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A general listing of local places, things, events, and activities to integrate into teaching and learning activities.

Places Things Events Activities
North Carolina Office of Archives & History Photographs Displacement or relocation Fishing/Hunting
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Family Bibles
  • Birth/Death Dates
  • Marriages
  • Family Tree
  • Newspaper clippings
Migration/Out-Migration Canoeing
Cemeteries
  • genealogies
  • resident's life span
  • war veterans
  • infant deaths: illness/diseases
Artifacts
  • Quilts
  • Arrowheads
  • China
  • Letters
  • Church documents
  • Diaries
  • Newspapers
  • Pottery
  • Maps
Weather Canning- food preservation
Courthouse
  • Deeds
  • Marriage licenses
  • Building blueprints
  • Birth/Death certificates
Antiques
  • Furniture
  • Appliances
  • Equipment/Tools
  • Vehicles
  • Clothing
  • Musical instruments & recordings
Graduation Quilting
Historical Buildings
  • Churches
  • Schools
  • Farms
  • Town buildings
Culture's Sporting events Music - Vocal/Instrumental
Public Library
  • Old newspapers
  • Old magazines
Plants, Flowers, and Animals Decoration Day Dancing
Lakes, Rivers, Waterfalls & Land Recipes & Cookbooks   Farming
Old Fence lines, Railroads, Roads Family & Friends   Storytelling
Web sites Written & Oral Histories
  • Veterans
  • Local Historians
  • Local People
  TVA Kids
Hiking & Biking Trails North Carolina American Local History Network Web Page    
North Carolina Museums by County North Carolina Genealogical Societies by county    
North Carolina Arboretum Welcome to North Carolina & The NCGenWeb Project    
Fire Houses North Carolina Folklore Society    
Post Offices Asheville Citizen Times    
  WebRoots.org Genealogy Foundation    
  North Carolina Arts Council    
  Berea College - Southern Appalachian Archives    
 
Appalachian Studies Association
Appalachian Studies Association
   
  Encyclopedia of Appalachia    

 

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