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- Photo analysis: Focus on geography
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the geography of the region in which they were taken.
- Format: worksheet
- By Eric Eaton.
- Terrell Country Store in Iredell County, NC
- This is Terrell Country Store in Iredell County, North Carolina. Though Iredell County was formerly mostly rural, it is becoming rapidly more urbanized, and farms and smaller stores, such as this one, are disappearing just as quickly as the rest of the county...
- Format: image/photograph
- High-rise building in Cartagena, Colombia
- A palm tree stands in front of a large steel and concrete high-rise building. Cartagena is a large seaport town on Colombia's northern coast. It was settled in 1533 by Spanish conquistadors and was an important seaport during the colonial period. Because of...
- Format: image/photograph
- The growth of cities
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.4
- Cities grew rapidly after the Civil War, in North Carolina as across the United States. But the great majority of North Carolina's population remained rural. This article includes maps and tables of census data.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Turning the century
- Students will create a museum display illustrating life during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
- By Lisa Stamey.
- Antebellum North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- North Carolina in the New South
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
Resources on the web
- Observations of Life in Lower Manhattan at the Turn of the Century
- Read period articles about the working and living conditions of foreign immigrants and the poor at the turn of the century in the lower east side of Manhattan. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Tenant.net
- African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
- An online collection of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library of Congress
- NASA Earth Observatory
- This website sponsored by NASA from NASA. features current and evolvong information and resources about the condition and state of land, oceans, atmosphere, energy, and life on planet Earth. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: NASA
- Digital Durham: Life and Labor in the New South
- Primary sources explore emancipation, industrialization, immigration, and urbanization in the context of the New South. Includes maps, images, letters, journals, and business ledgers. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Duke University
