Digital Heritage
  • Home
    • Contact Us
  • Culture
  • Economy
  • Land
  • People
    • Mountain Heritage Award
  • Institutions
Select Page
Cross-Curriculum Scrapbook

Cross-Curriculum Scrapbook

3-5, Art, Computer and Technology Skills, English/Language Arts, Information Skills, Music, Social Studies, Technical-Vocational

During this project, each fourth-grade student creates a scrapbook based on historic figures, places, and events in the history of Western North Carolina. […]

Civil War Experiences in Cherokee County

Computer and Technology Skills, English/Language Arts, K-2, Math, Music, Social Studies

This is an American History unit for second graders that focuses on the life of Abraham Lincoln and the impact he had on the war. It also examines the Underground Railroad and the life of Harriet Tubman. […]

Recent Posts

Mountain Feist

March 21st, 2018

A Mountain Feist is a type of small hunting dog.  Like the many others varieties of feists, it is not a specific breed. The ancestral [...]

Lady Bird Johnson

October 5th, 2017

On March 14, 1967, Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, arrived in Jackson County, North Carolina. She had come to visit the [...]

Land Trusts

November 4th, 2016

Some of Appalachia’s most special places are protected through land trusts. These non-profit organizations work with private landowners and other organizations to protect places of significant [...]

Appalachian Trail Through Hikers

October 27th, 2016

The Appalachian Trail extends 2,160 miles from Springer Mountain in North Georgia to Mount Katahdin in northern Maine. “Through Hiker” is the name given to [...]

Carolina Lily

September 23rd, 2015

Have you ever seen a Carolina Lily? Did you know it is North Carolina’s official state wildflower? But take care to avoid mistaking it for [...]

About The Digital Heritage Project

DigitalHeritage.org includes essays, video interviews, and other materials created by the students of Western Carolina University. It also includes regional lesson plans created by teachers participating in the Adventure of the American Mind project sponsored by the Library of Congress. Radio spots created by WCU faculty and students may be heard on stations WKSF-FM, WMXF-AM, WPEK-AM, WWCU-FM, and WWNC-AM. A print version is available each month in the Laurel of Asheville.

Tonya Carroll (B.A., 2007 M.A., 2009) with Bruce Frazier (Carol Grotnes Belk Endowed Professor in Commercial & Electronic Music) in the recording studio.
Copyright, Western Carolina University. All Rights Reserved