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Fertile soils: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 2; This view from an airplane shows where the Mekong River joins Tonlé Sap Lake near Siem Reap in Cambodia. The waterways of the Mekong are the region's primary conduit for local trade and transportation. The Mekong River flows approximately 2,800 miles from...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Animals for transportation: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 9; Open-backed and slat-sided buses such as the one shown here usually serve medium distance links between towns. Passengers crowd together inside, while luggage, produce, and sometimes even livestock are tied on the roof of the bus. Rural farmers often move...; By Lorraine Aragon.

River trade: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 14; This boat is docked along the Mekong River near Mytho. Such boats, propelled by outboard motors mounted on the back, are typical, medium-sized river and coastal island ferry boats in Southeast Asia. The waterways of the Mekong are the region's primary conduit...; By Lorraine Aragon.

On wheels: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 15; On this modern metal bridge at Hué, a woman and child bicycle on the right while in the middle, women and men move faster on motorcycles. In the warm climate and frugal economic conditions of Southeast Asia, motorcycles and motor scooters are practical and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Incorporating oral history into the K–12 curriculum: In Oral history in the classroom, page 3; Oral history techniques for use with students at all levels, from kindergarten through high school.; By Kathryn Walbert.

The Binational Migrant Education Program: In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.1; The Binational Migrant Education Program helps students, teachers, school administration, and parents manage the education of students who move between the United States and Mexico.; By Jennifer Whytock.

Culture everywhere: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.3; In their study of culture, students will use a chart to show the different ways that cultures meet basic human needs and recognize that archaeologists study how people from past cultures met basic needs by analyzing and interpreting the artifacts and sites that they left behind.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Recording the session: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.3; The miscue analysis session is recorded in two ways. First, the teacher marks miscues onto the typescript as a written record. Second, an audio recorder is used to document the student's reading. The audio also serves as a way for the teacher to check that...; By Jeanne Gunther.

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.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: In Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities, page 2.5; The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Cartload of wood seen on road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City: An ox cart full of dead wood is attended by a man behind it on a bicycle. The photograph is taken through the front window of a tour bus traveling from Dalat south to Ho Chi Minh City. The dead and dry wood probably was collected from the surrounding forests...; Format: image/photograph

Scenic elevated view of Marble Mountain Road near Danang: This scenic elevated view shows a mountainside cut by the winding, high-altitude Marble Mountain Road near Danang. Danang is roughly midway along Vietnam's North-South coastal road, south of the seventeenth century (pre-French era) capital of Hué. Because...; Format: image/photograph

Hanoi girl tends a toddler sitting in the front basket of a motorcycle: A pre-adolescent girl tends a toddler who sits perched in the front basket of a motorcycle parked outside a storefront in Hanoi. The children are both wearing sleeveless pink pajamas. Older sisters and brothers in Asia generally are expected to be responsible...; Format: image/photograph

Three boys sitting on a boat prow in the Perfume River near Hue: Three boys (aged roughly seven to thirteen years) wearing just shorts (or swimming trunks), sit relaxing in the prow of a wooden boat on the Perfume River near Hué. The boat appears to be a locally made, small cargo or transport craft. It likely is propelled...; Format: image/photograph

Two men in an oxcart transport bananas on the road from Nha Trang to Dalat: Two men transport freshly harvested stalks of bananas in an oxcart on the road from Nha Trang to Dalat. Also visible on the road behind them are motorcycles and a minibus. Coconut trees and houses can be seen in the distant background. In many parts of Asia,...; Format: image/photograph

Elevated view of vendors, pedestrians, and motorcycles at urban market in Dalat: Dozens of seated produce vendors, pedestrians, and motorcycles can be seen in this elevated view of an urban outdoor market in Dalat. The produce vendors have their wares displayed in baskets or on mats, and they sit shaded by broad-brimmed, palm-leaf sunhats...; Format: image/photograph

Old Quarter Hanoi commercial street with pedestrian and motorcycle traffic: Pedestrian and motorcycle traffic moves through a busy commercial street in Hanoi's Old Quarter. Stores advertise their wares on large signs mounted over the doors. Apartments, some with balconies, are built on the second floors. Often shopowners' families...; Format: image/photograph

Front of blue bus with rooftop cargo on road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City: The front of a large blue bus with rooftop cargo is seen on the road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City. Such rugged buses typically carry passengers, including merchants with their wares, to and from urban market locations.; Format: image/photograph

Rows of motorcycles parked in neat lines in Hanoi: Dozens of motorcycles are parked neatly in dense rows along a street in Hanoi. Throughout Southeast Asia, motorcycles are more common than cars because more people can afford them. Motorcycles are the vehicles that middle class families are most likely to...; Format: image/photograph

Two men in oxcart with bananas pass a bus on the road from Nha Trang to Dalat: Two men transport freshly harvested stalks of bananas in an oxcart on the road from Nha Trang to Dalat. Visible behind them is a crowded passenger bus with boxes and baskets of cargo tied on the roof of the bus. The driver's assistant, who negotiates with...; Format: image/photograph

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