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The Mexican Day of the Dead: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 1.1; Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico and the United States....; Format: article

The pottery makers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.4; Archaeologists do a bit of shrugging when asked about the Woodland—that time and lifeway tucked between 1000 BC and AD 1000. Some things they readily understand, but others leave them wondering.

The village farmers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.5; North Carolina sat on a crossroads by AD 1000. Cultural ideas from other places breezed through it and around it: how to decorate pottery, how to orient political and social life, how to honor the dead, how to structure towns.

True Picture of One Pict: "The Trvve Picture of One Picte." Theodor de Bry's engraving of a Pict (a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland), published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. The Pict stands with...; Format: image/illustration

The True Picture of a Woman Pict: "The Trvve Picture of a VVomen Picte." Theodor de Bry's engraving of a Pict woman (a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland), published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. The woman...; Format: image/illustration

Pictish Man Holding a Human Head: Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving of a Pict (a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland). De Bry's engraving, "The true picture of one Pict," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and...; Format: image/illustration

Pictish Woman: Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving of a Pict woman (a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland). De Bry's engraving, "The True Picture of a Women Picte," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A...; Format: image/illustration

From Caledonia to Carolina: The Highland Scots: In Colonial North Carolina, page 5.5; Many Scots immigrated to North Carolina due to growing population, changing methods of farming, and the defeat of the Highland Scots by English and Scottish forces in 1746. The first organized settlement of Highland Scots was in Cumberland County, where 350 people moved to in 1739.; Format: article; By Kathryn Beach.

A very short history of the English language: Students apply their knowledge of world history to research the major influences on the language that has become the English we speak today. Students then develop a timeline of events in Britain and explain the contributions of the various invading groups to the English language.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Carla Shinn.

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