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Liberation and deliberation: The North Carolina ratification debates of 1788: This lesson focuses on the deliberations over ratification of the US Constitution by the North Carolina legislators. In particular it traces the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-federalists found in the primary sources digitized in the Documenting the American South collection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By Mark Laskowski.

Paving the road to the Constitution: Students will be able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation as related to the United States and North Carolina. Students will be able to demonstrate an argument for or against ratification of the United States Constitution.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Kim Bennett.

Ratifying the amendments: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.4; In 1835, a convention passed amendments to the North Carolina state constitution. In this activity, students map votes for ratification by county and explain the patterns they see.; Format: activity; By David Walbert.

Ratification of the 19th amendment: Map shows when the states ratified the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote. The approval of thirty-six states was needed to ratify the amendment; Tennessee became the thirty-sixth on August 18, 1920, fourteen months after...; Format: image/map

The Constitutional Convention: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.3; The Articles of Confederation proved too weak to govern the new United States effectively, and in 1787, Congress authorized a convention to revise the document. Instead, the convention wrote an entirely new constitution for the United States.; Format: article

Does my vote count? Teaching the electoral college: In Election 2008, page 4.4; Students will learn about the electoral process and its history through reading, research, and discussion. They will then convene a constitutional convention to debate altering this process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By David Walbert.

William Blount (1749–1800): William Blount was one of North Carolina's delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and served in the Continental Army and in various public offices.; Format: biography

William Richardson Davie (1756–1820): William Richardson Davie was a prominent North Carolina lawyer, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, governor, and founder of the University of North Carolina.; Format: biography

Timeline of the Revolution, 1780–1783: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.1; Timeline of events of the American Revolution from the beginning of the Southern Campaign in 1780 to the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the war.; Format: article

The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27: Amendment XI Passed by Congress March 4, 1794. Ratified February 7, 1795. The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against...; Format: constitution

Hugh Williamson (1735–1819): Hugh Wiliamson, a doctor and scientist, was one of North Carolina's delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and was also active in national politics.; Format: biography

Debating the Federal Constitution: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.5; Excerpt of a speech given by William Richardson Davie at the convention called in North Carolina, 1788, to consider ratification of the United States Constitution. Davie explains why the new Constitution is necessary and why it is not a threat to liberty and argues for ratification. Includes historical commentary.; Format: speech

The Suffrage Amendment: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.7; Amendment to the North Carolina state constitution, passed 1899, adding a literacy test and a poll tax requirement for voting but a "grandfather clause" that allowed the requirements to be used specifically to disfranchise blacks. Includes historical commentary.; Format: constitution

Political parties in the United States, 1788–1840: Timeline and explanation of the development of political parties in the early national period. Includes a sidebar about parties in North Carolina.; Format: article

The first national government: The Articles of Confederation: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.1; The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. It established a weak central government that mostly, but not entirely, prevented the individual states from conducting their own foreign diplomacy.; Format: article

A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663): In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.6; Initial plans by the Lords Proprietors for settling and governing the province of Carolina. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: declaration; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Military reconstruction: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.10; First Reconstrution Act, passed by Congress over President Johnson's veto in 1867, which established military rule in the former Confederacy until states were formally readmitted to the Union. Includes historical commentary.; Format: legislation; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

North Carolina demands a declaration of rights: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.6; North Carolina initially rejected the United States Constitution, insisting that it be amended and that a Declaration of Rights be added. The text of the proposed declaration and amendments is provided here with historical commentary noting which provisions found their way into the Bill of Rights.; Format: document

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: In Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities, page 2.5; The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The Constitution of the United States: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.4; An original print copy of the Constitution, 1787. Page 2 of 2 of the original printed Constitution. We...; Format: constitution

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