Tsi lu gi (Welcome in Cherokee)
Welcome to the North Carolina Museum of History’s online teacher workshop “American Indians in North Carolina, Past and Present.” American Indians have played, and continue to play, a major role in North Carolina’s history. This professional development program will provide you with the resources necessary to integrate Indian history and contemporary culture into your curriculum. The workshop is a self-guided program comprising
- sessions on selected topics
- links to related Web sites
- a bulletin board connecting workshop participants and museum staff
- printable handouts
Log on anytime during the program dates and proceed through the sessions and activities at your own pace (and in your pajamas, if you like!). Anticipate spending approximately six hours per week on the workshop and related assignments.
Submit work assignments via mail or e-mail. You will earn eight contact hours for each completed assignment for a maximum of forty hours. After completing the workshop, you will receive a certificate of completion. If you are seeking reading or technology credits, complete the designated assignments to receive a special notice on your certificate indicating you have fulfilled the workshop's reading or technology criteria.
Cherokee Indian woman and child, undated
To fully access this workshop, you will need a computer with Internet access and an e-mail address. Some recommended Web sites have audio components requiring a sound card (not required to complete the workshop). Other Web sites require Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded free at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.
Choose any of the five main sessions or other workshop sections from links listed under Contents on every page. The Participant Background section provides the subject and grade level that each participant teaches, as well as their current school. Use this information to learn about others taking the course and, using the workshop's bulletin board, to network with educators having similar interests.
To view the workshop photos on a separate page, which you may also print, click once on the photo. Click on Back to return to the main text.
If you have difficulty navigating the workshop, please contact Tricia Blakistone at 919-807-7971 or at tricia.l.blakistone@ncdcr.gov.
The North Carolina Museum of History Division promotes the understanding of the history and material culture of North Carolina for the educational benefit of North Carolinians. Through collections and historical interpretation, its museums encourage citizens and visitors to explore and understand the past; to reflect on their own lives and their place in history; and to preserve state, regional, and local history for future generations.
In 1998 the North Carolina Museum of History offered a pilot electronic
teacher workshop,
The Role of Women in North Carolina History, as a new way to
serve educators across the state. Since that time, the museum has developed
six additional online workshops: Stories from the Civil War,
Legends of North Carolina, North Carolina at Home and in
Battle in World War II, North Carolina Geography, and The
Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina, as well as this workshop.
These workshops are all offered periodically (go to http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/edu/ProfDev.html
to see the current schedule). Based on evaluations of these workshops,
the museum will improve the existing online courses and develop new Web-based
programs for teachers.
The North Carolina Museum of History gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following individuals and organizations:
A. Scott Ashcraft
Howard Covington
Dorothy Crowe
Lawrence A. Dunmore, III, Esquire
Fayetteville Observer-Times
Becky Goins
Denyce Hall
Denise Jones
Senora Lynch
Brenda Moore
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
North Carolina Biography Project
Dr. Ogletree Richardson
David Ray Smith
Kara Stewart
James “Bo” Taylor
Special thanks to the Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee, Haliwa-Saponi, Sappony, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, and Waccamaw-Siouan tribes for their participation in the workshop.