Helpful Websites:

• http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/fko/booklet/index.htm
  Did You Know? North CarolinaDesigned with students in mind, this online resource explores the history, geography, and government of North Carolina.
  
  
• www.ncagr.com/agscool 
  Look Where Goodness Grows in North Carolina. A guidebook by NC Dept of Agriculture to crops and livestock in North Carolina.
  
  
• http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg/
  Secretary of State website
  
  
• http://www.nchistoricsites.org/
  North Carolina Historic Sites website
  
  
• http://about.com/homework
  
  
• http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html
  
  
• http://americaslibrary.gov
  Library of Congress
  
  
• http://www.factmonster.com
  
  
• http://www.infoplease.com/homework/
  Find useful information by subject area, develop better writing, note taking and study skills, and search through previous questions and answers from other students.
  
  
• http://school.discovery.com/students
  
  
• http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
  
  
• http://www.homeworkspot.com
  
  
• http://www.homeworkplanet.com
  
  
• http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids-homework.html
  This is an excellent site maintained as a labor of love by Internet luminary Brendan Kehoe.
  
  
• http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/family/lpartner/lpartner.htm
  A guide to educational activities for families, this is a good site for parents interested in helping their kids with homework or supplemental learning.
  

• http://americanhistory.about.com
  
  
• http://www.ushistory.org
  
  
• http://www.u-s-history.com
  
  
• http://www.historynet.com
  
  
• http://earlyamerica.com
  Good site for eighteenth-century American history
  
  
• http://ehistory.com
  
  
• http://www.civilwar.com
  
  
• http://www.historyplace.com
  
  
• http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/tryhistory2.cfm
  
  
• http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
  
  
• http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp
  National Archives collection of original documents
  
  
• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
  Library of Congress collection of primary sources, more than seven million digital items
  
  
• http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
  PBS series on the American Revolution
  
  
• http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
  An incredible resource sponsored jointly by National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and U.S. Freedom Corps to create a website dedicated to sharing and learning about the 100 most influential documents in American history

• http://www.hplibrary.org/kids/weblinks/ushist.html
  Web site of the public library in Highland Park, IL offers links to numerous resources regarding U.S. history
  
  

Helpful Books:

• The Nifty North Carolina Coloring Book by Carole Marsh (images of cardinal, State Capitol, Wright Brothers, State Seal, etc)
  
  
• T is for Tar Heel: A North Carolina Alphabet by Carol Crane (each letter of the alphabet represents something special about NC)
  
  
• North Carolina Impressions photos by Jim Hargan and Laurence Parent
  
  
• State Birds and Flowers Coloring Book. Dover Publishing Company