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- The growth of cities
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.4
- Cities grew rapidly after the Civil War, in North Carolina as across the United States. But the great majority of North Carolina's population remained rural. This article includes maps and tables of census data.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Photo analysis: Focus on population
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the population of the region in which they were taken.
- Format: worksheet
- By Eric Eaton.
- Migration into and out of North Carolina: Exploring census data
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.2
- Just how many people left North Carolina in the first half of the nineteenth century -- and where did they go? To answer questions like this, the best place to turn is census records. The census can't tell us why people moved, but a look at the numbers can give us a sense of the scale of the migration.
- Format: activity
- By David Walbert.
- Using percent of change to measure NC growth
- Students will work in small groups to use the internet to gather data on the population growth for each of the 100 counties in NC from 1992 to 1995. From this data students will find the percent of increase/decrease for the counties they have been assigned. As a follow-up, the students will enter their data into a computer spreadsheet and from that spreadsheet, produce graphs of the information.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Computer/Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
- By Wanda Washburn.
- Careers in banking: Working with exponential growth
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.9
- In this lesson, students use exponential growth to solve problems related to careers in banking.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
- By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
- Cities and public architecture
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.7
- In this activity, students compare photographs of public buildings in Charlotte before and after industrialization and the growth of the city in the late nineteenth century to learn about industrial wealth and the culture of the Gilded Age.
- Format: article
- Sports statisticians: Working with systems of equations
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.10
- In this lesson, students use the substitution and eliminations methods to solve systems of equations related to basketball statistics.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
- By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
- Ecuador: A study of population
- In this lesson, students will create population pyramid graphs and analyze photographs to investigate population in Ecuador. Students will draw on this analysis to make predictions about how population issues will affect Ecuador's future. The lesson plan is designed to be adapted to the study of various countries.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies)
- By Eric Eaton.
- Language change in North Carolina's cities
- In this activity, students view a video about the changing dialects of North Carolina's urban areas and then respond to a series of questions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Hannah Askin.
- Working with matrices
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.8
- In this lesson, students use matrices to organize sets of data.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
- By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
- Soil and Composting
- Soil is an important natural resource. These resources explain the types of soils, its importance to the growth of plants, and how we can create rich soil from leaves, grass clippings, and vegetable scraps.
- Format: bibliography/help
- The growth of slavery in North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.6
- Slavery came to North Carolina with the first European settlement, though it grew slowly at first. The institution developed in a unique way in North Carolina, and by the early national period it was fully integrated into the state's society and economy.
- Format: article
- Athletics
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.9
- As the urban middle and working classes grew in the late nineteenth century, so did their desire for leisure activities. The result was a growth in sports and athletics. Includes early motion pictures of school athletics.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- From rural Mexico to North Carolina
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.2
- Most immigrants to North Carolina from Mexico come from rural areas, and it is valuable for teachers to understand these students' cultural backgrounds.
- By Regina Cortina.
- Antebellum North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Archibald Murphey calls for better inland navigation
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.7
- Excerpt from Archibald Murphey’s Report to the Committee on Inland Navigation in which he calls for the government to invest in the state’s internal transportation system as a way to break their dependency on neighboring states and to increase land values, population and state revenue.
- Format: report
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
- Quick study: Mississippian Period
- A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Mississippian Period and its key characteristics.
- Growth and transformation: The United States in the Gilded Age
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.1
- Between the Civil War and the First World War, industry and cities grew at a tremendous pace in the United States.
- Format: article
- Sound to Sea Environmental Education Program
- Learn about the interconnectedness of man and nature and explore complex ecosystems at this camp and conference center located on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Turning the century
- Students will create a museum display illustrating life during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
- By Lisa Stamey.
