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- World War II at home: Victory Gardens
- Students will learn about home front activities during World War II. Using primary source documents and photographs, students will discover how children their own age participated by growing Victory Gardens. They will design their own gardens and propaganda posters.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies)
- By Linda Mazzei.
- A charkha in the Gandhi Museum; Delhi, India
- This is a charkha in the Gandhi Museum in Delhi, India. It is open and displayed on a blue background. The charkha is a portable hand-cranked spinning device used to make thread and yarn. Gandhi invented the charkha in order to promote self-sufficiency and...
- Format: image/photograph
- The Great Depression: Impact over time
- In this lesson students listen to oral history excerpts from Stan Hyatt from Madison County and evaluate how the Great Depression affected one North Carolina family over time.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Poor Richard's Almanack
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.12
- Excerpts from the alamanc published by Benjamin Franklin show what colonial Americans read and what topics interested them, including weather predictions, religion, history, astrology, and schedules of court dates. Includes both images of the original almanacs and transcriptions as well as historical commentary.
- Format: magazine
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.
