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Alternative discussion formats: A public relations campaign: In Alternative discussion formats, page 4; By creating a PR campaign for a historial or literary figure, students can practice a wide range of thinking skills.; By Kathryn Walbert.

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.

Children's literature promotes understanding: Bibliotherapy and critical literacy are two ways to use books to help children better understand themselves, others, and the world around them. This article explains both strategies and provides resources for selecting appropriate books.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

Bird watching made elementary: Observing and identifying birds can be a gateway to a variety of learning experiences. This primer will get you started birding.; By Linda Dow.

Preparing English language learners for reading comprehension: In Reading comprehension and English language learners, page 1; Use KWL charts, circle maps and brainstorming webs, and concept maps to prepare English language learners, content-area learners, and all students for reading comprehension.; By Ellen Douglas.

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.

The clinical interview: In Problem centered math, page 3; Do your students have a strong number sense, or do they rely on memorized procedures, floundering when faced with unfamiliar problems? A clinical interview can help you to assess how your students think about mathematics. This example interview provides a model.; By David Walbert.

Hanuman's revenge: In The Ramayana, page 3.11; Hanuman burns Ravana's city in a danced stage performance at held at Prambanan Temple in Java in July 1986. To enact Hanuman's burning of Ravana's city in performance, a bonfire was built behind a columned fence on a stone promontory near the Prabanan temple....; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanuman is rewarded: In The Ramayana, page 6.15; Late at night, Rama sits on an outdoor palace platform with his brother Laksman perching nearby to look over the scene. Hanuman kneels below Rama with clasped hands. The allied monkey kings sit at Hanuman's side inside a walled palace fence. The clothes and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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Woman stands in fenced yard winnowing rice on woven tray at Mai Chau: A highland woman at Mai Chau stands behind a stick fence in a yard as she winnows rice with a woven tray. She is wearing loose black pants or a long skirt with a T-shirt and another cloth wrapped at her waist, perhaps to hold tools. Her hair is wrapped and...; Format: image/photograph

War memorial grounds in honor of Communist Vietnamese soldiers at Qui Nho'n: A gated metal fence leads into a large memorial site in honor of Communist Vietnamese soldiers at Qui Nho'n. The paved path leads up steps to a tall pillar monument flanked by two Vietnamese flags.; Format: image/photograph

Hanuman burns Ravana's city in a Ramayana dance performance at Prambanan Temple: Hanuman burns Ravana's city in a danced stage performance at held at Prambanan Temple in July 1986. To enact Hanuman's burning of Ravana's city in performance, a bonfire was built behind a columned fence on a stone promontory near the Prabanan temple. The...; Format: image/photograph

Rama awards Hanuman a city to rule (Thai Ramayana mural): Rama awards Hanuman a city of his own to govern, as shown in a deep blue-tinted mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Late at night, Rama sits on an outdoor palace platform with his brother Laksman perching nearby to look over the scene. Hanuman kneels...; Format: image/photograph

Young woman walking along beach: A young woman in a striped bathing suit walks along the beach near a picket fence. Colombia is an ethnically-diverse country. The indigenous inhabitants who greeted the conquistadors contribute heavily to Colombia's large mestizo population....; Format: image/photograph

Oil company office in Coca, Ecuador: An office of Petroamazonas, a subsidiary of Petroecuador, can be seen through a chain-link fence. Coca is the capital of the province of Orellana in the eastern region of Ecuador. It has benefited greatly from both the discovery of oil in the region and the...; Format: image/photograph

Tile-roofed cottage near Otavalo, Ecuador: A white-washed cottage with tiled roof sits behind a wire fence. This is the home of a weaver in Otavalo, Ecuador. Otavalo is in the highlands of Ecuador, between the rainforest and the coast. Many of the inhabitants of the area continue to practice traditional...; Format: image/photograph

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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

The first picket line: This black and white image shows a photograph that appears to be adhered to a black piece of paper, perhaps a page in a scrapbook. In the photo, nine women stand in front of the White House fence picketing for suffrage. It seems to be a cold day: the trees...; Format: image/photograph

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