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Meeting North Carolina's mammals: Coyotes, deer, rabbits, and raccoons range nearly everywhere in North Carolina. By looking for signs and tracks around your school campus, students can learn all about them.; By Linda Dow.

All about life: A primary curriculum based around life and environmental science draws on children's natural curiosity to teach reading, math, and more.; By Myra Erexson.

Dairy judging teams at work during the 1932 [4-H] Short Course; the barn stood on the site of the present-day [Reynolds] Coliseum.: In this black and white photograph, several teams are lined up judging cattle. Team members are wearing light-colored summer clothing and appear to have assigned roles. Some are bent over inspecting cattle characteristics. Some are observing. Others are recording...; Format: image/photograph

Chickens in poultry house, Vance County, North Carolina, 4-H Club: In this black and white photograph, dozens of white chickens are pecking around in a small barn or large poultry house. A boy in jeans and a ball cap leans against a pole looking on. The barn has been wired for electricity and a lightbulb and many cords dangle...; Format: image/photograph

Boy and two sheep: In this black and white photograph, two sheep are standing in the foreground. Behind them, a boy standing in front of a barn looks on.; Format: image/photograph

Special celebrations: Although the first Christmas parties for estate workers were held in the Banquet hall of Biltmore house, they later moved to the Dairy, most likely because of the ever-expanding numbers of employees required for the growing operations. Sarah Lanning surmised...; Format: article; By Sue Clark McKendree.

Conclusion: Children born or raised at the farm and dairy village have wonderful memories of growing up on Biltmore Estate. For Mildred Buchanan, living here “was fun. I guess you felt a little but more secure than you would out in the town....You just wasn’t...; Format: article; By Sue Clark McKendree.

Border Belt Farmers Museum: Not only will students learn about the history of tobacco farming, they will discover other important industries to this southern North Carolina county.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Biltmore Estate: Discover the Destination: Includes a selection of Biltmore Estate images, virtual tours, and activities for kids. Limited historical information is found on this website.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Tobacco Farm Life Museum: This history museum provides "an informative insight into early 20th century farm family life."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum: Visit Duke Homestead or take an online tour, which not only features the history of the Duke family, their tobacco endeavors, and their homestead, but also contains a collection of original cigarette commercials and a movie of the tobacco bagging process.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Barn near West Jefferson in Ashe County, North Carolina: This is a dilapidated barn near a bluff in West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. The barn has collapsed in on itself. The trees on the mountain behind it are clothed in bright autumnal colors.; Format: image/photograph

Great Barn exterior, Stagville Plantation: Exterior view of the Great Barn at Stagville Plantation, North Carolina. The Great Barn was built by enslaved people during the summer of 1860 and was originally used to house the plantation's mules. It is thought to be the largest agricultural building built...; Format: image/photograph

Great Barn interior, Stagville Plantation: Interior view of the Great Barn at Stagville Plantation, North Carolina. The Great Barn was built by enslaved people during the summer of 1860 and was originally used to house the plantation's mules. It is thought to be the largest agricultural building built...; Format: image/photograph

A barn in Yadkinville, NC: This is a barn in Yadkinville, North Carolina. Most of Yadkin County is rural countryside and farmland. Many old barns like this one start to lean if they are not outfitted with cross-bracing.; Format: image/photograph

A barn in Lillington, NC: This is a barn in Lillington, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

A barn in Caswell County, NC: This is a barn in Caswell County, North Carolina. This barn, like several others in the area, was chinked and insulated with red clay.; Format: image/photograph

Tobacco farming the old way: In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.8; From about 1880 until the 1950s, tobacco farming was extremely labor-intensive and relied on hand work and animal power. This article explains the process of growing tobacco for market "the old way."; Format: article

Barning the tobacco: Two men "barning" tobacco, packing it for storage in a barn.; Format: image/photograph

A barn in Greene County, North Carolina: This is a barn in Greene County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

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