Beaufort+County

Caroline Clark

Students will be introduced to the oldest town in North Carolina, which is Bath. Bath was established on March 8, 1705 and it took explorer John Lawson quite a trip to find it. His journey started in Charleston and he ended up settling by the Pamlico River. Since then, the old town of Bath has been involved in many events from North Carolina history including: Cary's Rebellion, The Tuscarora War, and the legend of Edward Teach, commonly known as Blackbeard. There are several historic houses still standing in Bath today and students will learn about these as well. I will have students map out Lawson's journey and after, I will give students background history on Bath, NC, in relevance with the major events.

The activity: Students will be assigned to a certain house that is still standing in Bath today. There will be four groups: The Palmer House (now known as the Palmer-Marsh house but I will split the two up), The Marsh House, The Bonner House, and the Van Der Veer House. They will be given websites to look up background information on the house owners. Students will be asked to write a narrative explaining every day life in the household as well as describe life in Bath, NC at their current time. The students will be encouraged to use many details in describing the house. After this, students will be able to take the virtual tour of their assigned houses, or if time and money allow, they will take a field trip to Historical Bath, NC and tour the houses for themselves.

How to asses: I will grade students timeline activity and historical narrative for accuracy.