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African American History to 1950
Examine African American history in the contexts of United States, North Carolina and world history. Assignments draw from a wealth of classroom-oriented primary sources, including slave testimonies, photographs, oral histories, and more.
Take this course: Begins January 6.

From the education reference

primary source
Original record or account of an event or topic that provides firsthand information. A primary source reflects the individual viewpoint of someone who observed or participated in the event or topic.

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Cartoon analysis worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a cartoon, especially a political cartoon. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
Format: document/worksheet
Motion picture analysis worksheet
Worksheet for students to use when analyzing historical motion pictures, such as documentaries, propaganda, and training films. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
Format: document/worksheet
Photo analysis worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a photograph. May be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
Format: document/worksheet
Artifact analysis worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a physical artifact. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
Format: document/worksheet
Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet
Worksheet for students to use when analyzing a sound recording. The worksheet assumes historical recordings produced in the United States, but could easily be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer as a
Format: document/worksheet
Poster analysis worksheet
Worksheet for students to use when analyzing propaganda posters. The worksheet assumes posters created by the United States government during the Depression and Second World War, but could be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer...
Format: document/worksheet
Map analysis worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a map. The worksheet assumes that the map is used in conjunction with studying a specific historical event, but may easily be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer as a
Format: document/worksheet
Written document analysis worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a written document. May be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
Format: document/worksheet
Primary sources: a process guide for students
Questions to consider when reading primary source documents.
By Dan McDowell.
Reading primary sources: Worksheet
This worksheet breaks down the process of analyzing a primary source into five levels of questions: identify, contextualize, explore, analyze, and evaluate the source.
Format: document/worksheet
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)
Primary and secondary clays
In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 3
The old photograph on the introductory page and Figure 1 show secondary and primary clays being recovered from the earth's crust in North Carolina's Piedmont. Most of the clays used in pottery are secondary, but much brick-making clay and some specialized...
By Dirk Frankenberg.
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)
A picture is worth a thousand words
An example of how a single image can provoke discussions at all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
By Bobby Hobgood and David Walbert.
Secondary and Primary Piedmont Clays
Secondary and Primary Piedmont Clays
Format: image/photograph
American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide
Each article in this series features an in-depth look at one aspect of the Library of Congress' American Memory with a special focus on North Carolina materials.
Format: series (multiple pages)
Religion and slavery in the American South: Comparing perspectives
In this lesson plan, students consult a variety of primary sources from the Documenting the American South Collection to uncover the varied impacts of religion in the lives of slaves in the American South. They are encouraged to seek out multiple, and sometimes contradictory, perspectives of this history.
Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
By Meghan Mcglinn.
Reading primary sources: Slave narratives
This interactive guide to reading a slave narrative 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: interview (multiple pages)
Colorful fruit bowl
Students learn color theory by exploring color mixing. Students will use overlapping to show simple perspective in their picture.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education)
By Marilyn Carter.
Wills and inventories: A process guide
Guiding questions for students investigating daily life in the past through wills, inventories, and probate records.
Format: article/learner's guide
By David Walbert.