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"Liberty to Slaves": the black response

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The actions of African Americans, both free and enslaved, are examined against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1992 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

"The difference is about our land": Cherokees and Catawbas

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Many people characterize the American Revolution as a war fought between the British and the American colonists. However, another group of people, the American Indians, participated in the war. In North Carolina, the Cherokee and the Catawba ultimately supported the side that they thought would best ensure the protection of their tribal lands. This article examines the actions of these two American Indian groups in North Carolina during the American Revolution. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1992 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A County Name Changes

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. What do Arthur Dobbs, James Glasgow, and Nathanael Greene have in common? One North Carolina county has been named for each of these men since it was first established. Find out who these men were and why a county was named for them. This article appeared in the Spring 2005 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Different Kind of Exploration: William Bartram and Science in the 1700s

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. While North Carolina's general outline, rivers, and American Indian population had been "discovered" by the early eighteenth century, much of the region's plant life and its uses remained unknown to the colonists. Botanists such as father and son John and William Bartram collected and studied plant life and documented their findings. William Bartram eventually became a much-respected artist and author of Travels through North and South Carolina, [and] Georgia.This article appeared in the Fall 2007 Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Forced Migration

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The first Africans, brought to America through forced migration, came as indentured servants to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. Africans brought to the colonies in later years were bought and sold as slaves. This article appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Activities

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Activity utilizing the map published in John Lawson's A New Voyage to Carolina, published in 1709. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

African American Culture and the World Around You

NIE Article, Online. African American culture continues to influence North Carolina today through food and cooking, arts and crafts, and music and dance traditions. This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 28 January 2009.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

American Indians in North Carolina

Virtual Field Trip. Explore the fascinating history and contemporary culture of North Carolina's American Indian communities. Students will learn and share information about the state's tribes through small group activities, video clips, and touch objects.   details

American Indians in North Carolina

Video, Online. Explore the fascinating history and contemporary culture of North Carolina's American Indian communities. 10 minutes   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

American Indians in North Carolina, Past and Present

Professional Development, Online. Get to know the state's American Indian tribes. Examine some of these groups within the contexts of education, work, government and politics, language, and the arts. The workshop will pay particular attention to today's eight state-recognized tribes. Advance registration is required. Courses are offered periodically throughout the year.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Arrivals in the East: Settlement of the Coastal Plain, 1650 to 1775

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Read how the Coastal Plain of North Carolina was settled. Learn who immigrated to North Carolina and what conditions discouraged immigration. This article appeared in the Spring 1995 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Bath: North Carolina’s First Town

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. As the population of the Virginia colony grew, people began to move south into present-day North Carolina. In 1705 the town of Bath was incorporated as the first town in the colony. This article appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Breakfast with the President

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. George Washington visited North Carolina when he was president. The foods prepared for the president, as well as the activities he participated while visiting North Carolina, gives us the chance to learn about life in North Carolina in the late 1700s. This article originally appeared in the Spring 2007 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Chinese Folktales

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. What happens when the lazy farmer finds a rabbit? Find out how Chinese folktales have taught history and values throughout time. This article appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Colonial North Carolina

History-in-a-Box. Geography played a major role in the settlement patterns of colonial North Carolina. Explore colonial family life and learn about the cultures of four groups that settled in the state’s three regions. Examine reproduction artifacts, play with toys, and listen to period music. Learn about clothing, housing, cooking, education, and trade. This project was made possible through the support of the North Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution.   details

Daniel Boone: Trailblazer

NIE Article, Online. Before blazing a trail through the wildnerness to Kentucky, Daniel Boone was a North Carolina hunter who didn't actually wear a coonskin cap! This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 13 February 2004.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Eighteenth-Century North Carolina Time Line

Time Line, Online. Highlights major events and people throughout North Carolina history, circa 40,000 BC to the present. Includes entries on early exploration, wars, government, politics, immigration and migration, industry, education, arts, and entertainment.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Elisha Mitchell and His Mountain

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Elisha Mitchell proved that a mountain in the Black Mountains Range in western North Carolina is the highest peak in the eastern United States. After his death in 1837, that mountain was named after him. This article appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Escape Through the Great Dismal Swamp

