North Carolina History

Elementary Education Collection

This NCpedia collection includes entries and other resources written specifically for elementary grades education. The entries are written at a 4th to 6th grade reading level, with many at an average of 5th grade. Some entries are short and others a bit longer. Longer entries have been written and segmented into parts that may be excerpted and read alone. Please continue to visit this collection as we add new articles. And please let us know if there are specific topics you would like to see for use in classroom activities. 

Biographies

Ella Baker, Civil Rights Activist

Charlotte Hawkins Brown, African American Educational Leader

Anna Julia Cooper, African American Education Leader

Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Writer

John Chavis, Pioneering African American Teacher & Preacher

Michael Jordan, North Carolina Sports Icon

Nina Simone, Vocal Artist and Songrwiter, Civil Rights Activist

Pauli Murray, Gender and Civil Rights Activist

Sarah Keys, African American Military Woman Who Stood Up for Her Rights

Thomas Day, North Carolina Craftsman and Freeman of Color

George Henry White, African American Reconstruction Political Leader

Geography & Environment

Maps: Many Varieties and Many Uses

North Carolina Maps

History of Daily Life

Living off the land: Life in Rural North Carolina

History of Farming & Agriculture

Farming and Agriculture: Working the Fields

History of Business & Industry

Black Wall Street, Durham, N.C.

History of Science, Technology & Inventions

X-Rays: Discovering a Super Power

History of Transportation

Transportation in North Carolina: A History of Getting Around

The Automobile: Social Game Changer

History of Education

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Rosenwald Schools: Helping Communities Help Themselves

History of the American Revolution

The Regulator Movement: Speaking Out and Standing Up for Your Beliefs

Culture and Heritage

North Carolina Quilts

North Carolina Visionary Artists

Nature & The World Around Us

Longleaf Pine

The Great Dismal Swamp

Events That Made & Changed History

Royal Ice Cream Sit-in, Durham, N.C.

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Primary Source-Based Activity Pages (grade 5 reading level)

Transportation in NC: A Brief History of Getting Around

Farming and Agriculture in NC: A History of Working in the Field

Rural Life in North Carolina 1800 to 1900: Some things change and some stay the same

Social Game Changer: The Automobile

Mapping Your World and Finding Your Way