North Carolina Collectionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/88582024-03-28T22:02:50Z2024-03-28T22:02:50ZTOOLS OF THE TRADE: A MATERIAL CULTURE STUDY OF HAND TOOLS FROM QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGELawrence, Kendra Ghttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/88292022-12-01T09:01:59Z2020-11-19T00:00:00ZTOOLS OF THE TRADE: A MATERIAL CULTURE STUDY OF HAND TOOLS FROM QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE
Lawrence, Kendra G
Blackbeard was one of the most notorious pirates during the 1700s and today maintains a high profile in popular culture. The remains of his flagship Queen Anne's Revenge were discovered by researchers off the coast of North Carolina nearly 300 years after the vessel wrecked. The excavation and conservation of this site continues to offer new insights into the work, lives, and shipboard activities of pirates, crew, and slaves aboard La Concorde. The hand tools, which include hammers, files, pry bars, jacks, and other instruments for shaping wood represent a growing category of artifacts recovered from the wreck and over a dozen are currently undergoing conservation in Greenville, North Carolina. This thesis examines these artifacts through material culture and object biography lenses and provides insight into vessel maintenance and repair activities that sailors and craftspeople performed aboard vessels in the eighteenth-century. Specific crafts and trades represented by these tools include carpentry, painting, and possible weapon repair.
2020-11-19T00:00:00ZReconstructing the waterfront : an historical and archaeological examination of the ninetenth century port of Washington, NCNassif, William Thttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/88182022-12-01T09:02:00Z2020-11-05T00:00:00ZReconstructing the waterfront : an historical and archaeological examination of the ninetenth century port of Washington, NC
Nassif, William T
The purpose of this project is to gather historical and archaeological data to illuminate potential relationships between economic and social trends in the construction of wharf structures and enhance our understanding of the multitude of factors that drive the growth and decline of port communities. Ports and harbors have long been understudied aspects of maritime archaeology. Yet, they are gateways into the historical and commercial past of regional, as well as international cultures. Therefore, this study is a unique opportunity to analyze waterfront installations within their economic context. To do this, the coastal town of Washington, NC, situated along the Tar-Pamlico River, will be used as a case study. Historical and archaeological information will be gathered from several sources and will be assessed for correlation.
2020-11-05T00:00:00ZHULL PRESERVATION: PRESERVATION METHODS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BATTLESHIP NORTH CAROLINA MEMORIAL WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINAVestal, Joshuahttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/88162022-12-01T09:01:59Z2020-11-06T00:00:00ZHULL PRESERVATION: PRESERVATION METHODS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BATTLESHIP NORTH CAROLINA MEMORIAL WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
Vestal, Joshua
The USS North Carolina (BB-55), was the most decorated battleship in the United States Navy during World War II. During its service, the USS North Carolina participated in every major action in the Pacific receiving fifteen battle stars. The ship was decommissioned in 1947 after only six years of service. It was then stricken from the Naval Vessel register in 1960 and was set to be sold for scrap. However, the residents of North Carolina, including thousands of school children, saved the ship from being scrapped and raised enough money to have it towed down the Cape Fear River to Wilmington, NC. It now serves as a memorial to the veterans of North Carolina who served in World War II.After sitting in its berth for decades, the ship began to experience hull deterioration. A project to repair the worst section of the hull (the starboard bow) finally took place in 2011. Now, several other sections need repair. Today, caretakers of USS North Carolina have recently finished installing a permanent cofferdam around the vessel. Repairs to several sections of the ship's hull are currently underway. Utilizing archaeological and cultural resource management approaches, this thesis will discuss the preservation issues that steel-hulled battleship museums face, focusing on the USS North Carolina, as well as the methods for restoring and maintaining the hulls of these ships. It will also analyze methods used to solve these preservation issues, which will allow for better preparation when dealing with similar issues that may arise in more recently converted battleship museums. This thesis will also seek to understand the relationship that battleship museums play in preserving cultural heritage.
2020-11-06T00:00:00ZPOSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS AT A NC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: A PROGRAM EVALUATIONMeadows, Christopher Lynnhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/88012022-03-03T13:29:38Z2020-11-16T00:00:00ZPOSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS AT A NC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: A PROGRAM EVALUATION
Meadows, Christopher Lynn
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Chris Meadows, POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS AT A NC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: A PROGRAM EVALUATION (Under the direction of Dr. Marjorie Ringler). Department of Educational Leadership, December 2020.
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a multi-tiered framework utilized in over 26,000 schools across the United States, to create a school culture consisting of a positive learning environment and successful student (Sugai & Horner, 2020). This study sought to determine the effectiveness of PBIS at a North Carolina public charter school in regards to three major indicators: student attendance; student academic achievement; and student discipline. The rise of charter schools in both the US and NC is discussed along with charter school advocate and critic perceptions. To gain a greater understanding of the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of PBIS at this charter, many topics were detailed to mirror the charter’s student population. At the time of the study, the study site was predominately African American and high poverty. Because of the predominate student population of the study’s site, African American and high poverty student issues and concerns are discussed based on numerous educational theorist’s ideas and their respective research. Determining the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of PBIS at the charter occur through data collection procured through various PBIS documents from the three years at the charter, equating to the first year (2017-18) of PBIS implementation, the second year (2018-2019) of PBIS implementation, and the third year (2019- 2020) of PBIS implementation. The three years of data included student proficiency on NC End of Grade (EOG) assessments, student suspension data, and student attendance rates. Qualitative data was obtained from charter school staff responses of semi-structured interview questions. The evaluation of this this program was completed with the CIPP (Context; Input; Process; and Product) method. The program evaluation was favorable overall in the fidelity of PBIS
implementation and generated the following findings: academic growth in each of the three years of PBIS implementation; a decrease in student short-term suspensions in each of the three years of PBIS implementation; and a steady and remarkable increase in student attendance rate in each of the three years of PBIS implementation.
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