North Carolina History Scrapbook
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NC History Lesson Plans
This lens is an outline for the construction of a scrapbook about North Carolina. It is a means to complete a study of the history of this fine state following state guidelines. Found here are recommended textbooks, a suggested reading list, pertinent websites, links to free printables, related lapbook project packs to purchase, and a checklist.
Long Live the Old North State!
Long Live the Old North State!
Search out old NC State History texts!
Old hard back textbooks in our possession:
North Carolina Heritage Sourcebook, Harold J. and Roberta D. Counihan, The Cultural Arts Division Department of Public Education, Raleigh, NC, 1975 (out of print)North Carolina - The History of an American State, Thomas C. Parramore and Douglas C. Wilms, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983 (available on Amazon.com)
Carolina Quest, Thomas C. Parramore, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1978 (available currently on alibris.com)
Materials We Used
computer with Internet access
tabbed divider pages
scissors
glue sticks
lined paper for reports
three-hole punch
colored paper
printer
markers
colored pencils
3-ring binder
old magazines to cut up
N.C. Kid's Wish List
Books all good NC kids should read, and maybe the mean little ones ought to read, too!
NC Scrapbook Contents - A Checklist
1. North Carolina Facts page2. Make a mini-book about What is a Tar Heel.
3. Make a mini-book about the State Motto and its meaning.
4. Print an outline map and divide it showing the three geographical regions, include major rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges.
5.. Write a 1-page essay about the three geographical regions including information. Discuss climate, topography, largest cities, etc.
6. Make a page telling of the Famous Firsts of North Carolina. Include pictures and information.
7. Write an essay or make an illustrative page about the type of state government found in NC.
8. Make a map of NC using an outline map indicating major agricultural centers and types of manufacturing found throughout the state.
9. Write an essay on tobacco in NC. Include history and current events.
10. Make a circle graph about the racial make-up of the state's current population.
11. Write a 1 to 2 page essay about the first immigrants who came to NC and where they settled. This could include a map.
12. Complete a mini-book or make a page which could include a map telling about the 8 state recognized Indian tribes.
13. Write a 1 page essay about the Lost Colony.
14. Make a page about 5 famous NC people. Include a mini-book about the 3 US presidents from NC.
15. Write a book report on the book - Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers by Frank Howard.
16. Make a page with illustrations, a timeline, etc. about the Wright Brothers and their time in NC.
17. Color a state seal coloring page.
18. Color a state quarter coloring page.
19. Design your own version of a new state license plate.
20. Identify the major historical religious groups of the state in essay, mini-book or map form. Essay gets more points!
21. Make a page with mini-books from the Blackbeard printout links about Edward Teach and Pirates.
22. Make a page about the Outer Banks and its lighthouses.
23. Map with Revolutionary War Battlefields and dates.
24. Map with Civil War Battlefields and dates.
25. 2-page essay discussing NC's role in the Revolutionary War.
26. 2-page essay discussing NC's role in the Civil War.
27. Page about military installations found in NC.
28. Illustrative page about traditional NC folkart.
29. 2 page essay about NC Mysteries.
30. Make a page with illustrations and information on famous NC colleges and universities.
31. Make a page about famous NC sports. Don't forget Golf and Nascar!
32. Fill in a map with the name of all 100 counties.
33. Read through the artists' pages on the Carolina Connections section of the NCMOA website. Do a mini-book report on 5.
34. Make a timeline of Famous NC hurricanes with names and dates, of course!
35. Read all the articles on the NC Museum of History Junior Explorer page and make a page to include in your scrapbook with pictures and facts concerning each story.
36. Print or make an abbreviated form of this checklist to include on the last page of your scrapbook.
37. Organize travel brochures on pages to include at the end of your scrapbook.
38. Make one or two scrapbook pages with pictures of yourself in NC.
39. Make an index for your book as one of the first pages and organize your book accordingly.
40. Decorate a cover for the binder.
41. Print or make a bibliography indicating where you found your information whether it be websites or books.
42. Make a title page including your name, the year, and your current grade level.
43. Make a two page spread timeline of important NC events from colonial times to the present.
44. Color or make and color correctly a NC State flag.
45. Carefully copy in cursive or calligraphy the words of the chorus of the State Song on lined paper and illuminate the text.
*This list was made with one 8th grader, one 7th grader and one 4th grader in mind.
