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Pocosin wetland community: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 19; Figure 17 is a view of a pocosin wetland community like those that comprise the source of the White Oak in Hoffman State Forest about thirty miles inland of Bogue Inlet. Pocosin is a Native American word reputed to mean “swamp on a hill.”...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Buddhists today: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 18; Prior to European colonial rule in the 1800s, Theravada Buddhist monks served as major councillors to ruling Southeast Asian kings. It was the king's job to protect the people and the monasteries, and to rule wisely. It was the monks' job to bless the king...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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 primary sources: An introduction for students: A step-by-step guide for students examining primary sources, with specific questions divided into five layers of questioning.; Format: article/learner's guide; By Kathryn Walbert.

From rural Mexico to North Carolina: In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.2; Most immigrants to North Carolina from Mexico come from rural areas, and it is valuable for teachers to understand these students' cultural backgrounds.; By Regina Cortina.

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 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.

Three men including two Buddhist monks seen through doorway at Angkor Wat: Three men including two Buddhist monks in saffron-colored robes are visible through a stone doorway at Angkor Wat. The two monks and the layman with them are standing on a grass lawn looking at the outside of the Angkor Wat building. The color of the robes...; Format: image/photograph

Terraced fields of Naudanda, Nepal: Terraced fields in Naudanda, a village in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. While this mountain landscape may appear to be natural, it has been shaped by human labor. The rice terraces are built through generations of work. Deforestation...; Format: image/photograph

Cascading rice-fields over Phewa Lake, Pokhara: Cascading rice terraces in a mountain valley near Phewa Lake, Pokhara in western Nepal. These terraces are an important feature of mountain agriculture in Nepal. They are carved into rice fields over generations.; Format: image/photograph

Dhaulagiri Mountain seen from Naudanda, Nepal: Green cascading terraces stand in the foreground in Naudanda, Nepal. Houses and patches of forest are scattered around the mountainsides. In the background, the peak of Dhaulagiri Mountain can be seen above the clouds. Terraces are an important feature of...; Format: image/photograph

A village on a hillside, terraced fields and white clouds: Terraced rice fields cascade down the mountains around a group of houses in the village of Lumle in the Kaski district of Nepal. Bushes of soybean crops grow at the edges of the terraces. White clouds — it's monsoon time — hover on the horizon....; Format: image/photograph

Nepal mountain landscape: View from a mountaintop in Chandrakot, a village en route from Naudanda to Birethanti, Nepal. Stone steps marking a path can be seen in the bottom left in the foreground. In the midground, terraced agricultural fields sit on a steep mountainside near patches...; Format: image/photograph

Cascading ricefields, flourishing soyabeans, trees and mountains: A terraced rice fields cascading down the mountain side. Steep mountains rise in the background. Soyabeans are planted on the edges of the terraces. Rice is ripening. Terraced agriculture is important part of mountain agriculture. These terraces are built...; Format: image/photograph

Terraced fields surrounding a village in western mountain, Nepal: A valley in the high altitude of the trans-Himalayan region in Nepal. The terraced fields are planted with buckwheat. This landscape was built by humans over generations and is designed to maximize crop returns in steep and difficult terrain. Much of the vegetation...; Format: image/photograph

Himalayan landscape, Nepal: Near Muktinaath, Nepal, a stone pathway parallels an irrigation canal. The silhouettes of mountain peaks tower in the background. More than 80 percent of the landmass of Nepal consists of mountains and mountain valleys. Terraced fields are carved out through...; Format: image/photograph

Women and children in Amsaya, Turkey: Three generations are shown in this photograph, a grandmother, her daughter, and three grandchildren. They are standing in front of their whitewashed house in Amsaya, Turkey. The grandmother is wearing the traditional Muslim headdress, the hajib. Her glasses...; Format: image/photograph

Plessy v. Ferguson: The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations (particularly railroads), under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”; Format: court decision/primary source

Family sitting at table, eating dinner and drinking milk: In this black and white photograph, a family is seated at a round wooden dining table eating a meal. The family consists of a mother, father, two daughters, a son, and an older man who is probably the grandfather. Both of the men wear suits. The mother wears...; 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.

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