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. A land of opportunity awaited Virginia's freed or escaped indentured servants and Quakers in Carolina--just beyond the 2200 square-acre Great Dismal Swamp. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Expanding to the West: Settlement of the Piedmont Region, 1730 to 1775

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Discover how North Carolina's backcountry was settled. Who used the Great Indian Trading Path and the Great Wagon Road? Examine immigrants to the backcountry and learn their reasons for migrating to that area. This article appeared in the Spring 1995 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

First Immigrants: Native American Settlement of North Carolina

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Discover what archaeologists have learned about the origins and everyday lives of American Indians in North Carolina. Find out how European settlement pushed Indians westward, sparking conflicts. This article appeared in the Spring 1995 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Flora MacDonald: "The Bright and Particular Star"

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Flora MacDonald lived in North Carolina only a short time, but her legend took strong hold within the Scottish population. Find out why it continues today and spans two continents. This article appeared in the Spring 2000 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Friends in Liberty: North Carolina and the American Revolution Teacher Supplement

Classroom Activity, Online. Activities, ideas, and resources designed to supplement and reinforce information presented in the video, Friends in Liberty: North Carolina in the American Revolution.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Friends in Liberty: North Carolina in the American Revolution

Video, Online. Through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old boy and his friend, we learn about North Carolina during the American Revolution.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

From Caledonia to Carolina: The Highland Scots

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Many Scots immigrated to North Carolina due to growing population, changing methods of farming, and the defeat of the Highland Scots by English and Scottish forces in 1746. The first organized settlement of Highland Scots was in Cumberland County, where 350 people moved to in 1739. This article appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

From Earth and Fire: North Carolina Pottery

History-in-a-Box. Create interdisciplinary lessons and encourage students to connect with history! Watch the video From Earth and Fire: North Carolina Pottery and use pieces of pottery and historical photographs to learn math, language arts, and science. This project was made possible through the support of the North Carolina Humanities Council and the North Carolina Arts Commission.   details

Historians Piece It All Together

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Historians use all kinds of documents, including wills, to learn about the past. This article demonstrates how research on one particular will leads to greater knowledge about one colonial North Carolina family. This article originally appeared in the Spring 2009 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

History Mystery

Virtual Field Trip. How do historians unravel mysteries? What do objects tell us about how people lived long ago? By participating in interactive discussions and hands-on activities, students learn why the investigative skills of observation, hypothesis, and analysis are important in understanding history. Choose from four History Mystery topics: Colonial Life, Health and Healing, Rural Home Life, and Tools and Gadgets   details

How Did We Get Here from There? Advances in North Carolina Transportation

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The earliest European immigrants to North Carolina arrived by boat and often traveled inland by Conestoga wagon. Since that time, transportation improvements have included roads, railroads, automobiles, and airplanes. This article appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Hurricane Warning! The Storm of 1752

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. How do historians learn about hurricanes that affected North Carolina before the advent of modern technology like the internet and television? They study primary sources like county and state records as well as maps in order to reconstruct when and where hurricanes have occurred as well as their affect on the state. This article originally appeared in the Spring 2009 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

John Lawson's North Carolina

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Growing up in England, John Lawson heard tales from family and friends about strange lands, people, animals, and goods. At twenty-five, he boarded a ship to the New World and began his own adventures as a surveyor, natural history collector, botanist, author, and explorer. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Legend: Blackbeard

NIE Article, Online. The legendary pirate Blackbeard prowled the coastal waters of North Carolina, but what do we really know about this treacherous plunderer of the seas? This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 30 January 2004.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Legend: Dolley Madison

NIE Article, Online. Though her name has been used in advertising for years, she's not just the namesake of a snack cake. Sort fact from fiction in the life of North Carolina-born first lady Dolley Madison. This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 23 January 2004.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Legend: Sequoyah, Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet

NIE Article, Online. Not all alphabets start with ABC. Learn how Sequoyah developed the Cherokee alphabet in the 19th century so that his people could read and write their own language. This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer , 16 January 2004.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Legendary Women

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. North Carolina’s women played an active role in the Revolutionary War—both as loyalists and patriots. The stories of the following women are highlighted: Flora MacDonald, Mary Dowd, Elizabeth Cornell Bayard, Margaret Sharpe Gaston, Betsy Dowdy, Mary Slocumb, Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, and Hannah Blair. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1992 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).