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- Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education
- "Specializes in developing programs for youth to address health concerns like childhood obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy food choices, tooth decay, drug and alcohol abuse, unintentional injuries, and teen pregnancy."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Immigration in U.S. history
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.5
- Tens of millions of immigrants over four centuries have made the United States what it is today. They came to make new lives and livelihoods in the New World; their hard work benefited themselves and their new home country.
- Format: article
- From rural Mexico to North Carolina
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.2
- Most immigrants to North Carolina from Mexico come from rural areas, and it is valuable for teachers to understand these students' cultural backgrounds.
- By Regina Cortina.
- Dorothea Dix pleads for a state mental hospital
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.8
- In this excerpt from her "memorial" to the North Carolina General Assembly, New England reformer Dorothea Dix lays out her arguments for building a state hospital for the mentally ill. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: report
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Resources on the web
- NC Health Careers
- An online manual created to introduce users to a variety of health careers and help people make informed health career decisions. There are informative articles and descriptions of 88 health occupations. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: NC Area Health Education Centers Program
- LifeWorks
- Find information on occupations in the field of health and medical sciences. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education
