The Tar Heel State
North Carolina is full of fun! Basketball, pirates, lost colonies, bluegrass and barbeque.
| Resources--books | Resources--web sites | Projects | Writing assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | Cape Hatteras, America's Lighthouse by Thomas Yocum, Bruce Roberts and Cheryl Shelton-Roberts (Cumberland House, 1999; ISBN 158182033X) |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Mike Graf (Bridgestone, 2003; ISBN 0736813764) |
| Mist over the Mountains; Appalachia and Its People by Raymond Bial (Houghton Mifflin, 1997; ISBN0395735696)North Carolina by Nan Alex, From sea to shining sea series (Children's Press, 2001; ISBN 0516224875) KR |
| Pioneer Children of Appalachia by Joan Anderson, photographs by George Ancona (Clarion, 1986; ISBN0899194400) |
| North Carolina by Tracey Boraas, Land of liberty series (Captsone, 2004; ISBN 0736821902) KR |
| North Carolina by Ann Graham Gaines, It's my state! series (Benchmark Books, 2004; ISBN 0761415335) KR |
| North Carolina by Ann Heinrichs, This land is your land series (Compass Point, 2003; ISBN 0756503248) KR |
| North Carolina by Martin Hintz and Stephen Hintz, America the beautiful series (Children's Press, 1998; ISBN 0516206389) |
| North Carolina by Sarah Rafle, World almanac library of the states series (World Almanac, 2002; ISBN 0836851196) KR |
| North Carolina by Andrea Schulz, Hello U.S.A. series (Lerner, 2002; ISBN 082254072X) KR |
| North Carolina by David Shirley, Celebrate the states series (Benchmark Books, 2001; ISBN 0761410724) |
| North Carolina by Michael V. Uschan, The thirteen colonies series (Lucent, 2002; ISBN 156085X06) KR |
| Pirates and Privateers of the High Seas by Laura Lee Wren Enslow, 2003; ISBN 0766015424) |
| The Confederate Flag by Hal Marcovitz (Mason Crest, 2003; ISBN 1590840356) |
| The Most Beautiful Villages and Town of the South by Bonnie Ramsey, photography by Dennis O'Kain (Thames & Hudson, 2000; ISBN 0500019991) |
| The Trail of Tears by R. Conrad Stein (Children's
Press, 1993; ISBN 0516066668) |
Activity Books:
| Great States! by Cindy Barden, illustrated by Chris Nye (Teaching and Learning Co, 1995; ISBN 1573100188)* |
| Which Way USA? North Carolina (Highlights for Children, 1997; ISBN 08753483)* |
Fiction:
| My Home is Over Jordan by Sandra Forrester (Lodestar Books, 1997; ISBN 052567568X) |
| Pale as the Moon by Donna Campbell (Coastal Carolina, 1999; ISBN 1928556027) |
| Who Comes with Cannons? by Patricia Beatty (Morrow, 1992; ISBN 0688110282) |
Audio/visual:
| Many Bluegrass and Appalachian music recordings. Especially Mark O'Connor's music. |
| Blackbeard's Ghost (Disney, 1968) |
Web sites
Please see The 50 States for more links.
Projects
| Learn the state song. |
| Play basketball. |
| Listen to Bluegrass an Appalachian music. |
| Paper Airplane contest. |
| Eat "real" North Carolina Barbeque. |
Writing assignments
| Write a report on the lost colony of Roanoke. |
| Write a story about pirates. |
| Write a report on the dangers of smoking and tobacco. |
Take a look at the other states
Completed February, 2005
Visited
November, 2006
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