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Housing conditions of the workers in Cannon Mills, Concord, North Carolina: This photograph of mill town housing in Concord, North Carolina shows the conditions that workers for the Cannon textile mill lived in. The clapboard houses are very small and sit in the shadow of the mill with its smokestacks billowing dark smoke. The yards...; Format: image/photograph

Mill villages: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.4; Excerpt from D. A. Tompkins' 1899 textbook for cotton mill owners, explaining rationale and design for millworkers' housing. Includes photographs, plans, and historical commentary.; Format: book

Multifamily housing behind a large Fran-eroded dune: Format: image/photograph

A beachfront house threatened by erosion: In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 3; Figure 2 shows a beachfront house being undercut by waves. Unfortunately, this kind of damage happens frequently as sea level rises and erosion eats into the shoreline. Erosion into housing areas usually occurs when something happens to increase the local...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Photo analysis: Focus on climate: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs for information about the climate of the region in which they were taken.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Photo analysis: Focus on geography: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the geography of the region in which they were taken.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Mosque in Ellora, India: This is a mosque in Ellora, India. It is white and tall, rising above the surrounding buildings. It is covered by a large white dome and punctuated by several arches. The street, which is paved with large, flat slabs of gray stone, rises up to meet the entrance...; Format: image/photograph

Looking down the wings of a Wright Brothers plane replica: This is a replica of a Wright Brothers' plane at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills. The memorial is home to a museum housing artifacts from the brothers' work as well as an outdoor monument showing the time and distance of the brothers'...; Format: image/photograph

Intrigue of the Past: Lesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Hanoi girl tends a toddler sitting in the front basket of a motorcycle: A pre-adolescent girl tends a toddler who sits perched in the front basket of a motorcycle parked outside a storefront in Hanoi. The children are both wearing sleeveless pink pajamas. Older sisters and brothers in Asia generally are expected to be responsible...; Format: image/photograph

North Carolina in the New South: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Communities In Schools of Wake County: “Just passing isn’t good enough!”: The educators of Communities In Schools (CIS) of Wake County, after ascertaining that the average grade of their middle school students was low D to F, determined to change their program drastically. They researched programs across the country that demonstrated success with students with profiles similar to those of CIS students, hired an education consulting company to help them establish measurement matrices, and instituted a range of new policies and activities. As a result, CIS students’ grades improved to C in just six months.; Format: article; By Susan B. Hansell.

The North Carolina Writers' Network: Literary Hall of Fame: Find biographical information about North Carolina writers who have been inducted into the Literary Hall of Fame. Periodically, this organization holds teacher workshops, check back often to learn more.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Picturing Vietnam: This lesson plan is intended to introduce students to Vietnam’s geography, climate, culture, history, natural history, arts, economics, and government. Students will view a collection of documentary photographs and use these for making logical observations, drawing conclusions, and as a basis for creative writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Edie McDowell.

Free falling: Working with radicals: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.4; In this lesson, students solve problems involving radicals and discuss the importance of radicals in various careers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics); By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.

Introduction: George Vanderbilt established the first agricultural operations at Biltmore to produce dairy products, meat, poultry, fruits, and vegetables for use in Biltmore House. However, it was his hope that the estate would be self supporting, and by the mid-1890s,...; Format: article; By Sue Clark McKendree.

Leonidas Polk and the Farmers' Alliance: In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.3; Speech given by Leonidas L. Polk before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, 1890. Polk provided data showing the decline in farmers' wealth since the Civil War, argued that this decline was not the farmers' fault, and asked the Senate to enact laws that would help farmers. Includes historical commentary and explanations of some of the economic principles discussed (including supply and demand).; Format: speech; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Migration into and out of North Carolina: Exploring census data: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.2; Just how many people left North Carolina in the first half of the nineteenth century -- and where did they go? To answer questions like this, the best place to turn is census records. The census can't tell us why people moved, but a look at the numbers can give us a sense of the scale of the migration.; Format: activity; By David Walbert.

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