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Live-at-Home in North Carolina: In this lesson students will examine pictures and documents relating to the Live at Home program started in North Carolina by Governor O. Max Gardner to help North Carolina farmers refocus on food crops rather than cash crops during the Depression. These photographs, from the Green 'N' Growing collection at the North Carolina State University, will help students draw conclusions about the culture of North Carolina in the early 1930s and understand how they overcame the hardships of the Depression.; Format: article (grade 8 Social Studies); By Loretta Wilson.

Grooming in 1930s North Carolina: Using primary source materials, this lesson plan provides a glimpse into the lives of girls and women from the 1930s and will give students the opportunity to study what was considered attractive for the time, how the Depression affected grooming practices, and the universal concept of healthful living.; Format: article (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Dental hygiene: This black and white photograph shows a dark-haired boy with a freckled face. A dentist is standing to his side holding the boy's mouth open with dental tools to show rotten teeth.; Format: image/photograph

Luna Early, the 4-H queen of health: This black and white photograph shows a dark-haired young lady sitting on a chair outdoors. She is wearing round glasses of a dark color and a sleeveless dress with a flower pattern and lace shawl-collar.; Format: image/photograph

Drugstore Display for the Benefits of Milk: This black and white image of a 1930s drugstore window shows a display advertising the benefits of milk. In the center of the display is a paper cut-out of a boy holding a huge bottle of milk. The writing on the bottle says, “One Quart of Milk; See What...; Format: image/photograph

Feeding a Hog: This black and white photograph shows two little boys, Dallas and David Proctor, standing next to a huge black and white hog. The younger child is standing on the hog's right side and is holding a dried ear of corn. The older child is standing on the other...; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. W. D. McNairy recaning chairs: This black and white photograph shows Mrs. W. D. McNairy of Greensboro, North Carolina, recaning chairs in 1939. Her dark hard is pulled back into a bun. She is wearing a print dress and sitting on a low upholstered stool in her dining room. Rattan caning...; Format: image/photograph

4-H Club girl showing off Canned Goods: This black and white photograph shows a 4-H club girl standing in front of an open floor-to-ceiling cupboard that has six shelves filled with canned goods. The girl holds two canning jars in the crook of her left arm and is reaching for another jar with her...; Format: image/photograph

Henry Ford with 400 baby chicks: Henry Ford, a member of the Four Oaks 4-H Club, Four Oaks, Johnston County, North Carolina, Rt. 1, is shown doing his part to speed up the production of poultry. This black and white image shows him crouching down with his elbows on his knees in his tobacco...; Format: image/photograph

4-H Corn Exhibit at the NC State Fair: “4-H Club Trains Farm Youth in the Art of Living” is written on a banner over a 4-H club corn exhibit in this black and white photograph taken at the North Carolina State Fair in 1938. In the forefront of the image, on a table, are wooden trays...; Format: image/photograph

4-H Club boy feeding pig: This ca. 1930 black and white image shows a 4-H club boy feeding a pig. The boy is crouching down next to a wooden feeding trough from which a large dark-colored pig is eating. The handle of an empty slop bucket rests in his hands. The freckle-faced boy is...; Format: image/photograph

Wilson county 4-H Scholarship winner with an acre of corn: In July of 1940, Levi Simmons, an African American student of the Menchew 4-H Club of Wilson County, was awarded the 4-H Club scholarship to A and T College. He is shown in this black and white photograph standing in front of an acre of ripe corn which was...; Format: image/photograph

Young people working in garden: This black and white image, taken in 1941, shows 9 boys and girls working in garden in Wilson County, North Carolina. The children, who are tending vegetables, range in age from youngsters to teenagers. The older children are wearing wide brimmed hats are...; Format: image/photograph

Dazelle Foster Lowe at NC A&T: An exhibit of Home Demonstration work assembled to be sent to the Negro Exposition in Chicago is captured in this black and white photograph from June 27, 1940 at North Carolina A and T College in Greensboro. Mrs. Dazelle Foster Lowe, District Home Agent,...; Format: image/photograph

4-H club girl and leader examining jars: This black and white photographs shows a 4-H club girl and her leader examining jars used for canning as part of a 4-H food preservation program. They are standing in a room in front of a fireplace. A hurricane lamp and clock can be seen on the mantle. The...; Format: image/article

Food Preservation Demonstration: Posing behind a table of canned fruits and vegetables, a 4-H club girl is ready to perform a food preservation demonstration. This black and white photograph was taken outside near some buildings. The young girl is wearing a plain, white short-sleeved dress...; Format: image/photograph

Levi S and Mr. W. A. James standing in a field: In this black and white image from July 30, 1940, African Americans Levi S. and Mr. W. A. James are shown in a field of vegetable plants. Levi S., wearing a straw brimmed hat, is crouching in the field. Behind him, corn stalks are growing. Mr. James is standing...; Format: image/photograph

Eliza Drake in a garden: This black and white photograph, taken in Red Springs, North Carolina in the 1940s, shows Eliza Blake, an African American woman, and two children. They are in their garden doing home demonstration work. The garden is in the foreground of the image. Eliza...; Format: image/photograph

Man harvesting corn: In this ca. 1930, black and white photograph, a man can be seen harvesting corn in his field in North Carolina. The man, with his back to the camera, appears to be looking at something in his hands. He is wearing a straw hat and has a pipe in his mouth. To...; Format: image/photograph

Boy working during harvest time: In this 1932 black and white photograph, a boy is working in a field in Davidson County during harvest time. Dressed in overalls, he can be seen standing between two haystacks. In his hands, he holds a bundle of stalks of grain.; Format: image/photograph

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