PROGRAMS
& LESSON PLANS SUGGESTED
READING EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS & LESSON PLANS
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Dobbs is pleased to offer a variety of educational programming that brings a glimpse
of colonial frontier life to the classroom.
Our
EDUCATOR'S GUIDE
(.pdf) outlines the assortment of free programming available for school aged children. Our
EDUCATOR'S PACKET
(.pdf) contains a variety of information, worksheets and program descriptions
to prepare you for your visit to Fort Dobbs or a visit by Fort Dobbs staff to
your school. If
you have suggestions for future programming or lesson plans or would like to see
additional information on this page, please let us hear from you. Additionally,
be sure to check our EVENTS schedule frequently
for upcoming special programming. 
RESEARCH
DOCUMENTSSUGGESTED
READING 
Fred
Anderson, Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British
North America, 1754-1766. New York, 2000. Desmond
Clarke, Arthur Dobbs Esquire, 1689-1765: Surveyor-General Of Ireland Prospector
And Governor Of North Carolina. London, 1958. Emma
Lila Fundaburk, ed. South Eastern Indians Life Portraits: A Catalogue of Pictures,
1564-1860. Alabama, 1958. Eric
Hinderaker. At The Edge of Empire: The Backcountry In British North America.
Baltimore, 2003. James
G. Leyburn, The Scotch-Irish: A Social History. Chapel Hill, 1962. James
H. Merrell, The Indians' New World: Catawbas And Their Neighbors From European
Contact Through The Era of Removal. New York, 1989. Robert
W. Ramsey, Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier,
1747-1762. Chapel Hill, 1964. W.
Stitt Robinson, The Southern Colonial Frontier, 1607-1763. Albuquerque,
1979. Timothy
Silver, The New Face On The Countryside: Indians, Colonists, and Slaves in
South Atlantic Forests, 1500-1800. Cambridge, 1990. Alfred
M. Waddell. A Colonial Officer and His Times, 1754-1773: A Biographical Sketch
Of General Waddell. Wilmington, NC, 1889. Also
see our LINKS page for web resources and EVENTS
page for re-enactor guides. (BACK
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