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Electricity: Electricity moves through these lines and power poles across the area of Urfa, Turkey. There are dozens and dozens of the lines and distributors. They look like a jungle gym of poles and cords and wires just waiting to be played on. There is a road in the...; Format: image/photograph

What is static charge?: This lab exercise uses ordinary household materials to explore static charge.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Leigh Kiser.

Rural electrification: Girl at sewing machine: Original caption: "Portrait of America. No. 36. Rural Electrification in the U.S. Electric sewing machines, such as this one on a U.S. farm, run by power from a farmers' cooperative rural electrification project, remove the strain from much labor. This girl...; Format: image/photograph

Amazing liquid conductor: Students will mix a variety of liquid solutions together to see if they will light a light bulb in a electrical circuit. They will be able to identify liquid electrical conductors and nonconductors. Also they will be able to identify that liquid solutions that contain a noticeable amount of acid or salt are good conductors of electricity. Each group of students will make a closed circuit to test their solutions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Martha Martin.

Mrs. Kuhn: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.2; MRS. KUHN, North Wilkesboro, N.C., married and has one child, who is also married. She is 68 years old and her husband is in his sixties; crippled. INCOME: Husband works in furniture factory about six months out of a year at thirty cents an hour. Only other...

Carpentry skills: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 18; Carpenters in highland villages generally work with hand tools, using no electricity. Metal parts, generally now imported from the cities, are either forged in the village or bought pre-made from blacksmiths in larger towns. The man shown here is using a large...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate: This tour of “America's Castle” explains the technological features George Vanderbilt incorporated into his turn-of-the-century home.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Two men climb high pole to work on electric lines: Two utilities workers climb a high wooden pole to work on electric power lines. The working men's profiles are silhouetted on a blue sky with coconut tree tops visible along the horizon below them. For the tall funeral tower trasnporting the Brahman's corpse...; Format: image/photograph

Harris Energy and Environmental Center: Progress Energy's Harris Nuclear Power Plant offers tours of its resource center to educators, organizations, and the general public.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Generator: The massive structure in this photograph is a generator. It is painter black and is located in the basement of the Biltmore House. The generator has two large wheels. A light bulb shows how much light was produced at that time. Today's light bulbs produced...; Format: image/article

Mrs. Emma Cleary: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.12; CLEARY, MRS. EMMA, married; two children; aged 30; husband aged 60; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: William, aged 12 in school. Vassie, aged 8 in school. INCOME: None. HOME CONDITIONS: Own two-room log cabin and forty acres of land. Only five acres...

Trekker on a village trail in the western mountains of Nepal: At Khobang, en route from Ghasa to Tukche, Nepal, a tourist and his guide-porter walk into the village in the western mountain region of Nepal. The pipes running alongside the cobblestone trail probably bring water into the village. This village also has electricity,...; Format: image/photograph

Atatürk dam Euphrates R.: The Atatürk Dam in the Euphrates River is the fifth largest earth-and-rock fill dam in the world and provides electricity and irrigation to the southeastern part of Turkey. This photograph shows the structure of the dam with water emptying back into the river....; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Barbara Wagoner: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.3; WAGONER, MRS. BARBARA; married; two children; aged 20 years; reside in Wilkes Co., N.C. Children: Jacob, aged one year. Buck, aged 9 — child by husband's first wife. INCOME: About $20.00 per month. Husband is laborer on government park project in this...

Laundry draped over plants to sun dry: Light-colored shirts and brown patterned batik cloths used for sarong skirts are draped over plants to sun dry after being washed in a stream. In rural Southeast Asia, it is often convenient to do laundry before bathing in an outdoor stream. The tropical sunlight...; Format: image/photograph

Utility workers: Working with the Pythagorean theorem: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.7; In this lesson plan, students use the Pythagorean theorem to solve a problem relevant to the careers of utility workers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics); By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.

Idol’s Dam and Power Plant on the Yadkin River: Idol's Dam and Power Plant on the Yadkin River. Photo was taken around the time the plant was new, circa 1898.; Format: image/photograph

Penderlea Homestead Museum: A Homestead Community of the Depression Era: Visit this Depression-era community built by President Roosevelt's New Deal progra, in 1934. The museum in Willard, North Carolina is open on Saturdays and by appointment.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Chickens in poultry house, Vance County, North Carolina, 4-H Club: In this black and white photograph, dozens of white chickens are pecking around in a small barn or large poultry house. A boy in jeans and a ball cap leans against a pole looking on. The barn has been wired for electricity and a lightbulb and many cords dangle...; Format: image/photograph

Two electricians climb on cement building to fix network of power cables in Hanoi: Two electricians climb on the front of a cement building to fix a tangled network of power cables in Hanoi. The young man seen on the lower level is wearing a tan uniform. The other man above wears grey pants and a light shirt.; Format: image/photograph

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