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The Lost Colony: Interpreting History Through Drama

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Originally conceived as a one-season play to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Virginia Dare's birth, The Lost Colony, has continued for more than seventy-five years. Paul Green's symphonic drama ensured the mystery of the lost colonists would intrigue people from North Carolina and beyond. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of 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 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).

A Long and Difficult Journey Across the Atalantic

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. In 1585, a group of sailors, tradesmen, and soldiers traveled from England to Roanoke Island. During their long journey, they faced cramped living quarters, a meager diet, and hazardous conditions at sea. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Look at the Cherokee Language

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The Cherokee language is a part of the Iroquois language family. Today around 22,000 people speak Cherokee, and efforts are being made to teach the language to a new generation. This article appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Look at the Trail of Tears

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Starting in 1838 the United States government forcibly removed thousands of Cherokee from their homes east of the Mississippi River. Many died on the long journey to their new home in Oklahoma, but around a thousand people escaped and remained in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. This article appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A New Home

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. North Carolina has a population of Montagnard from Vietnam that numbers in the thousands. Many Montagnard immigrated to the United States in search of religious and political freedom. 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).

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).

Contemporary Migration in North Carolina

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Until the mid-1990s, more people migrated out of than into the state. Between 1980 and 1990, North Carolina had a net in-migration of 374,954 people. Find out what has caused this population tilt, or reversal of past trends. This article appeared in the Spring 1995 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

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).

Earliest American Explorers: Adventures and Survival

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The New World "discovered" by Europeans was actually settled much earlier by American Indians who--based on archaeological evidence--may have been on the continent for fifty thousand years. European contact brought major changes to Indian life--devastating diseases, culture shifts, and even slavery--but despite it all, Indian culture adapted and survives today. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Tarl 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).

Excavating Joara and Fort San Juan

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Archaeologists discovered the remains of the American Indian town of Joara in 1986. American Indian and Spanish artifacts, including the remains of five burned buildings thought to have housed Fort San Juan and its soldiers, are located on twelve acres in Burke County. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of 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).

Explorers Are You: Tar Heel Junior Historians, Pigs, and Sir Walter Raleigh

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Like Christopher Columbus, Hernando de Soto, Juan Pardo, and Sir Walter Raleigh, Tar Heel Junior Historians are explorers. Early explorers influenced life in North Carolina as countries like Spain and England sought to increase in both power and wealth. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Facts and Fiction: Looking for the Colonists

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. While stories abound about the possible fate of the 1587 Lost Colonists, little archaeological evidence remains to definitively reveal what happened. And why did colonies at Roanoke Island fail so quickly, when others such as Jamestown did not? This article appeared in the Fall 2007 Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Finding a Lost Fort (North Carolina's Real First Colony)

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. According to archaeological and written evidence, Spain, not England, established the first European settlement in North Carolina. In 1567 the native town of Joara became the site of Captain Juan Pardo's Fort San Juan. American Indians burned the fort in May 1568. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 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).

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).

Good Eats!

NIE Article, Online. The American Indians encountered by Europeans in the 1500s consumed a varied diet that included corn, beans, squash, sweeet potatoes, pumpkins, peppers, peanuts, berries, seeds, and meat from animals in the wild. This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 19 November 2008.   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: Virginia Dare

NIE Article, Online. Whatever happened to Virginia Dare? Learn the legend of her transformation into a ghostly white doe who still haunts the site of the Lost Colony. This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 9 January 2004.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Making Maps

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Cartography has evolved from basic charts and maps to--as science and math progressed--accurate depictions of geographical areas and features. This article appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Moccasins to Motorcars

Video, Online. Students will discover how modes of transportation have changed over time and how those changes have affected North Carolinians. 17 minutes   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Moccasins to Motorcars: A History of Transportation in North Carolina

Virtual Field Trip. Students will participate in interactive discussions and hands-on activities to discover how modes of transportation have changed over time and how these changes have affected North Carolinians.   details

Moving through History

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Immigration and migration have always affected the people of North Carolina. The earliest American Indians likely emigrated 15,000 years ago from Asia. Europeans immigrated to North Carolina beginning in the 1500s. Africans underwent a forced migration as slave laborers, and some Cherokee were forced to immigrate to Oklahoma by the federal government. This article appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

North Carolina Legends Educator Notebook

Curriculum Material, Educator Notebook. North Carolinians love our legendary historical figures. Learn the myths and realities of characters such as Blackbeard and Flora MacDonald. This handy resource guide is designed for fourth-grade social studies, language arts, and math educators. Purchase the North Carolina Legends Educator Notebook for useful lesson plans and resources.   details

North Carolina's Final Frontier: Settlement of the Mountain Region, 1775 to 1838

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Who immigrated to the unforgiving Mountain region of North Carolina? How did settlers in this isolated region travel and trade? Read this THJH article to find out! This article appeared in the Spring 1995 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Penderlea Yesterday and Today

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The agricultural community of Penderlea in Pender County, North Carolina, was the home of a government experiment in constructing communities in Depression-riddled America. This article originally appeared in the Spring 2010 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Quaker Out-Migration

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. In the early 1800s, North Carolina experienced out-migration. The state dropped from third most populous in 1790 to 12th in 1860. One group who left in large numbers was the Quakers, who disagreed with slavery. This article appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).