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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
- "A female raid" in 1863: Using newspaper coverage to learn about North Carolina's Civil War homefront
- In this lesson plan, students will use original newspaper coverage to learn about a raid on local stores by Confederate soldier's wives in March 1863 in Salisbury, North Carolina, and use that historical moment to explore conscription, life on the homefront, economic issues facing North Carolina merchants, the challenges of wartime politics, and the role of newspaper editors in shaping public opinion.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11 Social Studies)
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Introduction
- Twenty years after the Lost Colony disappeared, in 1607, the English established another colony 150 miles up the coast at Jamestown. This Virginia colony, too, faced unexpected difficulties -- food shortages, disease, native peoples who were less than thrilled...
- Reading newspapers: Advertisements
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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: Worksheet
- This worksheet breaks down the process of analyzing a primary source into five levels of questions: identify, contextualize, explore, analyze, and evaluate the source.
- Format: document/worksheet
- Reading slave narratives: The WPA interviews
- A reading guide for students working with WPA Federal Writers Project interviews with former slaves.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By David Walbert.
- Wills and inventories: A process guide
- Guiding questions for students investigating daily life in the past through wills, inventories, and probate records.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By David Walbert.
