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Live-at-Home in North Carolina: In this lesson students will examine pictures and documents relating to the Live at Home program started in North Carolina by Governor O. Max Gardner to help North Carolina farmers refocus on food crops rather than cash crops during the Depression. These photographs, from the Green 'N' Growing collection at the North Carolina State University, will help students draw conclusions about the culture of North Carolina in the early 1930s and understand how they overcame the hardships of the Depression.; Format: article (grade 8 Social Studies); By Loretta Wilson.

A royal bath: In The Ramayana, page 1.7; Sita is shown taking a royal bath before her wedding to Rama in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita bathes sitting on the edge of an elegant platform shelter extending into a large tiled pool. Two women servants pour water from a gold basin over Sita...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The tabasco water heater and hot water in Biltmore House: In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 7; Introduction to the boiler room Although this room is called the Boiler Room, a number of interesting features relating to various technologies can be seen here, including the elevator controller and modern DC generator. The platform and wire cage...; By Sue Clark McKendree.

Grooming in 1930s North Carolina: Using primary source materials, this lesson plan provides a glimpse into the lives of girls and women from the 1930s and will give students the opportunity to study what was considered attractive for the time, how the Depression affected grooming practices, and the universal concept of healthful living.; Format: article (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Hanoi woman laughing with toothpick in her mouth: A middle-aged Hanoi woman, standing in a storefront, is laughing with a toothpick in her mouth. Her hair is parted in the middle and tied back. She is wearing a dark, long-sleeved blouse with covered front buttons. The woman photographed is most likely a shopkeeper...; Format: image/photograph

Sita taking royal bath before wedding (Thai Ramayana mural): Sita is shown taking a royal bath before her wedding to Rama in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita bathes sitting on the edge of an elegant platform shelter extending into a large tiled pool. Two women servants pour water from a gold basin over Sita...; Format: image/photograph

Rama and Sita bathing in waterfall (Thai Ramayana mural): A mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows Rama and Sita bathing in a waterfall. A waterfall flows down the side of a mountain into a lush garden landscape. The cascade of water falls first on the head of Rama, sitting on a higher ledge, and then upon...; Format: image/photograph

Family members bathe and do laundry at stream embankment: Family members bathe and do laundry at a stream embankment. On the right, a mother, her hair wrapped in a towel, and child wash clothes in the running water. They use a concrete ledge as their work table. On the left, one girl helps wash another's hair. Other...; Format: image/photograph

Bathing party among boulders in stream as seen from above: A dozen women and children with brightly colored plastic pails bathe, dress, and do laundry among the boulders in a stream. The scene is viewed from above, probably from a bridge that passes over the waterway. In rural Bali, as in much of Southeast Asia, outdoor...; Format: image/photograph

Dental hygiene: This black and white photograph shows a dark-haired boy with a freckled face. A dentist is standing to his side holding the boy's mouth open with dental tools to show rotten teeth.; Format: image/photograph

Grooming: This black and white illustration is the cover of a pamphlet on grooming that was issued by the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service in 1939. Under the title, “Grooming,” sits a fashionable and svelte young woman who is posing with her...; Format: image/illustration

Fascinate-U Children's Museum: Through touch and play young students learn about health and science topics at this children's museum.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Millis Regional Health Education Center: Visitors are sure to have fun while they learn about the human body and how to stay healthy at this health education facility.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Microbiology: Bacteria in our environment: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.5; In this lesson, students will learn about bacterial cells and will participate in a lab measuring the growth of bacterial colonies.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Tug-a-tooth: Students will learn about dental hygiene and get a physical workout as well.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Healthful Living); By Annette Swanson.

Diseases: A brief guide to causes, symptoms, history, and treatment: Since the beginning of human existence on the planet, diseases have played a significant role in the events of every era. This brief listing of some of the most notorious diseases explains their causes, symptoms, history, prevention, and treatment, and provides links to further information.; Format: article; By Emily Jack.

The Ramayana: The Hindu epic The Ramayana is retold through the mural, painting, and dance of Southeast Asia.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Hugh Williamson (1735–1819): Hugh Wiliamson, a doctor and scientist, was one of North Carolina's delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and was also active in national politics.; Format: biography

Midwives and herbal medicine: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.3; Excerpts from the medicine recipe book of Rachel Allen, who lived near Snow Camp, North Carolina, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, show how residents of the backcountry treated wounds, illness, and disease.; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The history of the state fair: In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.9; The North Carolina State Fair was begun in the 1850s to showcase improvements in agriculture and teach farmers about scientific farming. By the early twentieth century it had grown and changed, but still held to its basic mission.; Format: article; By Melton McLaurin.

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