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- About this "digital textbook"
- LEARN NC's "digital textbook" for North Carolina history provides a new model for teaching and learning. It makes primary sources central to the learning experience, using them to tell the stories of the past rather than merely illustrating it. Special web-based...
- Format: article
- Artifact analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a physical artifact. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Cartoon analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a cartoon, especially a political cartoon. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Map analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a map. The worksheet assumes that the map is used in conjunction with studying a specific historical event, but may easily be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer as a
- Format: document/worksheet
- Motion picture analysis worksheet
- Worksheet for students to use when analyzing historical motion pictures, such as documentaries, propaganda, and training films. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Photo analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a photograph. May be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Poster analysis worksheet
- Worksheet for students to use when analyzing propaganda posters. The worksheet assumes posters created by the United States government during the Depression and Second World War, but could be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer...
- Format: document/worksheet
- Primary sources: a process guide for students
- Questions to consider when reading primary source documents.
- By Dan McDowell.
- Reading maps: A process guide
- In Map skills and higher-order thinking, page 15
- In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 2.2
- Maps, even contemporary ones, are basically primary sources that have to be analyzed and evaluated. This process guide for reading maps is based on Kathryn Walbert's model for approaching primary sources. I. Identification...
- Format: worksheet/learner's guide
- By David Walbert.
- Reading newspapers: Advertisements
- In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 2.6
- A learner's guide to reading and understanding advertisements in historical newspapers.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Reading newspapers: Editorial and opinion pieces
- In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 2.3
- A learner's guide to identifying, reading, and understanding editorial and opinion pieces in historical newspapers.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Reading newspapers: Factual reporting
- In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 2.5
- This learner's guide introduces students to the use of historical newspapers as primary sources and provides key questions for reading them.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Reading newspapers: Reader contributions
- In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 2.4
- A learner's guide to reading letters to the editor and other reader contributions in historical newspapers.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Reading primary sources: An introduction for students
- In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 2.1
- A step-by-step guide for students examining primary sources, with specific questions divided into five layers of questioning.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Reading slave narratives: The WPA interviews
- In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 2.7
- A reading guide for students working with WPA Federal Writers Project interviews with former slaves.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By David Walbert.
- Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet
- Worksheet for students to use when analyzing a sound recording. The worksheet assumes historical recordings produced in the United States, but could easily be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer as a
- Format: document/worksheet
- Teaching about North Carolina American Indians
- This web edition is drawn from a teachers institute curriculum enrichment project on North Carolina American Indian Studies conducted by the North Carolina Humanities Council. Resources include best practices for teaching about American Indians, suggestions for curriculum integration, webliographies, and lesson plans about North Carolina American Indians.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Wills and inventories: A process guide
- In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 2.8
- Guiding questions for students investigating daily life in the past through wills, inventories, and probate records.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By David Walbert.
- Written document analysis worksheet
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a written document. May be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.
- Format: document/worksheet
Resources on the web
- Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
- Approximately 20,000 documents including correspondence, drafts of speeches, notes, and printed materials. In addition there is information on the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's assassination including images and timelines. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library of Congress