NC Facts Page
Things to include:
capital
governor
area
statehood
population
largest city
state motto
state song
state bird
state mammal
state reptile
state tree
state flower
state vegetable
nickname
number of counties
highest point
lowest point
Hear the State Song - The Old North State
by the Red Clay Ramblers
Click on the link below to buy the Old North State cd by the Red Clay Ramblers.This is a great resource for a study of North Carolina History. I love combining thematic music with our school work. The Red Clay Ramblers outdid themselves in choosing songs with a background in the history of The Old North State! Just having the State Song and the State Toast was great, but all the other historically based songs made our learning time enjoyable. How can my boys forget now who the Literary Giant - Tom Wolfe was! Thank you, Red Clay Ramblers!
- RCR Albums
- Official website of The Red Clay Ramblers
North Carolina Stickers
from CafePress
North Carolina Tarheels "TRHL" Oval Sticker
Oval Sticker
North Carolina Flag Rectangle Sticker
Rectangle Sticker
North Carolina Mountains Rectangle Sticker
Rectangle Sticker
North Carolina Oval Sticker
Oval Sticker
North Carolina Oval Sticker
Oval Sticker
North Carolina Studies Links
Links about North Carolina with good information, lesson plans, and study helps. Although not an exhaustive list of all that is available on the world wide web, these are the sites that we have found most useful.
- NC Unit Study Page
- Good information and lots of good links for a web treasure hunt on the Old North State!
- NC Wise Owl
- Links to websites about many North Carolina Historical Places.
- Battleship North Carolina Lesson Plans
- Great teacher resources about the Battleship North Carolina. Good to plan a field trip, supplement after trip activities, or a way for those who cannot go to learn more about this piece of NC history!
- NC Office of Archives and History
- Information, links, primary source materials and much more from a great source.
- NC History Digital Textbook
- Primary source reading on a wide variety of people and topics in NC History.
- NC Web Resources
- 22 links to websites about NC from the NC public school system site.
- NC State Library
- Information on the state government, county governments, counties, populations and other varied resources.
- Resources from the NC Museum of History
- Information on essay contests, teacher resource guides, pre-visit materials, and online teacher workshops just to name a few.
- Carolina Connections - North Carolina Art
- From the NC Museum of Art, works of art by North Carolinians and NC related topics, complete with lesson plans.
- FREE TRAVEL BROCHURES
- Request the current NC Travel Guide and receive a free folded NC map.
- FREE NC Wildlife IMAGES
- Scenic, animals, rivers, all free NC images to use and download as you wish.
- Historical Maps from The Way We Lived in North Carolina
- This series of maps appears in the book version of The Way We Lived in North Carolina.
- Crafting NC
- Interactive, kid-friendly site designed to help NC fourth graders learn about historic folk art in the state. Lots of good print outs!
- Tryon Palace - Living History Classroom
- Publications from the staff at the Tryon Palace. Especially nice are the Living History papers with student activities to check reading comprehension.
- North Carolina Ghosts and Legends
- North Carolina Ghosts is an online resource for students, ghost hunters and folklore buffs. The site offers ghost stories, legends and history from North Carolina, featuring famous tales such as the Devil's Tramping Ground, the Vampire Beast of Bladenboro, Blackbeard the Pirate, and Lydia, the Phantom Menace.
Free NC Printables and PDF's
Free pages to color, paste and utilize in any NC project.
- NC State Quarter link
- Link to a free coloring page and lesson plans from the U.S. Mint of the NC State quarter.
- NC Coastal Coloring book
- There are two coloring books on this US government website. Scroll down to find them both: Coastal North Carolina: Activity book and North Carolina Coloring Book -- North Carolina Secretary of State's Office. There are many other coloring books that may also be our help!
- Carolina Bugs Coloring Pages
- Complete insect coloring book from Clemson University.
- NC Ferry Activity Book
- PDF file coloring/activity book about the NC Ferry system from the NC Department of Transportation.
- NC Panthers' Mascot Coloring Page
- Print a page and color Sir Purr, the Panthers' official mascot.
- Free North Carolina Clip Art
- Scenic black and white images to add to any NC project.
- Crayola NC Flashcards
- Flashcards to print about NC and its capitol.
- Free NC Coloring Page from Crayola
- This is a different page with the state flag, flower and insect to print and color.
- North Carolina Notebook
- 90+ pages of information about North Carolina with color pictures and more. Great source!
