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: A manor house in Knole, Kent, England, built around 1457.; Format: image/photograph

: This illustration appeared in Harper's Weekly after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. The caption reads, "The effects of the proclamation -- Freed negroes coming into our lines at Newbern, North Carolina."; Format: image/illustration

: The National City Lines bus, No. 2857, on which Rosa Parks was riding before she was arrested, is now a museum exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum.; Format: image/photograph

Effects of Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd in North Carolina: The two images in the top row of this SeaWiFS timeline show North Carolina's estuaries before either of the two hurricanes came through. The three images in the bottom row show the estuaries after the hurricanes. The two smaller images at the upper left give...; Format: image/photograph

Field house located on canal in highlands near Mai Chau: A thatched roof house is located along a canal used for irrigating wet-rice fields in the highlands near Mai Chau. Such small houses built of local plant materials may be used by Southeast Asian highland families on a permanent basis, especially if they are...; Format: image/photograph

Hanoi market women talking: There was an outdoor market across from my hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. Though it was not large, it was possible to find anything from combs to shoes to fresh meat and vegetables. Merchants line up in long rows, selling their merchandise from a blanket on the...; Format: audio

Hurricane Floyd effects on coastal ecology: This satellite image, from Landsat 7, shows the sediment washed into the ocean from Hurricane Floyd's rains. A NASA oceanographer, using spaceborne technologies to study the effects of Hurricane...; Format: image/photograph

Sketch showing route of the Burnside expedition [to Roanoke Island, N.C., February 6, 1862]: Format: image/map

Tuff Canyon near the Castelon area of Big Bend National Park: This photograph shows the Tuff Canyon Cliff near the Castalon area. Tuff is “a rock composed of consolidated or cemented volcanic ash.” These gray cliffs show a great deal of erosion from Blue Creek as it cut through the rock. Strewn at the base...; Format: image/article

The “knees&rdquo of Cypress: Format: image/photograph

The “knees” of Cypress: Format: image/photograph

The “Old Fire”: Smoke billows from the “Old Fire,” a wildfire that raged in the San Bernardino Mountains of California in the fall of 2003. In this view from a distant peak, gray-white smoke rises in great clouds from green mountains, partly obscuring a sky with...; Format: image/photograph

The “who cares” approach: Long-term benefits: Using classroom footage and teacher interviews, this video addresses the long-term benefits to students of using assignments based on real-world perspectives. Teachers from elementary, middle, and high school share observations and success stories. This video...; Format: video/video

“Who cares” in action: Formative and summative assessment: Using teacher interviews and classroom footage, this video illustrates how using perspectives-based assignments can improve classroom instruction and assessment. Teachers from elementary, middle, and high school discuss how this approach contributes to effective...; Format: video/video

10-year-old daughter of Mitch McGahan who is dying of undernourishment: In this black and white photograph, a woman and a little girl stand holding hands in front of a line of laundry. They seem to be standing inside of a livestock pen: the ground is muddy and there is a crudely-built fence that is just in front of the laundry...; Format: image/photograph

1552 English school seal: A 1552 school seal from Louth Grammar School in England bears the motto "Spare the rod and spoil the child."; Format: image/illustration

1640 map of southern Virginia and eastern Florida: The title of this 1640 map, Virginiæ partis australis, et Floridæ partis orientalis, translates to "Virginia parts south and Florida parts east." At the time, Virginia included all the British land along the east coast, so the map covers the...; Format: image/map

1676 map of Carolina: 1676 map of Carolina drawn by British cartographer John Speed. This is one of the earliest published maps of the colony, and it reflects the colonists' limited understanding of the territory, as well as some amount of wishful thinking. The map appears to be...; Format: image/map

1677 treaty between Virgina and Indians: Format: image/document

1677 treaty between Virgina and Indians: Article XVI: Article XVI of the 1677 treaty between Virginia and the Indians.; Format: image/document

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