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How does decreasing salinity affect blackwater rivers?: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 2; All rivers that reach the sea have ocean water at their seaward ends, and freshwater at their sources. A trip up a river takes you along a gradient of salt concentration from near 3.5 percent (the average salinity, or salt content, of seawater) to zero. There...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Cape Fear estuaries: Introduction: In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 1; A quiet afternoon on the dock overlooking the Cape Fear estuary, fishing with friends. A gentle breeze clatters the marsh reeds and sends ripples floating across the water. A vision of stability and tranquility. Unfortunately, this vision is entirely misleading....; By Steve Keith.

Alternative discussion formats: In Alternative discussion formats, page 1; Formal debates and question-and-answer discussions are great, but these alternative discussion formats will liven up your classroom and get students really thinking.; By Kathryn Walbert.

The 2004 presidential election in historical context: Historian William E. Leuchtenburg talks about past presidential elections and how the 2004 election fits or defies precedents.; By Kathryn Walbert.

Reading is for the boys (and girls)!: This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."; Format: article; By Kimberly Bowen.

Handheld technology: the basics: A brief history of handheld computers and a look at how they work, including a look at operating systems and input and output devices.

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.

The George Moses Horton Project: Celebrating a triumph of literacy: The only American poet to publish books of poems while living in slavery, George Moses Horton is an inspiration for the power of literacy in our lives.; By Marjorie Hudson.

Designing your gym class: From classroom organization to warm-up procedures, one physical education teacher provides a blueprint for a structured physical education program.; By Bozena Mielczak and Kim Campbell.

Science Family Fun Night: One night a month Vivian Smith opens her classroom to families where they work together to solve logic problems and conduct experiments. Learn how this science teacher increases family involvement in her students' education and find ideas for science experiments, webquests, projects, and construction contests.; By Waverly Harrell.

Javanese dancer portraying Rama at theater performance in Yogyakarta: A Javanese dancer portrays Rama in a theatrical performance at the royal capital city of Yogyakarta, on the island of Java, Indonesia, in July 1986. The dancer is positioned in a refined male dance pose, resting on one knee with the other foot bent forward...; Format: image/photograph

Kneeling princes hear about plans for Sita's marriage (Thai Ramayana mural): A Ramayana mural in the Emerald Buddha Temple shows princes gathered to hear how they might compete for Sita's hand in marriage. Young men kneel on a blue tiled floor in a walled courtyard around two small roofed pavillions where announcement of the competition...; Format: image/photograph

Hermit leads Rama to competition for Sita (Thai Ramayana mural): In this detail on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple, a hermit leads Rama and Laksman to Sita's city so that Rama can enter the bow-stringing competition for Sita's hand in marriage. Here, and elsewhere in Thai temple paintings, Rama is depicted with green...; Format: image/photograph

Vietnamese woman selling: Many tourists in Vietnam take a tour through what was the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, during the Vietnam War. This one-day bus tour visits sights such as Khe San Air Force Base, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and the Vin Moc Tunnels. Where there are tourists,...; Format: audio

Muy Thai music excerpts: Muy Thai is Thai kickboxing. In Chiang Mai, fellow travelers and I went to see a Muy Thai competition. It looks a lot like American boxing, where bare-chested fighters compete in a raised ring that is surrounded by elastic ropes. They fight in several rounds,...; Format: audio

4-H club members showing livestock: a hog, a sheep, and two calves: 4-H members are seen in this black and white photograph showing their livestock in a competition. Four young men are seen in the picture, The one on the far left is bending down over his dark colored pig. He has a stick in his right hand. Next is a young man...; Format: image/article

Canning for country and community: In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Melissa Thibault.

Edith Vanderbilt's relationship with estate families: George Vanderbilt’s marriage to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser in June 1898 precipitated a special celebration when the Agricultural Department won a tug-of-war competition with nursery workers, foresters, and Biltmore House employees and received a “handsome...; Format: article; By Sue Clark McKendree.

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.

The importance of rice to North Carolina: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.2; Rice was a very profitable crop in the late 1600s. People in foreign lands were already familiar with it, and it was gaining popularity as a food for the growing slave trade. Rice production helped support North Carolina's economy for many years, relying largely on slave labor. The abolition of slavery marked the beginning of the end of rice plantations in North Carolina.; Format: article; By Keri Towery.

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