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The Lost Colony: In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 3; Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted to establish an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition met constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

Reading guide: A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663): These questions will help to guide students' reading of "A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina" and encourage them to think critically about the text.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Teaching suggestions: A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina: These teaching suggestions will help you discuss "A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina" with your class and will provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of the reading. The questions and activities will encourage students to think critically about the text and to develop historical empathy.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Educator's guide: The arrival of Swiss immigrants: Teaching suggestions to help your students synthesize the information in the article "The Arrival of Swiss Immigrants."; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

The Lost Colony: Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition was met with constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

John Lawson: John Lawson (1674? – 1711) was a British explorer, naturalist and writer. He played an important role in the history of colonial North Carolina. Little is known definitively about his early life but it seems probable that he had a good education and...; Format: biography

Colonial cooking and foodways: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.15; A reenactor demonstrates cooking over an open fire.; Format: video

Governing the Piedmont: In Colonial North Carolina, page 5.7; As settlers spread across the North Carolina Piedmont in the eighteenth century, the provincial government didn't keep up with them. Westerners weren't fairly represented in the provincial Assembly, and the so-called "Granville District," owned by the one remaining Lord Proprietor, was badly mismanaged.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Broadside listing supplies for colonists, 1622: This document from 1622 lists recommended supplies that colonists from England should take with them to the Virginia colony.; Format: image/document

Work in Colonial America: Blacksmithing: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.16; A reenactor demonstrates the work of a colonial blacksmith and explains his role in the community.; Format: video

North Carolina place names: In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.8; This lesson contrasts and compares the names that Native Americans living in North Carolina gave to their villages and places with the names that European and other settlers gave to theirs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

Waldensian Museum: The Waldesian Museum celebrates the Waldesian church and its members who settled in this area of North Carolina on the late 1800s.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Will of Susanna Robisson, 1709: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.3; Will of a poor woman from colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.; Format: will

The importance of one simple plant: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.10; In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.1; The natives of America could trace the history of maize to the beginning of time. Maize was the food of the gods that had created the Earth. It played a central role in many native myths and legends. And it came to be one of their most important foods. Maize, in some form, made up roughly 65 percent of the native diet. When European settlers reached the New World, they learned to cultivate Indian corn from their native neighbors.; Format: article; By Terry L. Sargent.

Those feuding Greeks!: This lesson is designed to familiarize students with the philosophical, political, economic, military and social differences between Athens and Sparta.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Social Studies); By Pernell Collett.

Dashed hopes for the frontier: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.2; The British won vast territory in North America after the Seven Years’ War, but with that territory came the problem of governing it. British officials tried -- and failed -- to balance the interests of colonists and American Indians, and the conflicts that resulted made the colonists increasingly unhappy with British rule and led, ultimately, to the American Revolution.; Format: article

The Tuscarora War: In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.2; The encroachment of British colonists on Tuscarora land in North Carolina resulted in numerous conflicts. Control over the most desirable land caused disputes, British settlers engaged in unfair trade practices and violated treaties, and the Tuscarora raided British livestock. In 1711, these and other sources of conflict erupted into bloody warfare. With the assistance of soldiers and rival tribes from South Carolina, the Tuscarora were defeated in 1712. Following the war, the Tuscarora emigrated to New York and joined the Iroquois of the Long House.; Format: article

A low-lying peninsula: In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 6; We now take a virtual leap from a barrier island to the far end of Carteret County's Down East peninsula. This peninsula separates Bogue Sound from the Neuse River estuary, but does so with a flat and low-lying land. This characteristic of the land was noticed...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Supplies for Virginia colonists, 1622: In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.2; A 1622 broadside listing recommended supplies for British colonists to bring to Virginia.; Format: document

Expanding to the west: Settlement of the Piedmont region, 1730 to 1775: In Colonial North Carolina, page 5.1; The population of North Carolina's Piedmont region more than doubled in the decade from 1765 to 1775. Most of the settlers who arrived during that time were European Americans traveling from the North via the Great Indian Trading Path and the Great Wagon Road.; Format: article; By Christopher E. Hendricks and J. Edwin Hendricks.

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