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Foundation of a diet: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 1; Wherever rice will grow in Southeast Asia, it is grown. Rice is one of the most nutritious and protein-rich grains that humans have domesticated from wild plants. Here, a woman is selling rice in an outdoor market in Hanoi. The round woven basket in front...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam: Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Tending livestock: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 8; Here, a man walks a herd of ten cows along Highway No. 1 near Nha Trang. He carries a herding stick. The ribs of the mostly brown cows are visible, but tropical varieties of cows are generally slender. Cows and oxen are raised as draft animals and for meat,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

View of salt-making fields along the coast south of Nha Trang: This landscape shows salt fields along the coast south of Nha Trang, Vietnam. Sea water is evaporating in the background fields, while salt is nearly ready for harvest in the front field. This type of salt production is a low-cost technology that is known...; Format: image/photograph

Wide view of salt-making fields along the coast south of Nha Trang: This wide landscape view of salt-making fields along the coast south of Nha Trang also shows mountains in the background. Sea water is evaporating in some front and back fields, while salt is nearly ready for harvest in the middle fields. This type of salt...; Format: image/photograph

Ten salt production workers stand in a muddy salt field south of Nha Trang: Ten salt production workers wearing conical sunhats stand in a muddy salt field south of Nha Trang, Vietnam. These are likely wage laborers who work for the land-owning salt factory. Mountains, blue sky, and clouds are visible in the distant background. This...; Format: image/photograph

Making salt: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 7; This wide landscape view of salt-making fields along the coast south of Nha Trang shows sea water evaporating in some front and back fields, while salt is nearly ready for harvest in the middle fields. This type of salt production is a low-cost technology...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Man stands in stream at Mai Chau fishing with net on pole near taro plants: A highland man wearing a conical sunhat stands in a stream at Mai Chau fishing with a net on a pole. Visible in the foreground is a stand of large taro plants. For highland peoples of Southeast Asia, riverine fishing is a main source of protein in their diet....; Format: image/photograph

Food makes a difference: This black and white photograph is of a poster showing how a good diet of nutritious foods makes a difference in children's growing bodies. On the left of the poster is picture of a boy who is naked except for a towel wrapped around his waist. On the right...; Format: image/article

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.

Food Helped Make the Difference: These x-rays from the 1920s demonstrate the differences between children developing normally and those who develop rickets. The title of the black and white image is “Food Helped to Make the Difference.” There are four x-rays. The top set shows...; Format: image/article

Large mound of sea salt ready for collection at coastal factory south of Nha Trang: A large mound of white sea salt is ready for collection at a coastal factory south of Nha Trang. A salt worker walks along a dry field in the background. This type of salt production is a low-cost technology that is known and used in shallow coastal regions...; Format: image/photograph

A field in the countryside of Madurai, India: This is a green field bordered by palms trees and, in the background, a couple of hills. The field in the foreground is most likely a rice paddy. Rice is an important part of the Indian economy and diet.; Format: image/photograph

Alternatives to the animal report: In Rethinking Reports, page 2.1; Year after year, students are assigned an animal report, a factual report on a species of their choice. My son chose the Harpy Eagle for his third-grade animal report — and proceeded to re-submit that report with only slight modifications for years thereafter!...; By Melissa Thibault.

Same age - food made the difference: A black and white advertisement to encourage balanced diets. There are three photos - A larger top photo that displays two different mice, one on the right is healthy looking and the one on the left is much smaller and looks very sick. Below that photo there...; Format: image/article

A royal bath: In The Ramayana, page 1.7; Sita is shown taking a royal bath before her wedding to Rama in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita bathes sitting on the edge of an elegant platform shelter extending into a large tiled pool. Two women servants pour water from a gold basin over Sita...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Classification with pictures: Students learn taxonomy through presenting a project to the class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Lemuel Lamb.

Life in camp: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.7; Camp Lee, S. C., Mch. 2d 1862 Dear Mother, As I write so many letters home to let you all hear from me and brother Tom, I will commence by telling you something about myself and him. I continue in very...; Format: letter

November 18 - November 22, 1753: In Diary of a journey of Moravians, page 11; Nov. 18, Sunday. We arose in good spirits, although several of the Brethren had not been able to sleep for the cold, for our cabin is small, and the roof full of holes. Several of the Brethren went hunting, and succeeded in getting a couple of wild...; Format: diary/primary source

Taro plants growing near a house and fields at Mai Chau: Small taro plants grow in a densely planted garden plot near a house and fields at Mai Chau. Peeled and cooked like a potato, taro roots are a filling but not highly nutritious food. They are, however, easy to grow and provide a ready source of food when other...; Format: image/photograph

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