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Careers in medicine and the ancient Greeks: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.4; In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about ancient Greek medicine and the Hippocratic Oath, and will research contemporary medical careers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies); By Mandy Matlock.

Medicine in ancient Greece - Overview: This lesson provides a brief look at the origins of Greek medicine and a comparison with modern medicine. Also included is an edited text of the Hippocratic Oath.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies); By Bruce Schulman.

CareerStart lessons: Grade six: This collection of lessons aligns the sixth grade curriculum in math, science, English language arts, and social studies with potential career opportunities.; Format: (multiple pages)

The growth of tourism: Southern Pines: In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.10; Report on a trip by doctors to Southern Pines, North Carolina, suggesting that its healthful climate made it an excellent destination for urban tourists and people recovering from illnesses. Includes historical commentary.; Format: article; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

James Pharis oral history excerpt: James Pharis began working in the cotton mills in Eden, North Carolina at age 8. He worked for 11 hours a day and earned 25 cents a day for several years. He met his wife, who also began working in the mill at age 8, at a square dance in the mill village sponsored...; Format: audio/interview

Civil War army hospitals: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.9; A description of medicine, hospitals, and the work of army doctors and nurses in the U.S. Civil War.; Format: article

Climbing the Icefalls: Mountain climber, Ciprian “Chip” Popoviciu, looks up at the photographer as he climbs a long ladder up a sheer and treacherous serac in the Khumbu icefalls. He is wearing a red helmet and sunglasses. His backpack is orange. Below, at the base of the ladder,...; Format: image/photograph

Mint Hill Country Doctor's Museum and Country Store: This museum takes the visitor back to the early years of medical practice and the "daily lives and routines of Southern people living in rural areas from the late 1800's to the 1930's."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Medical careers: Working with probability: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.8; In this lesson for grade six, students will use probability to predict the likelihood of occurrence of two unrelated health conditions and will understand how math can be applied to careers in mathematics.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Job interviews: Focus on details: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.5; In this lesson for grade seven, students will develop questions and answers for hypothetical job interviews, and will perform job interview skits for the class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Anissia Jenkins.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.

Anson County Historical Society: This nonprofit organization provides educational, cultural, and recreational information concerning the rich history of Anson County.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Career research and writing: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.2; In this lesson for grade seven, students will learn about a career that interests them and then share what they learned in peer groups. Students will then write a letter to the Better Business Bureau stating why they should be given an internship in their chosen career.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Michelle Kimel.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett, Anissia Jenkins, and Sonya Rexrode.

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.10; President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated April 14, 1865, five days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox and two weeks before Johnston's final surrender at Bennett Place.; Format: article

Macon County Historical Museum: This Museum's collection includes artifacts from the earliest civilization of the area through the mid twentieth century.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

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.

Civil War casualties: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.14; Historians estimate that about 620,000 Americans died in the Civil War -- almost as many as have died in all other U.S. wars combined. This article explains why.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Sanitariums: In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.8; In the late nineteenth century, sanitariums were built to house patients with tuberculosis, which was the leading cause of death in the United States. Western North Carolina's climate made it the perfect location for sanitariums.; Format: article

Forensic scientists: Identifying unknown substances: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.10; In this lesson, students use the physical properties of three mystery substances to determine their identities. Students discuss how these skills apply to careers in forensic science.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Good medicine: Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies); By Leslie Ramsey.

Disease and catastrophe: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.3; Of all the kinds of life exchanged when the Old and New Worlds met, lowly germs had the greatest impact. Europeans and later Africans brought smallpox and a host of other diseases with them to America, where those diseases killed as much as 90 percent of the native population of two continents. Europeans came away lucky -- with only a few tropical diseases from Africa and, probably, syphilis from the New World. In America, disease destoyed civilizations.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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