To Tarheelia With Love
Poem by Julian Scheer, found in North Carolina Heritage Sourcebook (see above in textbooks)
Nobody asked me ... But ... the things like I best about North Carolina include:Names like Chunky Gal, Whynot, Saxapahaw.
Ham gravy at Henry Franklin's near Linville Falls and barbeque from anywhere.
The glow of fires in tobacco barns.
A hundred fishing holes in a hundred counties.
Lighthouses on the coast.
The brilliance of mountain color n the fall.
Sunrise over the Atlantic near Wilmington.
Christmas lights in Charlotte.
An air drop at Ft. Bragg.
Wide highways like U.S. 29.
Carnivals and fairs -- anywhere.
Blue windows on textile mills.
Black bears in the Smokies.
High Point furniture.
Chimes at Chapel Hill after a football game.
Country schools and yellow buses.
Damp caverns like Linville.
Stately architecture of Duke.
Scottish plaids of Laurinburg.
Impressive Fontana Dam.
Charlotte's Coliseum, Raleigh's Cow Palace.
Monuments to Confederate soldiers.
Tom Wolfe, Proff Koch, Hugh Lefler, Frank Graham, Olla Ray Boyd.
Red clay, green fields, orange sunsets.
Tobacco fields, cotton harvest, strawberry patches.
Shrimp and menhaden boats.
Hot sausage, persimmon pudding, homemade liquor.
Arthur Smith, N.C. Symphony, Wake Forest drum majorettes.
Winston-Salem, Asheville, Tryon, Elizabeth City.
Smell of cigarette plants, Cannon towels, Drexel tables, Jugtown.
Duke-Carolina football, semipro baseball, Dixie Classics basketball.
Blowing Rock, Grandfather Mountain, Cape Hatteras, Lake James.
Pinehurst, Edenton, Mattamuskeet.
Ava Gardner.
The houses of Biltmore, Marsh, Bellamy.
Sir Walter Hotel when General Assembly is in session.
Square dancing, folk music.
Picnic tables.
White frame churches.
Hands of A Child Products
Planned lapbooking projects from HOAC
- HOAC North Carolina Lapbook Project Pack
- Everything you need to complete a lapbook on the State of North Carolina. Ebook format, CD, fill-in, precut, etc.
- HOAC Blackbeard Project Pack
- Everything you need to complete a lapbook on NC's most famous pirate. Ebook format, CD, fill-in, precut, etc.
- HOAC Biltmore House Project Pack
- Everything you need to complete a lapbook on NC's most famous mansion . Ebook format, CD, fill-in, precut, etc.
North Carolina Notebooking Pages to Buy
from CurrClick
Have a lazy writer that needs some extra encouragement. Buy these premade pages and put together an easy scrapbook with little extra effort. Or get the set and let each child choose one or two to make their scrapbook. These e-books are available to any one with a half way decent Internet connection. These are all products available through www.currclick.com
Check it out!
Check it out!
- State Birds, Flowers and Symbols Notebooking pages
- Includes 21 notebooking and reference pages.
- State Study - North Carolina notebooking pages
- Includes 67 notebooking pages, maps and illustration boxes. Good deal!
- State Study of North Carolina
- This set includes 37 notebooking layouts and a cover page!
- North Carolina State Unit Study
- Daily lessons from Christine's Country Units for lower elementary students on the history of the Old North State.
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Great books to supplement your study from Amazon!
NC Native American Resource Sites
Vote on these helpful NC Indian sites. Add you own great sites to this module! Thanks! Oh, please only sites related to NC History for children.
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Discover NC Native Americans
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A comprehensive study of North Carolina Indian tribes
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NC Indians PDF
Three page document with clip art images generally more...1 point
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U.S. History Images - N.A. Tribes
US History image collection with many native ameri more...0 points
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http://www.wfu.edu/moa/pdf/NCNativeAmericans.pdf
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NC History Books worth having in your NC Library
Plan Your Trip through NC on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Learn more about North Carolina by driving on its great scenic highway. Plan a trip from milepost 216.9 on the Virginia/North Carolina border all the way down to milepost 412 near Cherokee and the Great Smoky Mountains.
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- The official parkway website with a trip planner, online maps, suggested accommodations and a FREE INFO PACKET to those who request one.
- National Park Service - Blue Ridge Parkway
- Find out about road closures and more as you plan your Parkway adventure.
- Virtual Blue Ridge Parkway Guide
- Free source for information, photos and maps of the Blue Ridge Parkway and surrounding areas.
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