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Pastel de Tres Leches (A Typical Quinceañera Cake): In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 3.3; An elaborate Quinceañera cake. (Don't worry, the one you'll make here is much simpler!) Ingredients For the batter: 1 cup sugar 5 eggs,...; Format: recipe

Recipe: Calabaza en Tacha (Pumpkin in Syrup): In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 4.6; Ingredients 1 pumpkin 6 sticks cinnamon 1 orange 2 lb. raw sugar Instructions Cut the top off the pumpkin to form a sort of bowl and make six incisions down the...; Format: recipe

Colonial restrictions on pottery: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 8; European colonists recognized clay as an important resource in developing their agricultural economy. Surprisingly, the king's governors restricted the manufacture of pottery because the British economic model for the empire (called mercantilism)...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Eighteenth-century pottery (1): In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 9; Figure 7 shows similarly representative examples of jugs and storage jars on the lower levels, and other utilitarian objects and not so utilitarian objects on the shelves above. The lower shelf has a covered jar and milk crock on the left, and a puzzle jug,...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Tending livestock: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 8; Here, a man walks a herd of ten cows along Highway No. 1 near Nha Trang. He carries a herding stick. The ribs of the mostly brown cows are visible, but tropical varieties of cows are generally slender. Cows and oxen are raised as draft animals and for meat,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Goddesses and musicians: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 3; The central figure resembles dancing female divinities (each called an apsaras) that were said to be created for the entertainment of the main Hindu gods. They often are recognizable from their filmy skirts and spiked crowns, although...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Great City: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 13; The images represent a Hindu myth of creation called the Churning of the Sea of Milk. On one side of the causeway, fifty-four guardian deities (called devas) pull the head of a mythical serpent or "naga." On the other side, fifty-four images of...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Tracking animals: Large groups of children are likely to scare off mammals, but they can learn to identify tracks to learn more about the animals that left them.; By Linda Dow.

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.

Letting students ask the questions -- and answering them: For this high school science teacher, learning science means doing science. A look at an inquiry-based earth and environmental science classroom.; Format: article/best practice; By Amy Anderson.

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.

Writing conventions: Examples of common errors in sentence formation, usage, and mechanics.; By Bobby Hobgood.

Making the best of testing: Two teachers offer a four-point plan for preparing students for end-of-grade tests without "teaching to the test": Teach to students' needs, integrate tested concepts into the curriculum, focus on learning before test-taking, and reduce students' stress.; By David Walbert.

The challenge of a broken pencil: From dealing with meltdowns to setting a routine, Rhonda Layman shares communication and management strategies for students with autism spectrum disorders.; Format: article; By Waverly Harrell.

Mrs. Barbara Wagoner: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.3; WAGONER, MRS. BARBARA; married; two children; aged 20 years; reside in Wilkes Co., N.C. Children: Jacob, aged one year. Buck, aged 9 — child by husband's first wife. INCOME: About $20.00 per month. Husband is laborer on government park project in this...

4-H and Home Demonstration during the Great Depression: During the first few years of the Great Depression, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service agents focused on emergency relief for adult farmers rather than the 4-H program. By 1933 club enrollment fell to its lowest levels since 1925, and the summer...; Format: article; By Amy Manor.

A man walks a herd of ten cows along Highway No. 1 near Nha Trang: A man walks a herd of ten cows along Highway No. 1 near Nha Trang. The man wears long pants, a striped long-sleeve shirt, and a blue cap. He carries a herding stick. The ribs of the mostly brown cows are visible, but tropical varieties of cows are generally...; Format: image/photograph

Man and woman stand near irrigation pond in rice field bordered by coconut trees: A man in shorts and a woman wearing long clothes and a conical sunhat stand near an irrigation pond in a wet-rice field. The field is bordered by coconut trees in the background. Coconut trees are grown wherever possible in Southeast Asia. The juice inside...; Format: image/photograph

Two dancing female deities with spiked crowns carved in low relief at Angkor Wat: Two dancing female deities with spiked crowns are carved in low relief and surrounded by carved floral designs. The figures in mirror image stances balance on one bent leg in active positions typical of classical Southeast Asian dances. One hand is held above...; Format: image/photograph

Carved relief of four dancing female divinities with spiked crowns at Angkor Wat: Four dancing female divinities with spiked crowns appear together on a carved stone bas-relief at Angkor Wat. These dancing female divinities (each called an "apsaras") are said to be created for the entertainment of the Hindu gods. They often are recognizable...; Format: image/photograph

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