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Farmville's choice: In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Red cedar marsh invasion: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 11; Figure 9 is a view of another tributary creek to the White Oak. Here, about 7 miles from the sea, we find that most of the marsh is dominated by black needle rush, with salt marsh cord grass occurring only in a few light-green patches along the water's edge....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Group of men standing in a corn field at Camp Leach: In this black and white photograph a group of men and boys are standing on the edge of a cornfield inspecting a stalk of corn.; Format: image/photograph

When We're Green, We Grow: Jane S. McKimmon (center) posing with Academy Award winning actress Jane Darwell (left) and an unidentified woman while in New York for the radio dramatization of her life story on NBC's “Cavalcade of America.”; Format: image/photograph

Country side: A color photograph of a mountainside that has patches of snow on the top of it. The patches of snow lead down to green grass growing. At the foot of the hill, and about halfway up, there are buildings that look like houses. Although the grass is green, the...; Format: image/photograph

Henry Vanstory of Iredell County, one of the first club members to conduct a horse project in North Carolina: In this black and white photograph, a boy in overalls and a straw hat stands in between two horses. A small garden with corn growing can be seen in the background.; Format: image/photograph

Motto: to make the best better: A picture of a 4-H girls club badge with the saying “Motto: To make the best better” embroidered on it. The center of the badge is an open book with a clover in the center of it. Above the clover is the word “Demonstrator” and below...; Format: image/article

Academy Award winning actress Jane Darwell (left) and Home Demonstration pioneer Jane McKimmon: In this black and white photograph, North Carolina's first Home Demonstration State Agent Jane S. McKimmon is posing with Jane Darwell while in New York for the radio dramatization of her life story, “When We're Green We Grow,” on NBC’s; Format: image/photograph

Children playing at a Hertford County 4-H Club meeting: In this black and white photograph several pairs of boys and girls are facing each other and clasping each other's hands above their heads. One small boy is darting underneath the arms of two other boys. They are probably playing London Bridge is Falling Down....; Format: image/photograph

4-H club member standing in a field showing his calf: In this black and white photograph, a young boy holds his spotted calf by the reins. They are about the same height.; Format: image/photograph

1958 4-H Congress Tomb of the Unkown Soldier: A young man and woman in 4-H costume laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.; Format: image/photograph

Spraying plants: A 4-H club member is seen spraying chemicals on the crops of the Tew family farm. He has a chemical tank in his left hand and in his right is the sprayer. He looks down as he sprays. The t-shirt he is wearing has the 4-H logo on it.; Format: image/article

1949–1953, Gov. Scott: Governor William Kerr Scott behind women holding a Puerto Rican flag.; Format: image/photograph

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

L. R. Harrill being awarded a medal at the Jane S. McKimmon Center at North Carolina State University: In this black and white photo, a man is placing a medal around Lera Harrill's neck.; Format: image/photograph

Child in highchair drinking milk: In this black and white photograph, a toddler sits in a highchair outside drinking milk from a cup with both hands.; Format: image/photograph

From northern hardwood to spruce-fir forest: In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 12; The highest elevations of the Blue Ridge are occupied by an evergreen forest of spruce and fir that looks like the great conifer forests of northern Maine and Canada. The transition from northern hardwoods to spruce fir forest is easy to see from a distance...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

L. R. Harrill, 4-H leader, 1926–1962: In this black and white photograph, Lera Harrill is receiving a 4-H award. On the wall in the background is an animal hide printed with a prayer called “If it takes your hide, be a man.”; Format: image/photograph

4-H club member standing next to two calves who are eating grass: In this black and white photograph a young boy wearing rolled-up blue jeans, a ball cap, and a white t-shirt stands next to two grazing calves.; Format: image/photograph

Man holding his crop of peanuts: This black and white photograph, taken in 1939, shows a fair-haired young man crouching in a field, holding a bunch of freshly cultivated peanuts which are still on the plant.; Format: image/photograph

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