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This short trail was created to demonstrate the ability of Trailfire to hold questions for students. If you mark a selection of Web sites for students to view in a trail, you might also embed questions at each mark on the trail to help focus students on specific elements on those Web pages. Otherwise, they may just browse aimlessly without ever picking up any information. You could have students answer the questions by leaving a comment on the mark, but that would give away the answer to other students. You could also have students work in groups and click the "email" link that sits atop each mark and send the teacher their responses via email. Or you could just give students a handout with all the questions or give them a file with the questions so they can take notes on a computer. Finally, note that instead of the teacher creating a trail for students, a great way for students to learn about a topic is to have them create trails and questions for a study partner or their peers.

Throughout this year we will be writing letters to students in Nicaragua!  They will become our international pen pals.  Our job is tell them all about the great state of North Carolina and their job is tell us all about Nicaragua.  This trail takes you through a series of websites where you can find a lot of great information about North Carolina, past, present and future.  I have written a brief description for you about each website (mark) for you read about.  Visit each site to research and record information to share with our friends in Nicaragua!  Each letter we write will be on a different aspect of North Carolina, so you will be visiting these websites frequently to learn new information!  Have fun on your journey through North Carolina!

This is a site that has links to other historical sites, links where you can order historical resources, and links to some North Carolina Museums.