading newspapers: Reader contributions: A learner's guide to reading letters to the editor and other reader contributions in historical newspapers.; Format: article/learner's guide; By Kathryn Walbert.

Literature-based newspaper: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Students will create an Eatonville newspaper depicting the characters and events in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Jennifer Swartz.

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

Current events in Africa: In this lesson for grade seven, students find two news stories about a current event in Africa: one from an American media source and one from an African media source. Students compare the two to gain an understanding of cultural bias and perspective.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Shane Freeman.

Lawrence Kohlberg's Six Stages of Moral Reasoning: There are many aspects to the understanding of human behavior. The study of psychology would be incomplete without a detailed analysis of Lawrence Kohlberg's Six Stages of Moral Reasoning. It is a vital part of the different stages in the life cycle. This lesson plan will help students understand and become more aware of their own human behavior as it relates to the concept of moral reasoning.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By James Mach.

A land of many wetlands: In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 1; Eastern North Carolina is a land of many wetlands. More than forty different types have been identified by botanists with the state's Natural Heritage Program. Geographically, this wetland heritage was achieved in the most straightforward way: all of the land...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Reading newspapers: Factual reporting: This learner's guide introduces students to the use of historical newspapers as primary sources and provides key questions for reading them.; Format: article/learner's guide; By Kathryn Walbert.

"Hang" a time: Students will create their own timelines in a simple "clothesline" format using newspapers as a resource for dates, times and words for related events. Criteria will be simple at first to assure understanding but can be made more complex with subsequent activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Cora Mae Pipkin.

Reading newspapers: Advertisements: A learner's guide to reading and understanding advertisements in historical newspapers.; Format: article/learner's guide; By Kathryn Walbert.

The Cherokee language and syllabary: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.2; In the early nineteenth century, a Cherokee silversmith named Sequoyah invented a syllabary, or syllabic alphabet, for the Cherokee language. Within a few years, books and newspapers were printed in Cherokee, and by 1830, as many as 90 percent of Cherokee were literate in their own language. This article includes audio recordings of spoken Cherokee.; Format: article

Teaching with primary sources: This collection of resources includes best practice articles, primary source process guides, lesson plans that model historical inquiry, and book-length materials that incorporate primary sources.; Format: bibliography/help

Debating war with Britain: For the war: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 8.4; Article from the Raleigh Star, published just after Congress declared war on Great Britain in 1812, arguing in support of the war. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Election time using a database: Students, working in groups, use various resources to answer prepared questions about the candidates. Students will enter their data into a prepared database. With teacher guidance, students will learn to use the database to find information.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and Social Studies); By Lee Yahnker.

The African American State Fair: In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.10; For several years in the late nineteenth century, African American farmers held their own state fair in Raleigh to showcase improvements in agriculture.; Format: article; By Jim L. Sumner.

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