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Tracking animals: Large groups of children are likely to scare off mammals, but they can learn to identify tracks to learn more about the animals that left them.; By Linda Dow.

Live-at-Home in North Carolina: In this lesson students will examine pictures and documents relating to the Live at Home program started in North Carolina by Governor O. Max Gardner to help North Carolina farmers refocus on food crops rather than cash crops during the Depression. These photographs, from the Green 'N' Growing collection at the North Carolina State University, will help students draw conclusions about the culture of North Carolina in the early 1930s and understand how they overcame the hardships of the Depression.; Format: article (grade 8 Social Studies); By Loretta Wilson.

A case study of "A Civil Action": In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 3; This is a short, culminating activity that can be used to assess your students' understanding of the steps needed to determine if a water source is contaminated and how it got that way, and to suggest possible methods of cleanup or remediation. Students review a portion of the film "A Civil Action" and identify the problem and the people involved. Students then take the role of environmental scientist and apply their knowledge of water and hazardous waste contamination to create a plan to help lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, try the case.; Format: (grade 9–12 Science); By Michele Kloda.

Hamilton and Burr: Compare and contrast: In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 2; This lesson plan compares Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson’s Vice President. The lesson plan uses the duel between the two (at which Hamilton was fatally wounded) as an opportunity to contrast two early political leaders that have stark similarities as well as definite differences.; Format: article (grade 11 Social Studies); By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.

Accessing the American Memory collection: Multimedia formats and offline-use tips: In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 4; The American Memory collection contains a wide variety of formats including motion pictures, sound recordings, sheet music, maps, and photos. First, learn how to find them, then explore options for use in your classroom.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet: Worksheet for students to use when analyzing a sound recording. The worksheet assumes historical recordings produced in the United States, but could easily be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer as a; Format: document/worksheet

Poster analysis worksheet: Worksheet for students to use when analyzing propaganda posters. The worksheet assumes posters created by the United States government during the Depression and Second World War, but could be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer...; Format: document/worksheet

Photo analysis worksheet: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a photograph. May be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.; Format: document/worksheet

Written document analysis worksheet: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a written document. May be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.; Format: document/worksheet

Motion picture analysis worksheet: Worksheet for students to use when analyzing historical motion pictures, such as documentaries, propaganda, and training films. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.; Format: document/worksheet

Map analysis worksheet: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a map. The worksheet assumes that the map is used in conjunction with studying a specific historical event, but may easily be adapted for other purposes. It may be used directly on the computer as a; Format: document/worksheet

Cartoon analysis worksheet: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a cartoon, especially a political cartoon. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.; Format: document/worksheet

Artifact analysis worksheet: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing a physical artifact. It may be used directly on the computer as a PDF form.; Format: document/worksheet

Analyzing photographs using Magic Eye: In Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity two, page 2; This activity will use a "Magic Eye" to help students analyze photographs of people. A Magic Eye is a half-sheet of construction paper or card stock that has a hole about 2 1/2 inches in diameter cut from the center. By using the Magic Eye, students will have an opportunity to more carefully examine photographs by focusing on smaller sections of an image.; Format: lesson plan; Adapted by Pauline S. Johnson.

"Magic Eye" discussion questions: In Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity two, page 3; Each of you has looked carefully at one of the photographs. You have talked about your photograph with the others in your group. Now, think about all of the different photographs. What can they tell us about what it was like to live in that section of North...; Format: article; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity one: This activity for grades 7–12 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Letter activity two: In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 3; Read the three short letters of March 31, 1939, April 1, 1939, and April 7, 1939. Who wrote each of...; Format: lesson plan; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Letter activity one: In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 2; The following excerpt is from a letter from Mr. Sherlock Bronson, a lawyer and president of Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation, to the Honorable Graham Braden, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives. It was written March 16, 1939. The...; Format: lesson plan; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Letter activity three: In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 4; On April 13, 1939, Mr. Sherlock Bronson wrote a "General statement of Sherlock Bronson of the circumstances and conditions under which the survey of industrial conditions in the tobacco bag stringing area was made, and certain conclusions therefrom" and sent...; Format: lesson plan; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity four: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will examine primary source photographs and biographical information that were collected for the Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation to set up a data record.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

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