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Sheep in a pasture south of Riobamba, Ecuador: Two sheep graze in a small pasture on the outskirts of Riobamba. A few houses dot the foreground, while rolling pasture land rises in the background. A solitary man watches the sheep. While new oil reserves are located daily, Ecuador remains an agricultural...; Format: image/photograph

A hut in the hills above Banos: A small hut is nestled in the midst of lush vegetation on a hillside. Even though Ecuador boasts many metropolitan cities with the most modern conveniences, many parts of the country remain quite rural. Most of the Quechua-speaking Andean Indians practice...; Format: image/photograph

Animal market in Riobamba, Ecuador: An open-air animal market in Riobamba, Ecuador displays several bound sheep lying on the ground, as well as numerous sellers and buyers. The people in the photo are wearing colorful wool garments representative of traditional Andean textile production. Riobamba...; Format: image/photograph

Carrying two sheep to market in Riobamba, Ecuador: A woman carries two young sheep. She is wearing a blue woolen cape and a tan fedora. Riobamba has a long and storied history. Its convenient location in the highlands between the coast and the jungle has made it an important crossroads in the development of...; Format: image/photograph

Bundles of cut reeds south of Riobamba, Ecuador: Several large bundles of cut reeds lay on the ground. A few sheep graze in the background. Reeds serve many purposes in traditional Andean building practices. They can be made into a surprisingly strong boat, they provide the framework for thatched-roofs,...; Format: image/photograph

Leading goats to market: In Taatopaani, Nepal, sheep and mountain goats are led down the mountain to market. A man stands aside as a soldier with a rifle strapped on his forehead walks by. Dasain festival is in October, and these animals are bound for cities and towns for the festival....; Format: image/photograph

Sheep herded along a mountain trail: On the route from Birethanti to Nayathanti, Nepal, people move sheep and mountain goats along a narrow mountain trail. A landslide can be seen on the mountainside. Landslides are a regular occurrence in the mountains of Nepal during the rainy season. Nepal’s...; Format: image/photograph

A hotel room in Tukche village, Nepal: A sleeping bed in a tourist lodge at Tukche, Nepal. Colorful Tibetan woolen carpets are spread on the bed. Most of these carpets are locally woven from wool made from local yaks, sheep, and mountain goats.; Format: image/photograph

Nomadic Animals: At the foot of a brown and green hill sit three brown tents and several other white tents. In front of the tents a man herds sheep away from the hill. Each of the brown tents is held up by several posts, that create sharp points and smooth valleys in the brown...; Format: image/photograph

Sheep in ruins: A color photograph of a group of sheep grazing in a field of ruins. The sheep all have long twisted horns. The majority of the sheep are brown, with a few white sheep and a couple of black sheep. The grass on the field is green, but there are lots of rocks...; Format: image/photograph

Woman with sheep: A color photograph of an older woman sitting on the ground watching her sheep. The woman is wearing a white headscarf, blue skirt, and paisley long sleeve shirt. She is also wearing a tan vest. The sheep are white with orange patches on them. They are grazing...; Format: image/photograph

4-H club members showing livestock: a hog, a sheep, and two calves: 4-H members are seen in this black and white photograph showing their livestock in a competition. Four young men are seen in the picture, The one on the far left is bending down over his dark colored pig. He has a stick in his right hand. Next is a young man...; Format: image/article

The needs of animals: In this lesson plan first grade students will examine photographs of 4-H club members with animals from North Carolina. They will make observations from the visual material to build an understanding of the needs of animals. They will begin to learn that these needs have remained the same in different times.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Boy and two sheep: In this black and white photograph, two sheep are standing in the foreground. Behind them, a boy standing in front of a barn looks on.; Format: image/photograph

Probate inventory of Valentine Bird, 1680: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.2; Probate inventory of one of the participants in Culpeper's Rebellion in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.; Format: inventory

Will of Richard Blackledge, Craven County, 1776: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.8; Will of a wealthy plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.; Format: will

Probate inventory of Richard Blackledge, Craven County, 1777: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.9; Probate inventory of a wealthy plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.; Format: inventory

Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.1; In 1491, no European knew that North and South America existed. By 1550, Spain -- a small kingdom that had not even existed a century earlier -- controlled the better part of two continents and had become the most powerful nation in Europe. In half a century of brave exploration and brutal conquest, both Europe and America were changed forever.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

The Columbian Exchange at a glance: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.2; Countless animals, plants, and microorganisms crossed the Atlantic Ocean with European explorers and colonists in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This chart lists some of the organisms that had the greatest impact on human society worldwide.; Format: article

Introduction: George Vanderbilt established the first agricultural operations at Biltmore to produce dairy products, meat, poultry, fruits, and vegetables for use in Biltmore House. However, it was his hope that the estate would be self supporting, and by the mid-1890s,...; Format: article; By Sue Clark McKendree.

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