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Articles: The Writing Center

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is an article? Explore the world of articles when you visit this informative resource. Students and teachers can brush up on their knowledge of these tiny but important words.
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University of North Carolina Wilmington: Graphs of Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Defining the graph of a function, vertical line test, characteristics of graphs, approximating relative extrema, and even and odd functions are covered with examples that include charts and graphs.
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eBook
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Documenting the American South: Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of North Carolina provides the full text of Phillis Wheatley's poetry, and her memoirs.
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Primary
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Unc: Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full text of "Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (1736-1799)," written by William Wirt (1772-1834). 140 pages long, this book contains an in-depth biography of the man.
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Primary
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Documenting the American South: A Soldier's Recollections

For Students 9th - 10th
This 'Documenting the American South' site from the University of North Carolina provides the full 326 page text (HTML file) of Randolph McKim's "A Soldier's Recollections" that describe his experiences and observations during his...
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Documenting the South: Robert Stiles, 1836 1905: Four Years Under Marse Robert

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of North Carolina contains the actual text of "Four Years Under Marse Robert" from the memoirs of a Confederate soldier.
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Primary
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University of North Carolina: Slave Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, part of the 'Documenting the American South' project, contains information about the slave narratives from their beginnings until 1920 and the importance of this form of...
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University of North Carolina: Narratives of Amer. South

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, part of the 'Documenting the American South' project, contains information and texts about first-person narratives of the American south. These documents give the viewpoint of...
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North American Slave Narratives: Lewis Clarke

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of North Carolina provides the full-text narrative of the suffering of Lewis Clarke, who endured a captivity of more than twenty-five years. The text is very in-depth, long, and includes photos of the...
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Primary
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The Church in the Southern Black Community: George Bourne, 1780 1845

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of North Carolina contains the text of George Bourne's 19th-century argument against slavery using the Bible as an instrument to prove that slavery is morally wrong.
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Address of Congress to the Confederate States

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the actual "Address of Congress to the People of the Confederate States," joint resolution in relation to the war. The address claims that slaves are indeed private property.
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eBook
University of North Carolina

North American Slave Narratives: Life and Adventures of Nat Love

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the text of the book, "The Life and Adventures of Nat Love," an autobiography written by Nat Love.
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Primary
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Documenting the American South: Olaudah Equiano

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill presents the full text of "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano detailing the cruelty of the slave trade in the...
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Documenting the South: The Southern Homefront

For Students 9th - 10th
Diaries and Personal Correspondence from Southerners during the Civil War provided by the University of North Carolina. An excellent collection of primary source documents for your study of everyday Southern life during the Civil War era.
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Univ. Of North Carolina: Narrative of William W. Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
Here at this site from the University of North Carolina, read the entire text of William Brown's (1814?-1884 CE) book, "Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave." This website allows you to download the entire book on one webpage...
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First Person Narratives of the American South: Twenty Nine Years a Slave

For Students 9th - 10th
Here at this site from the University of North Carolina, read the full text of Henry Clay Bruce's (1836-1902) book, "The New Man: Twenty-Nine Years a Slave, Twenty-Nine Years a Free Man." A very interesting account of a former slave of...
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Univ. Of North Carolina: Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut

For Students 9th - 10th
Here at this site from the University of North Carolina, read the full text to Mary Chesnut's (1823-1886 CE) "A Diary from Dixie." This website include biographical information and illustration from the original book, published in 1905.
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Documenting the American South: Rev. L. R. Ferebee. Written From Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
From this extensive site, "Documenting the American South" presented by the University of North Carolina you will find the memoir of Reverend L. R. Ferebee, who wrote about his life as a slave. A great primary source.
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Documenting the American South: The New Slavery in the South

For Students 9th - 10th
This autobiography of an African-American man relates his experiences as a free laborer in Georgia after the Civil War. You will see that he felt his conditions were not unlike the slavery that existed before the Civil War. From the...
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Primary
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Documenting the American South: Thirty Years a Slave

For Students 9th - 10th
From the extensive site, "Documenting the American South," read Louis Hughes' "Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter," which was originally...
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Documenting the American South: John Andrew Jackson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this exciting recollection of John Andrew Jackson in his book, "The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina, "published in 1862. Find out about his experiences as a slave and his escape. Included are illustrations, biographical...
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Website
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Documenting the South: The War: "Stonewall" Jackson as I Saw Them

For Students 9th - 10th
A first-hand chronology of James H. Wood's experiences in the Civil War. Included are campaigns of Stonewall Jackson in which Wood participated.
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Website
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Documenting the South: John H. Worsham

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the University of North Carolina there is a firsthand account from a foot soldier who fought under the command of "Stonewall," Jackson during the Civil War. Download the full text of John H. Worsham's text, which was...
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Unc: Mark Twain Old Times on the Mississippi

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read Mark Twain's (1835-1910 CE) "Old Times on the Mississippi." Download the full text, as well as the accompanying illustrations.