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Australian travel adventure: Students will learn information about each of Australia's states and territories by researching information from Internet sites. They will then take what they have learned and decorate the outline of a car with symbols and pictures that represent information gained from their research.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Courtney Flynt.

The Indian Removal Act of 1830: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.5; Act of Congress, passed in 1830, authorizing President Andrew Jackson to transfer Eastern Indian tribes to the territories west of the Mississippi River. Includes historical commentary.; Format: legislation; Commentary and sidebar notes by Kathryn Walbert, L. Maren Wood, and David Walbert.

National borders: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 6; Some Vietnamese Communists today point to early anti-French communist groups that emerged in North Vietnam in the 1930s, but no serious nationalist or communist movements emerged before World War II. The Japanese invaded French Indochina in 1940 and, as everywhere,...

Soviet watch tower at border: Taken from inside an archway looking out, the photo depicts a young male and in the distance, a Soviet watch tower that is on the border of the U.S.S.R (now Armenia) and Turkey. The tower is on top of a low sloping hill, overlooking the territories surrounding...; Format: image/photograph

Map of Greater America, 1899: Map shows the extent of U.S. territories and possessions after the Spanish-American War.; Format: image/map

Quick study: Archaic Period: A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Archaic Period and its key characteristics.

Silhouette of doorway at Balinese Hindu Temple: A silhouette view of an archway at a Balinese Hindu Temple near Kintamani allows the viewer to see through the doorway to the carved spire of another similar temple archway. Each Balinese house compound has a family shrine or temple, and each village has at...; Format: image/photograph

Ani warning sign: This picture is of a warning sign in several different languages posted by the Turkish government as a warning for people in Turkey not to mess with the border to the U.S.S.R. There are four warnings in English. The sign reads: WARNING You are in...; Format: image/photograph

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.

The Cupola House in historic Edenton, NC: This is The Cupola House in historic Edenton, North Carolina. Here is a blurb on the history of the house from cupolahouse.org: "For over two and a quarter centuries, the Cupola House has stood watch from the north shore of Edenton Bay. It was built in 1758...; Format: image/photograph

Australia: Learn more about the history, cultures, and geography of the “land down under” with this sampling of great educational resources found on LEARN NC.; Format: bibliography/help

Searching for greener pastures: Out-migration in the 1800s: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.1; In the first half of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of emigration flowed from North Carolina to western states and territories. North Carolinians were pushed by a lack of economic opportunity at home and pulled by open land in the West. Only after the 1830s, when a progressive political leadership supported schools and internal improvements, did out-migration slow.; Format: article; By Donald R. Lennon and Fred D. Ragan.

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 Proclamation Line of 1763: In the Treaty of Paris (1763) that ended the Seven Years War, Britain gained all of Canada as well as the territory north of New Orleans, Louisiana, and between the Eastern Great Divide and the Mississippi River. France, which was forced to cede this territory,...; Format: image/map

Native peoples of the Chesapeake region: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.9; The Chesapeake Bay has been home to Native Americans for over 10,000 years. Throughout their histories — even to the present day — these societies have adapted to difficult circumstances and unforeseen changes. Chesapeake natives have faced wars, epidemic diseases, loss of land, and treaty violations.; Format: article

The expansion of slavery and the Missouri Compromise: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 8.8; By 1820, a growing population gave the North a majority in the House of Representatives, but slave and free states still had equal representation in the Senate. The admission of Missouri to the Union as a slave state threatened that balance, but the "Missouri Compromise" maintained it by admitting Maine as a free state and banning slavery in the Lousiana territory north of Missouri's southern boundary. Page includes a map showing U.S. territorial expansion.; Format: article

Quick study: Paleoindian Period: A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Paleoindian Period and its key characteristics.

Vietnam: Historical background: Vietnam has strong historical connections to China and India and has been ruled by both China and France. After turmoil and wars in the twentieth century, Vietnam embarked on a program of reform that has opened relations with the United States.; By Lorraine Aragon.

American History: This selection of American history resources found on LEARN NC takes students from the very infancy of our country to modern times.; Format: bibliography/help

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