Andrew Jackson from North Carolina becomes the 7th President of the United States

 

 

Colonial North Carolina • North Carolina 1800 - 1899 • North Carolina 1900 - Present

 

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North Carolina 4th grade Standard Course of Study Goals addresssed:

3 and 6. 

 

 

EXAMINING A NEWPAPER ARTICLE 

 

The following questions may be used to guide your students in analyzing a newspaper article.

 

1.  Who wrote the article and when?

2.  For what audience was this article written?

3.  After skimming through the article, what phrases or words stand out or catch your

     attention?

4.  What was the author's purpose in writing this article?

5.  What does this document tell you about life in North Carolina at the time this article

     was written?

6.  Is there anything left unanswered after examining this article?

 

  

Newspaper article from :  The Carolina Watchman"

 

 

Confederate soldiers wives in Salisbury, North Carolina Raid Local Stores

 

 

 

Carolina Watchman, March 23, 1863.

North Carolina Collection, UNC Libraries

 

For more information on this news article and to read it more clearly, click below:

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4187

 

 

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North Carolina 4th grade Standard Course of Study Goals addressed:

1 and 3. 

 

EXAMINING A MAP

 

 

The following questions may be used to guide your students in analyzing a map.

 

1.  Who is the creator of the map?

2.  Where was the map produced?

3.  What information is the mapmaker providing?

4.  List three things on the map that you think are important.

5.  Why do you think this map was drawn?  Can you find evidence?

6.  What does the map tell you about the place and time it was created?

7.  How is this map the same or different than present-day maps of North Carolina?

8.  Do you have a question for the mapmaker that is left unanswered by this map?

 

 

  

New Map of the State of North Carolina

1857

 

 

 

 

 

 

Map Collections - #1857.C6

New York:  J.H. Colton & Coompany, 1857

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washsington, D.C.  20540-4650 USA

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3900+ct001969))

 

 

 

Click on the map for more information.