Third Edition. Copyright 2003. Eighth Grade.
 

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On the Web

NORTH CAROLINA RESOURCES:

linc.state.nc.us/
Log Into North Carolina, a source of statistical information.

members.aol.com/jweaver303/nc/nccwhp.htm
The North Carolina Civil War Home Page.

nchistory.dcr.state.nc.us/
Home page for the North Carolina Museum of History.

statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/
The home page for the State Library of North Carolina.

statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/cover.htm
The North Carolina Encyclopedia.

www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives.arch
The North Carolina State Archives.

www.dpi.state.nc.us
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

www.findnc.org/
At this Website, you can search for information on all North Carolina state government Web pages. There are also links for North Carolina counties and municipalities.

www.learnnc.org
Website for LEARN NC, part of the North Carolina Teacher's Network, a program of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

www.nccourts.org
Home page for the North Carolina Courts.

www.ncga.state.nc.us
Website for the North Carolina General Assembly.

www.ncgov.com/
The official Website for the government of North Carolina.

www.ncgov.com/asp/subpages/kidspage.asp
The North Carolina Governor's Kids' Page.

www.rla.unc.edu/lessons/Menu/title.htm
Website for Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples, prepared by the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

www.rootsweb.com/roots_l/USA/nc.html
Part of RootsWeb, a national genealogical site, this site contains a wealth of links to historical sites.

www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg/almanac.html
The Website for the N.C. Almanac on the Kids' Page.

www.visitnc.com
The official North Carolina Travel Website, produced by the North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.

www.thelostcolony.org

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CURRICULUM RESOURCES:

encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/lessons/default.asp
Contains lesson plans filled with ideas and suggestions.

school.discovery.com/
An online site that can be used with the programming of the Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel.

www.eric.ed.gov/
The Educational Resources Information Center has put ERIC on the Internet.

www.thinkquest.org/
Home page for ThinkQuest, which contains interesting ideas for group activities.

www.awesomelibrary.org/
An Internet library database sponsored by Evaluation and Development Institute (EDI), which includes lesson plans dealing with social studies.

www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/ushistory.html
A good site with questions and activities. Includes Civil War, colonial period, a review of fiction and nonfiction, revolution, timeline, U.S. history. It also a recommended bibliography.

www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/
The "Teaching with Historic Places" page of the National Park Service. Free lesson plans on American presidents, African-American history, women's history, and our national parks.

www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/
This site, written for a Washington state eighth-grade U.S. history class, has some interesting activities and good teacher resources.

www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
This is an excellent site that provides weekly curriculum sites.

www.nara.gov/education/classrm.html
"The Digital Classroom" site of the National Archives. Contains source documents, lesson plans, and document analysis worksheets.

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GENERAL RESOURCES:

sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!
A search engine for kids that does not contain banners or ads.

www.biography.com
Website for the popular PBS series.

www.contemplator.com/america/index.html
A Website that offers lyrics and the history behind popular songs in America. The songs are arranged by time period.

www.cssjournal.com/sites.html
Hundreds of Websites compiled by the CSS Journal. Some of the topics include archaeology; Education; Geography; Government; United States history; world history; general social studies; and travel, maps, and time.

www.ipl.org/
The Internet Public Library, an online public library of the Internet developed by librarians. The Reference Center provides hundreds of links on a number of subject areas.

www.pbs.org
Home page for the Public Broadcasting Service. The Teacher Source section contains lesson plans and activities.

www.puzzlemaker.com
Allows users to create various types of puzzles (word search, crossword, double puzzle, fallen phrase).

www.weather.com
Provides the latest forecasts, great looking maps and satellite images, along with the how's and whys of meteorology.

www.xrefer.com
Provides free access to more than 300,000 entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and books of quotations.

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