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Foundation of a diet: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 1; Wherever rice will grow in Southeast Asia, it is grown. Rice is one of the most nutritious and protein-rich grains that humans have domesticated from wild plants. Here, a woman is selling rice in an outdoor market in Hanoi. The round woven basket in front...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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.

Designing your gym class: From classroom organization to warm-up procedures, one physical education teacher provides a blueprint for a structured physical education program.; By Bozena Mielczak and Kim Campbell.

Site robbers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.6; Students will use an interview with a Native American to write a newspaper article or letter that expresses concern about robbing archaeological sites.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

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.

A woman sells rice from large bags at a Hanoi outdoor market: A woman sells varieties of white rice from three large paper bags at a Hanoi outdoor market. She wears a palm leaf sunhat, a print blouse, and a string of dark beads. A round woven basket in front contains black rice or dark beans for sale. In some Southeast...; 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

Drugstore Display for the Benefits of Milk: This black and white image of a 1930s drugstore window shows a display advertising the benefits of milk. In the center of the display is a paper cut-out of a boy holding a huge bottle of milk. The writing on the bottle says, “One Quart of Milk; See What...; Format: image/photograph

Food Helped Make The Difference - Undernourished children: A 1920s, black and white poster, depicting images of children showing poor development due to poor nutrition, is entitled, “Food helped make the difference. Poor physique and low vitality are cruel handicaps.” The poster shows three photographs....; Format: image/photograph

Young girl and young boy sitting at desks looking at one another while drinking from cartons of milk: In this black and white photograph, a girl and boy are sitting at their wooden school desks, looking at each other, while drinking milk from little cartons with straws. In the background, the walls are covered with student drawings of ocean scenes.; Format: image/photograph

How do I look to you?: In this lesson, students will evaluate public service posters and a grooming pamphlet to determine if and how propaganda was used to improve the health of children, and define acceptable appearances for young women in the 1930s.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 English Language Arts); By Loretta Wilson.

Same age - food made the difference: A black and white advertisement to encourage balanced diets. There are three photos - A larger top photo that displays two different mice, one on the right is healthy looking and the one on the left is much smaller and looks very sick. Below that photo there...; Format: image/article

Food Helped Make the Difference: These x-rays from the 1920s demonstrate the differences between children developing normally and those who develop rickets. The title of the black and white image is “Food Helped to Make the Difference.” There are four x-rays. The top set shows...; Format: image/article

Young boy holding a bat, ball, glove, and a carton of milk: A young boy can be seen in this black and white photograph sitting on some granite steps outside of a building. He is holding a carton of milk in his right hand. He is grinning so wide that his eyes are squinting. A “milk moustache” can be seen...; Format: image/article

Canning for country and community: In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Melissa Thibault.

Edith Vanderbilt's relationship with estate families: George Vanderbilt’s marriage to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser in June 1898 precipitated a special celebration when the Agricultural Department won a tug-of-war competition with nursery workers, foresters, and Biltmore House employees and received a “handsome...; Format: article; By Sue Clark McKendree.

The Columbian Exchange: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.1; When Christopher Columbus and his crew arrived in the New World, two biologically distinct worlds were brought into contact. The animal, plant, and bacterial life of these two worlds began to mix in a process called the Columbian Exchange. The results of this exchange recast the biology of both regions and altered the history of the world.; Format: article; By J.R. McNeill.

The Iredell Museums: The Children's Museum: From hands-on learning experiences in the arts, culture and sciences to exhibits, programs, classes, and performances there is so much to do at the Children's Museum.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

North Carolina A&T University Farm: Discover Agriculture provides an interactive experience for students to learn about agricultural science including farming with the environment in mind.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education: "Specializes in developing programs for youth to address health concerns like childhood obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy food choices, tooth decay, drug and alcohol abuse, unintentional injuries, and teen pregnancy."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

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