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- Election 2008
- Educational resources to help students and teachers understand the 2008 elections.
- Format: (multiple pages)
- Freedmen voting
- This 1867 engraving depicts freed African American men voting in New Orleans just after the Civil War.
- Format: image/photograph
- 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.
- Lesson plans on the web
- In Election 2008, page 3.1
- A collection of resources and activities for students and teachers that focus on the 2008 election as well as the election process.
- Format: bibliography
- Ballot
- A marked ballot sits on a blue table with a sticker reading "I voted."
- Format: image/photograph
- Race in her lifetime
- In this lesson, students will use oral histories to trace the life of Rebecca Clark, an African American who was born in rural Orange County just before the Depression and witnessed the changes in civil rights over the years.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- The election process
- In Election 2008, page 3.3
- Resources that examine the various aspects of the American election process from contemporary and historical perspectives.
- Format: bibliography
- 1943 Letter from Walter Plecker
- Letter from Virginia state official Walter Plecker to voting registrars, health care workers, school superintendents, and clerks of the court, 1943.
- Format: image/letter
- 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
- North Carolina news
- In Election 2008, page 2.1
- News & Observer: Election 2008 (Raleigh) The Raleigh News & Observer's online election section covers state, local, and national election campaigns. The News...
- North Carolina political parties
- In Election 2008, page 2.2
- Only those parties expected to field candidates on North Carolina ballots in 2008 are listed here. For additional political parties, see the list provided by Politics1.com. Wikipedia also offers a list...
- Format: bibliography
- North Carolina governor
- In Election 2008, page 2.5
- General Office of the Governor Candidates Bev Perdue (D) -- lieutenant governor campaign website...
- State Senate
- In Election 2008, page 2.7
- North Carolina Senatorial districts There are 50 Senatorial districts in North Carolina. You can find out which district you're in and who currently represents you at the North Carolina General Assembly website's representation...
- African Americans get the vote in eastern North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.9
- After the Civil War, African American communities in eastern North Carolina, having already tasted freedom during the war, were ready to fight for political rights.
- Format: article
- Suffrage: The changing role of women
- In this lesson, students use oral history excerpts and photographs to learn about the women's suffrage movement in the United States from a variety of perspectives.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Revolutionary North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Voter registration cards
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.8
- Copy of a 1902 voter registration card issued in accordance with the "suffrage amendment" of 1899. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: activity
- Creating community in the classroom: Part 1 (setting goals )
- This series of lessons is designed to help develop a sense of classroom community. Group goal-setting, brainstorming, peer feedback, group decision-making, positive reinforcement, and positive peer pressure are used to create a safe, supportive environment for learning in the classroom.
In Part 1, students are introduced to the goal-setting process. They will practice the first step of the process as they set individual and class behavioral goals. - Format: lesson plan (grade 1–8 Guidance)
- By Pat Nystrom.
- 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)
- Fort Dobbs
- The website provides a brief history of this North Carolina landmark. When visiting the fort, students will see archaeological sites, and displays of artifacts, and will enjoy the nature trails, and recreation facilities.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
