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Margaret Nelson

8th grade Social Studies

1.01-Selling the forest for the trees, and other geographic advantages of colonial Carolina

1.02-Catawba University, Pee Dee River, Cape Hatteras: Who came up with these names, and how didthese people influence the colony?

1.03-Should I stay or should I go now? European Exploration

1.03-All Americas a stage an all the Europeans merely players.

1.04-What do the Kentucky Derby, French Fries, and the 13th Amendment have in common?

1.05-God, Gold, and Glory

1.05-Founding Factors

1.06-From ports and pines to religion and rebellion

1.07-It's a small state after all: The life and labor of the first North Carolinians

1.07-How America's beginning baker's dozen lived and thrived

2.01-The Tea Party, the tax, and the Intolerable Acts: That's what revolutions are made of!

2.02-Patriots vs. Loyalists:The first gridiron battle

2.02-Cornwallis, Greene, and Howe! : Independence seems to be the word; I know not one dissenting

voice.

2.03- King, Arthur, and the Battle of Guilford COURThouse

2.03-The Regulators an Loyalists battled, but the Courthouse is what left Brits rattled.

2.04-Help from Eastern Europe: The future of America is closely bound up with the future of all

mankind. --Lafayette

2.04-The Home Field Advantage: Why the Patriots triumphed for the trophy of independence

2.05-Who's We the People and how do you form a more perfect union?

2.05-We're #1: How the Halifax Resolves made N.C. first in the race for independence

3.01- The Lesser of Two Evils: Britain and France's actions leading into the War of 1812

3.01- Dressed to Impressment: Causes of the War of 1812

3.01- Rip Van Winkle and other tales: How N.C. impacted the War of 1812 and vice versa

3.02- Agriculture: From King Cotton to Economic Jester

3.02- We don't need no education: The long road to Southern literacy and public education

3.02- Early Democracy in N.C.: How the West got one and the East got two

3.03- Murphey's Law: Whatever internal improvements can be done, need to be done.

3.03/7- William Gaston finally got to cast in, his vote:The fight for religious freedom in N.C.

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3.04- The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion-Frederick Douglass: Slavery in

the U.S.

3.04- All Aboard! The emergence of the Underground Railroad and how it changed slavery

3.05- Tsali, An Indian Outlaw: The Resistance of the Cherokee People in N.C.

3.05- 1,000 miles, 4,000 innocent lives lost, only 1 Trail of Tears3.06- Because 37ers just isn't as catchy: North Carolina Gold Rush

3.07- Constitution of 1835; Religious freedom takes one step forward; American Indians and African

Americans take two steps back

3.07- Edward Dudley-Do-Right by the people

3.08- Who should I make this check out to? The Louisiana Purchase: How we got it and who was

selling?

3.08- Who's this girl on the gold dollar and what does she have to do with Lewis and Clark?

3.08- San Francisco 49ers and Levi Strauss Jeans: How the California Gold Rush affected the U.S. and

its culture

4.01- Now we are told the government shall be broken up unless we surrender to those we have

beaten.--Lincoln: Secession from the Union

4.01- Let the bells ring out and the cannons fly!: The Beginning of the Confederate State of America

4.01- Last, but certainly not least: North Carolina and the Confederate States of America

4.02- No terms except unconditional an immediate surrender can be accepted--Grant: Victories of the

North

4.02- I've heard of the ' dead lying in heaps' but never saw it till this battle: The Battle of Antietam

4.03- Think of the Carolinian! Conscription Act and Zebulon Vance

4.03- War's no day at the beach, or is it?: Wilmington and its impact on the war

4.04- Zebulon Vance: Just be glad it's not your name

4.04/5: Holden on to what we've got: Reconstruction in N.C.

4.04- Lincoln, Lee and Ulysses: Leaders of the Civil War

4.05- Reconstruction of a new constitution leads to the destruction of trust, integrity, and harmony in

the government

5.01- What does a tobacco company have to do with a Blue Devil?

5.01- Who's the giant who lives in High Point and why does he keep his chest of drawers out in the

open?: Industries of N.C.

5.02- The father of North Carolina's public education gives his children the gift of textbooks. Just what

you asked for, right?

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5.03- Come One, Come All...or not: The Great Migration

5.04- Phones, and Power, and Planes, Oh My!

5.04- Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers

5.05- I wonder how many red shirts the Red Shirts had?

5.05- Democrats or Populists? How about Republicans into Fusionists?5.06- Saying Auf wierdersehen to Deutschland

5.06- From furniture to wagon wheels and wooden planks: N.C. industry in WWI

6.01- I never understood why it was the Great Depression, when anyone who lived through it could

tell you how great is wasn't.

6.01- The Alphabet Soup known as...The New Deal

6.02- The loss and destruction at Torpedo Junction

6.02- Every soldier and sailor in the service of the Nation either wears or caries some article

manufactured in N.C.: The Versatility of N.C. in WWII

6.03- Saving Money with Victory Gardens! Use the money to buy War Bonds!: Funding the Cause

6.04- The Powerful and Prolific Tuskegee Airmen: 1st African American Military Flying Unit

6.04- We Can Do It! Rosie the Riveter and other female figures of WWII

7.01- The prevailing mood in N.C. is not hard to sense: it is energetic and ambitious. The citizens are

determined and confident; they are on the move.

7.01- What does a research triangle park look like? Could they have square playgrounds?

7.02- Turn Left! Turn Left Again!: NASCAR and other social changes in N.C.

7.02-Who thought sitting down at a counter would cause so much trouble?: The Civil Rights

Movement in N.C.

7.03- North Carolina kids were polio-free and feeling fine, by year 1959

7.03- Rockin' the Suburbs with the new car culture

7.04- Raised minimum wage, expanded Social Security, and provided funding for low income

families...sounds like a Fair Deal to me.

7.04- Every segment of our population and every individual has a right to expect from our government

a Fair Deal--Truman: Civil Rights Movement

7.05- Communism: How the Red Scare got you black-balled everywhere.

7.05- Some folks were born, made to wave the flag, oh they're red, white, and blue.: The War in

Vietnam

7.05- More space, more departments, cleaner constitution: Executive Organization Act of 1971

8.01- 1 of every 3 people living in N.C. were born in another state. Are you one? Why did you move to

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8.01- The changing demographics of N.C. What group has almost quintupled since 1990?

8.02- Wacky Tobaccy: How agriculture still influences N.C. economy

8.02- Globalization: How a more global market impacts N.C.

8.02- What is the Research Triangle doing now?: Biotechnology, Computer Technology, andCommunication Technology

8.03- Save the Whales! Save the Turtles! Save the Pigs!: How N.C. is impacting the preservation of the

environment

8.03- Are you protected in N.C.? What N.C. is doing to keep its citizens safe

8.04- Busing? Community Schools? What's best? Is there one right answer?

9.01- No Child Left Behind: What is it? Why does it exist? What happens if someone does get left

behind?

9.01- Loose Threads and Computer Chips: The Changing Economy of N.C.

9.02- Ladies and Legislation: Dole, Clayton and other political women of N.C.

9.02- Lee, Blue, and Harvey Too: African American politicians and their impact in government

9.03- Kid's Vote! Does it matter? When does it happen?

9.03- Now What?! What you can do to make an impact on your community and state.