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Quick study: Archaic Period: A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Archaic Period and its key characteristics.

Reading photographs: A picture is worth a thousand words — but which words? Questions can help students decode, interpret, and understand photographs thoughtfully and meaningfully.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.

Global education as good pedagogy: A wide variety of teaching strategies and resources pass under the name of global education. This article provides strategies for evaluating global education and ensuring that it focuses on students' academic success.; By Suzanne Gulledge.

Fundamental concepts: Introduction: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.1; British archaeologist Stuart Piggott once called archaeology “the science of rubbish.” There is truth to his statement. Archaeologists spend lifetimes investigating the abandoned remains of ancient societies.

Shadows of North Carolina's past: In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.2; Students will infer past Native American lifeways based on observation, construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history, and compare these lifeways and discuss how they are different and alike.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

Archaeology as a career: In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.2; In their study of archaeology as a career, students will read essays and complete an activity to gain an understanding of and appreciation for the career of a professional archaeologist.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance)

Quick study: Woodland Period: A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Woodland Period and its key characteristics.

The pathfinders: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.2; An essay covering the pathfinders of the Paleoindian Period. Learn about the trek across Beringia and the lifeways of these early American Indians.

The forest people: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.3; Paleoindian culture died out across North America by 8000 BC. Archaeologists say this was bound to happen. The Ice Age had ended, the megafauna were extinct, and the boreal forests faded as deciduous ones spread across the East in the warmer climate. Faced with significant environmental changes, the Native Americans adapted. Archaeologists call their way of life and the time in which they lived Archaic.

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.

Map of Ecuador divided into three parts: A map of Ecuador displays how the country can be divided into three parts. The two parts on the left are divided by the Andes mountains. The furthest left section is the low-lying coastal region, while the middle section is the Andean highlands. The third...; Format: image/photograph

Birethanti, Nepal: Birethanti, both a town and a bazaar in Nepal, lies across the bridge at a foothill. This bazaar is an important point along the trekking route that runs from Pokhara towards the Annapurna and Machhapuchhre base camps and further towards the town of Jomsom....; Format: image/photograph

Spinning wool at a Tibetan rug factory near Bouddhanath, Nepal: Near Kathmandu, Nepal, several Tibetan women and one man sort wool for carpet weaving on their spinning wheel. After the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1950 many Tibetans fled across the Himalayan mountains into Nepal and India. Several refugee camps were established...; Format: image/photograph

Tibetan children: Two children at a Tibetan refugee camp in Pokhara, Nepal. They are wearing amulets around their necks. Many of the younger Tibetans are born outside Tibet in refugee camps in different parts of the world, including the ones in Nepal. Amulets are worn by children...; Format: image/photograph

Tibetan woman and man: A Tibetan woman and a young Tibetan man in Bouddhanaath, Kathmandu, Nepal. Tibetan refugees started living in camps in different parts of Nepal after the Chinese took over Tibet in 1950. The young generation of Tibetans are born outside of Tibet in these camps....; Format: image/photograph

Children standing near cars at Lake Waccamaw encampment: This black and white image show several young boys and girls standing in a yard by 1930s era cars or buses while their mothers watch from the porch of a two-story house. The boys are wearing knickers and “newsboy” caps.; Format: image/photograph

Among the Tuscarora: The strange and mysterious death of John Lawson, gentleman, explorer, and writer: They've taken his clothes, picked the straight razor out of his pocket: one brave fingers it, touches the blade — bright blood springs from his thumb and he laughs. The pitch pine split by the women is ready, a clay pot full...; Format: article; By Marjorie Hudson.

Shadows of a people: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.3; Archaeologists divide North Carolina's prehistory -- the time before contact with Europeans -- into four periods: Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian.; Format: article

Peoples of the Coastal Plain: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.6; When Europeans arrived in the late 1500s, North Carolina’s northern Coastal Plain was home to two different cultures. Speakers of Algonkian languages lived closest to the Atlantic edge, in the Outer Coastal Plain or Tidewater. Iroquoian speakers lived more inland, on the Inner Coastal Plain. Based on the distinctive items each group left, archaeologists call the Algonkian speakers Colington and the Iroquoian speakers Cashie.; Format: article

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