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- Pottery workshop
- In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 15
- Figure 13 shows the pottery workshop located near the grinder — but not too near, or everything would get dusty! On the left you can see the wheels at which the potters will work balls of clay into objects like the pitchers on the tables on the right....
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Wood-fired kiln
- In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 17
- Figure 15 shows another kind of kiln used by Piedmont potters. This wood-fired kiln operates on a cross-draft airflow with a fire at one end creating hot air that flows to a chimney at the other end. In this respect it is similar to the early “groundhog”...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- From field to bowl
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 11
- Harvested rice grains generally are stored in their husks until needed for food. At that time, the husks must be removed either in large stone or wood mortars with pestles wielded by farmers, or by the kind of mechanical threshing machine seen here. Such machines...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Elevated houses
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 15
- Two thatch-roofed houses elevated on wood columns at Mai Chau provide excellent examples of highland village house construction. In the rear of the photograph, a person works in the shade under the house. Hand-hewn wooden walls, columns, shutter doors, and...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Water puppets
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 19
- In this water puppet performance in Hanoi, one high status character in the procession rides a wooden horse while the others carry his flag or guard his possessions. Vietnam's unique water puppet tradition is said to date back approximately 1,000 years. Early...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Kings and gods
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 5
- Khmer kings promoted the idea, known as devaraja, that there was an intersection of the ruling king and a validating god, usually the Hindu god Siva. Banteay Srei, shown here, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Siva that was built during the...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- A passage for deities
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 6
- This statue guards the entrance to an ornately carved central tower at Banteay Srei Temple. The false door behind the statue is made of stone; the original doors used by Khmer worshippers were made of wood and long ago deteriorated in the humid, tropical weather....
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Dancing deities
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 11
- The asparas in mirror image stances balance on one bent leg in active positions typical of classical Southeast Asian dances. One hand is held above the head and the other in front of the chest with their wrists and fingers stretched...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Garuda
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 15
- This high stone platform now called the Elephant Terrace (because of its elephant carvings) is believed to have been the base of King Jayavarman VII's audience pavillions. Because the pavillions for the king's guests likely were made of wood, only the stone...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Cambodia: A timeline
- Major events and eras in the history of what is now Cambodia from the beginning of the Common Era to the present.
- Learning from a tree
- Observation of a single tree throughout the year can be the starting point for explorations of nature, life science, and environmental science.
- By Linda Dow.
- Focus
- In The five features of effective writing, page 2
- Focus, the first Feature of Effective Writing, is the "so what?" in a piece of writing. This article will help you teach students to stay on topic.
- By Kathleen Cali.
- Further reading
- In The five features of effective writing, page 7
- An annotated bibliography on the Features of Effective Writing.
- By Kathleen Cali.
- Style
- In The five features of effective writing, page 5
- Style, the fourth Feature of Effective Writing, is what makes an author's writing unique. Here's how to help your students establish a style appropriate to different genres and audiences.
- By Kathleen Cali.
- Hands-on biology
- Hands-on science exploration clarifies difficult concepts and engages learners who have difficulty in more traditional classrooms. This article looks at an inquiry-based classroom that meets the needs of all of its students.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Mrs. W. H. Bryant
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.6
- MRS. W. H. BRYANT, Wilkes County, N.C., has 9 children, one of whom is married and also has 1 child and lives with her. INCOME: Husband works fairly steadily at the furniture factory for $10 to $15 a week. Only other income is $2.50 a week for stringing bags...
- It's in the garbage
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.9
- In studying archaeological concepts, students will analyze garbage from different places demonstrate competence in applying the concepts of culture, context, classification, observation and inference, chronology and scientific inquiry.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Tree-ring dating
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.5
- In their study of dendrochronology, students use activity sheets and a discussion to apply principles of dendrochronology to determine a tree's age and to recognize climatic variation. They will also analyze and experience how archaeologists can sometimes use tree rings to date archaeological evidence and study past climates.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- Archaeobotany
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.6
- Students will use pictures of seeds, an activity sheet, and a graph to identify seven seeds and the conditions in which they grow. They will also infer ancient plant use by interpreting archaeobotanical samples and determine changing plant use by Native North Carolinians by interpreting a graph of seed frequency over time.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 and 8 Science and Social Studies)
- Shadows of North Carolina's past
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.2
- Students will infer past Native American lifeways based on observation, construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history, and compare these lifeways and discuss how they are different and alike.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
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