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Mrs. Daisy Stamper: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.1; STAMPER, MRS. DAISY; aged 40; married; eight children; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: Anna, aged 21. Ruby, aged 20. Edward, aged 18. Georgie, aged 13. Bob, aged 11. G.D., aged 7. Pauline, aged 4. Virginia, aged 1. INCOME: Husband works on Government...

Ancient medicine: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 20; The moxibustion practitioner is in the process of adding or removing a glass cup to her patient's back. Nine cups still are attached to his back. Several round reddish spots can be seen where treatment has been completed and other cups have been removed. Moxibustion...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Transit of Venus: On June 8, 2004, a transit of Venus will occur, the first in 122 years. This article explains what a transit is, why it matters, and when and how you can safely view it.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Conventions: In The five features of effective writing, page 6; Conventions — grammar, spelling, and the like — are important to good writing, but should be taught only after the other Features of Effective Writing.; By Kathleen Cali.

Why study a foreign language?: Foreign language study enhances academic skills, raises SAT scores, and prepares students for careers.; By Bernadette Morris.

Kinetic connections: Bloom's taxonomy in action: An introduction to strategies for using the web to push your students to higher levels of thinking.; Format: article; By Bobby Hobgood, Melissa Thibault, and David Walbert.

The growth of tourism: Warm Springs: In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.9; Advertisement for Warm Springs (now Hot Springs) in Madison County, North Carolina, from the late nineteenth century. Includes historical commentary about the region, tourism, and nineteenth-century medicine.; Format: pamphlet; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Mrs. Emma Cleary: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.12; CLEARY, MRS. EMMA, married; two children; aged 30; husband aged 60; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: William, aged 12 in school. Vassie, aged 8 in school. INCOME: None. HOME CONDITIONS: Own two-room log cabin and forty acres of land. Only five acres...

Deficit thinking: In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.2; Teachers frequently attribute the academic struggles of English language learners to the students' inability or unwillingness to learn English, but this "deficit thinking" can better be replaced by a focus on what immigrant students bring to the classroom.; By Buck Cooper.

Archaeobotany: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.6; Students will use pictures of seeds, an activity sheet, and a graph to identify seven seeds and the conditions in which they grow. They will also infer ancient plant use by interpreting archaeobotanical samples and determine changing plant use by Native North Carolinians by interpreting a graph of seed frequency over time.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 and 8 Science and Social Studies)

A demon giant blocks the way: In The Ramayana, page 5.5; A demon giant, seen lying beyond Rama's pavilions, blocks the river's water with his body. The fanged demon lies on his side on the ground while holding his huge sword in his right hand. Rama's group is visible in the foreground as they wait in a Siamese-style...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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 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.

Young man receiving moxibustion treatment from woman in Ho Chi Minh City: A young man sits and receives a moxibustion treatment from an older woman in Ho Chi Minh City. The woman is burning "moxa" or mugwort herb within small, round glass cups that are placed at specific points on his bare back. The moxibustion practitioner is in...; Format: image/photograph

Hanuman climbs mountain for herbal medicines (Thai Ramayana mural): Hanuman climbs a mountain to obtain herbal medicine ingredients, as seen in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. A giant white Hanuman scales a mountain about double his height to find medicinal herbs for Laksman. Hanuman's arms are stretched upward and he...; Format: image/photograph

Demon giant blocks river water with his body (Thai Ramayana mural): A demon giant, seen lying beyond Rama's pavillions, blocks the river's water with his body. The fanged demon lies on his side on the ground while holding his huge sword in his right hand. Rama's group is visible in the foreground as they wait in a Siamese-style...; Format: image/photograph

Conversation in an Asian medicine store: All over Asia, you will find market booths or stores filled with dried spices, dried animal parts, and flowers. These are used to create medicine and home remedies. At the beginning of this conversation, we are talking about a fish stomach. There are apparently...; Format: audio

Roadside vegetable stall in Tepoztlan, Mexico: A small roadside vegetable stand is almost completely overgrown with vegetation. Beyond the stand thick foliage leads to a series of rocky hills. Tepoztlan is a small town outside Mexico City that attracts thousands of tourists for its colonial architecture...; 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.

How the world was made: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.3; This Cherokee creation story, written down in the 1800s, describes how the earth was created from soft mud "when all was water."; By James Mooney.

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