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Distance Learning for Students

"Visit" the Museum of History through live two-way videoconferencing. Distance learning classes are interactive programs that allow students to see and touch reproduction artifacts as they explore a historical topic with a museum expert. All distance learning classes adhere to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Supplemental classroom information and activities are available for most classes.

Your site must have direct IP videoconferencing capability. Contact Jerry Taylor at 919-807-7972 or jerry.taylor@ncdcr.gov to arrange a test.

Each program runs an hour. There is no charge for these programs to North Carolina schools, although participants are responsible for return shipping costs of materials. To schedule a distance learning class, call 919-807-7972 or email jerry.taylor@ncdcr.gov.

You can also see streaming versions of some of our distance learning classes.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Who Works Here?

What is it like to work in a museum? Who brings to life the "stuff" of history? Who takes care of the museum building, trains the volunteers, publishes the documents, creates the website, builds the exhibits, conducts research, and stores the artifacts? Watch museum professionals in action and learn about their jobs. Understand the vocabulary of a museum. Play "Museum Jeopardy" for prizes! Grades 3–5.
Offered Mondays through Wednesdays.

Don't You Know There's a War On?

This updated distance learning class focuses on World War II from a North Carolina perspective. Hands-on activities, images and voices from World War II participants, and interactive discussion help students learn about life for North Carolinians on the home front and at war. Grades 6–12.
Offered Mondays through Wednesdays.

History Mystery

How do historians unravel mysteries of the past? What do objects tell us about how people lived long ago? By participating in interactive discussions and hands-on activities, students learn why the investigative skills of observation, hypothesis, and analysis are important in understanding history. Choose from five History Mystery topics: Colonial Life, Health and Healing, Farm Life, Civil War and Tools and Gadgets. Grades 3–5.
Offered Mondays through Wednesdays.

Moccasins to Motorcars

With the help of a time line, learn how modes of transportation have changed and how those changes have affected North Carolinians. Students will participate in interactive discussions and hands-on activities in their discoveries of North Carolina’s transportation history. Grades 3–5.
Offered Mondays through Wednesdays.

American Indians in North Carolina

Explore the fascinating history and contemporary culture of North Carolina's American Indian communities. Students will learn and share information about the state's tribes through small group activities, video clips, and touch objects. Grades 3–5.
Offered Mondays through Wednesdays.

Rhythm and Roots of North Carolina Music

Did you know that music is part of history too? Explore North Carolina's musical roots and discover instruments with special ties to our state. Students will enjoy making music and hearing Tar Heel musicians' recordings on the museum's own jukebox. Grades 3–5.
Offered Mondays through Wednesdays.

Civil War Stories from North Carolina

Why did North Carolina join the Confederacy? Did everyone in the state support the Civil War? What was life like during wartime? This program looks at individual North Carolinians who lived during the Civil War and uses their life experiences and writings to help students understand the choices faced and decisions made in response to the changes brought about by the war. Grades 4–8.
Offered Mondays through Wednesdays.

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