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Getting on the Broadway car: Two women, one helping child, get on streetcar, New York City.; Format: image/photograph

A French tank on the move: Caption read, "Actual battle scene of French tank going into action, while behind it a line of French infantry is moving up to its support." Photograph from unknown site during World War I.; Format: image/photograph

The insidious and deadly gas: World War I photograph is titled "The Insidious and Deadly Gas That Creeps Noiselessly Down Toward the Foe" and captioned "Russian trench at Baronvitsky at the moment when it is flooded by the Germans with asphyxiating gas."; Format: image/photograph

Firing position: World War I photograph was titled "Huge Seige Guns of the Central Powers Used in the Smashing of Forts," and captioned "Firing position of one of the monster Austrian 30.5 centimeter guns, before the impact of whose projectiles the stoutest masonry crumbles."; Format: image/photograph

The Bonsack machine and labor unrest: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.7; When the Duke tobacco company adopted the Bonsack machine for rolling cigarettes, workers who had rolled cigarettes by hand were thrown out of work, and their replacements made less money.; Format: article

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity five: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will evaluate primary source photographs from the tobacco bag stringing collection and some of Lewis Hine's photographs from the George Eastman House collection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Timeline of the Revolution, 1780–1783: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.1; Timeline of events of the American Revolution from the beginning of the Southern Campaign in 1780 to the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the war.; Format: article

President Lincoln's funeral procession in New York City: Format: image/illustration

Learning literary elements through African and African American folktales: In this eighth grade lesson, students will apply their knowledge of literary elements (plot structure and archetypal characters) to the analysis and creation of African and African American folktales. Students will work in groups to read several picture book versions of African and African American folktales. Each group then creates a plot map for a story and highlights other literary elements identified within the text. Students then compare the folktales with fairy tales from other cultures and explain what they learned about African and African American culture from reading the folktales. Finally, students work independently to write their own modern-day folktale.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Hardin Engelhardt.

Surrender of General Burgoyne: John Trumbull's painting Surrender of General Burgoyne was commissioned in 1817. The painting depicts the surrender of British General Burgoyne to the Continental Army at Saratoga, New York, in 1777 — a turning point in...; Format: image/painting

Hugh Williamson (1735–1819): Hugh Wiliamson, a doctor and scientist, was one of North Carolina's delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and was also active in national politics.; Format: biography

Mapping life in a colonial town: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.14; From a detailed map of colonial Edenton, North Carolina, we can learn a great deal about daily life and community life on the eve of the Revolution.; Format: activity; By L. Maren Wood.

Welcoming the troops home: African-American families line the streets of New York to celebrate the homecoming of the 369th Army infantry unit in 1919.; Format: image/photograph

Tobacco workers strike: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.12; Magazine article describing an unsuccessful strike by tobacco mill workers in Durham, North Carolina, 1881.; Format: magazine; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Debating war with Britain: Against the war: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 8.5; Article from the Carolina Federal Republican of Raleigh, published just after Congress declared war on Great Britain in 1812, arguing against the war. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

About RSS: RSS -- or Real Simple Syndication -- feeds are being used increasingly by newspapers, weblogs, and education web sites to help you get their information delivered right to you. Getting started is fairly simple, especially because you may already be using a web browser or email client that can also serve as your RSS reader.; Format: article/help

Weather is the word-o: Using an integrated curriculum, this unit plan provides sixteen fun-filled weather activities to familiarize students with sun, rain, snow, and wind. Each of the activities will take approximately 30 minutes over a three week period.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)

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