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Other

First Colony Foundation: The Roanoke Colonies

For Students 4th - 8th
The First Colony Foundation is an organization that conducts research into the English colonies that Sir Walter Raleigh sought to establish on Roanoke Island in North Carolina. This page presents a history of what is known about the...
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Charles Clinton Spaulding

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief account of the life of Charles Spaulding, American business leader who built the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company into the nation's largest black-owned business by the time of his death, when it was worth about $40...
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Fontana Dam

For Students 9th - 10th
Fontana Dam, the largest dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system, is located on the Little Tennessee River in Graham County. Completed in 1945, it is a gravity-type concrete structure 480 feet high, 2,365 feet long, and 376...
Activity
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: Other Colonies

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website gives just a brief run-down of the founding of the 13 original colonies.
Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Concervation Movement: Programs and Initiatives

For Students 9th - 10th
A phenomenal growth of land trusts or conservancies, similar in focus to the Nature Conservancy began to occur statewide beginning in the mid-1980s. For instance, the Triangle Land Conservancy was established in 1983 to support native...
Article
PBS

Africans in America: Virginia Looks Toward Africa for Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
This website explains why Virginia needed laborers, why it led to the use of African labor and how it was justified by Christians. Hyperlinks to related topics on the site.