Welcome to the North Carolina Museum of History’s online teacher workshop,Women in North Carolina History. This exciting program combines high-quality historical information with interactive Web-based technology, to provide you with a rewarding professional development experience. Women have played, and continue to play, a major role in North Carolina’s history. This professional development program will provide you with the resources necessary to integrate North Carolina women’s history into your social studies curriculum. The workshop is a six-week, self-paced program, meaning you can progress through the sessions and activities as you have time. You can anticipate spending approximately five hours per week on the workshop and related assignments. Throughout the workshop, you will access information in the following ways:
To fully access this workshop, you will
need a computer with Internet access and an e-mail address.
Navigating the Workshop Web Site You may choose any of the four workshop sessions, Evaluating and Using Online Resources in the Classroom, the Participant Background information, and the Workshop Handouts from the home page by choosing a link under "Contents". Each workshop session offers links to outside Web sites within and after the main text to connect you with additional information about the topic at hand. At the end of each workshop section, you may choose "« Back" to go to the previous section; "Home" to return to this introductory page; or "Next Session »" to proceed in order through the workshop. To view the workshop photos in a separate page, where you may also print them, click once on the photo. Click the "Back" button on your browser to return to the main text. If you have difficulty navigating the workshop Web site, please contact Tricia Blakistone at (919) 807-7971 or at tricia.l.blakistone@ncdcr.gov. The North Carolina Museum of History Division promotes the understanding of the history and material culture of North Carolina for the educational benefit of North Carolinians. Through collections and historical interpretation, its museums encourage citizens and visitors to explore and understand the past; to reflect on their own lives and their place in history; and to preserve state, regional, and local history for future generations. When the museum opened in its new building in 1994, one of the premier exhibits featured the history of women in North Carolina. This popular exhibit was the result of many years of diligent research, design, and preparation. Although the exhibit has closed, we still have a wealth of information about North Carolina women’s history including letters, journals, photographs, artifacts, and other resources. In 1998, education staff at the North Carolina Museum of History decided to put these resources to good use by offering a teacher workshop on women’s history. At the same time, the museum was looking for ways to serve educators who could not travel to Raleigh for "live" programs. The result is this workshop, which allows educators like yourself to participate in professional development without having to leave their home or school. This kind of workshop will not replace traditional programs but will supplement the museum’s ongoing programs for both students and educators. Since developing this workshop, the museum has created
six more: Stories from the Civil War; American Indians in North Carolina,
Past and Present; Legends of North Carolina; North Carolina at Home
and in Battle in World War II; North Carolina Geography; and The Civil
Rights Movement in North Carolina. All workshops are offered annually,
with a new one created each year. Based on evaluations from this project,
the museum will develop future programs for educators using this Web-based
technology. The North Carolina Museum of History would like to thank the Greensboro Historical Society, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, David Ray Smith, Euriskodata.com, and the United States Army for the use of their photographs. |