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- Trees in your own backyard
- This activity lets students discover the benefits of urban forests by looking at trees on the schoolyard. Students will read a synopsis of the 400-year history of communal forests, survey their schoolyard trees, and draft a schoolyard tree ordinance.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Lucy Laffitte.
- The growth of tourism: Southern Pines
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.10
- Report on a trip by doctors to Southern Pines, North Carolina, suggesting that its healthful climate made it an excellent destination for urban tourists and people recovering from illnesses. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: article
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Tropical fruits of Southeast Asia including mango, lotus, mangosteen, and lychee
- This overhead view of some tropical fruits available in Southeast Asia includes four yellow mangoes, three green lotus pods on stems, three purple mangosteens, and a pile of reddish-brown lychees in a purple plastic bag. Innumerable varieties of delicious...
- Format: image/photograph
- Industrialization in North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.3
- Industrialization needed five things -- capital, labor, raw materials, markets, and transportation -- and in the 1870s, North Carolina had all of them. This article explains the process of industrialization in North Carolina, with maps of factory and railroad growth.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Focus on Planet Earth
- LEARN NC has developed a resource guide of interactive websites, integrated lesson plans, idea-generating articles, and inspiring field trips to help you incorporate environmental themes in your classroom, school, and community.
- Format: bibliography/help
Resources on the web
- Schools Online
- Fun and educational units for teaching elementary age students about horticulture, ecology, the environment, nutrition, and so much more. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: University of Illinois Extension
- Nationalatlas.gov
- The National Atlas of the United States of America online and completely interactive! Customize a map, play with interactive maps, print preformatted maps, and more! (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: United States Department of the Interior
