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Bring the resources of the North Carolina Museum of History into your classroom through History-in-a-Box kits! These multidisciplinary teaching tools provide you with background materials, reproduction artifacts, lessons, and activities that tie North Carolina history with language arts, science, math, and visual art.
All kits are available for loan for three weeks at no charge (you pay return UPS shipping). To order a kit, call 919-807-7995 or complete a Media Center Kits and Notebooks Order Form.
From Farm to Factory: Agriculture and Industry in North Carolina
For most of its history, North Carolina has had a predominantly rural economy. New technology that made farming more efficient also led to the growth of industry in the state. In recent years, the state’s economy has turned sharply away from agriculture. Learn the factors—who, what, where, when, and how—that contributed to the shift from farm to factory. Identify objects, analyze historical photographs, study geography and its relationship to food, and learn about life in a mill village, the effects of child labor, and the importance of technology today and in the future.
Grade 4: Social Studies Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7; Language Arts Goals 1, 4, and 5; Mathematics Goals 1 and 4; Information Skills Goals 1, 2, 3, and 4
Grade 8: Social Studies Goals 3, 5, 7, and 8; Language Arts Goals 1, 2, 3, and 4; Information Skills Goals 1, 2, 3, and 4; U.S. History Goals 4, 5, and 7
From Earth and Fire: North Carolina Pottery
Create interdisciplinary lessons and encourage students to connect with history! Watch the video From Earth and Fire: North Carolina Pottery and use pieces of pottery and historical photographs to learn math, language arts, and science. This project was made possible through the support of the North Carolina Humanities Council and the North Carolina Arts Commission.
Grade 4: Social Studies Goals 1, 4, 5, and 6; Language Arts Goals 2 and 4
Grade 8: Social Studies Goals 3 and 5; Language Arts Goal 4; Math Goals 1 and 4
North Carolina and the Civil War
Explore the Civil War in North Carolina through touch objects that tell stories of a soldier on the battlefront and a woman on the home front. The companion video features a young soldier relating his wartime experiences. Resources for teachers include background materials, lessons, and activities.
Grade 4: Social Studies Goals 4, 6, and 7; Language Arts Goals 1, 2, and 4; Math Goal 1
Grade 8: Social Studies Goals 3 and 4; Language Arts Goals 1, 2, and 4; Math Goal 1; Science Goal 2
Colonial North Carolina
Geography played a major role in the settlement patterns of colonial North Carolina. Explore colonial family life and learn about the cultures of four groups that settled in the state?s three regions. Examine reproduction artifacts, play with toys, and listen to period music. Learn about clothing, housing, cooking, education, and trade. This project was made possible through the support of the North Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Grade 3: Social Studies Goals 2, 4, and 5; Language Arts Goal 4; Dance Goals 1, 3, 4, and 5; Music Goals 6, 8, and 9
Grade 4: Social Studies Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Language Arts Goal 4; Dance Goals 1, 3, 4, and 5; Music Goals 6, 8, and 9
Everybody's War: North Carolina and World War II
Everyday life changed during World War II as families were separated, food and goods were rationed, and travel and pleasure driving were curtailed. North Carolinians from the mountains to the coast helped the war effort by volunteering, salvaging and conserving, growing victory gardens, and buying war bonds. Use the scrapbook of memories; the stories of North Carolinians; and objects, images, and words of the period to teach about the changes that this war brought to our state.
Grade 8: Social Studies Goal 6; Language Arts Goals 1 and 2; U.S. History Goal 10
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