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- On wheels
- In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 15
- On this modern metal bridge at Hué, a woman and child bicycle on the right while in the middle, women and men move faster on motorcycles. In the warm climate and frugal economic conditions of Southeast Asia, motorcycles and motor scooters are practical and...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Protection from the sun
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 6
- Rural women, men, and children throughout Southeast Asia commonly weave their own hats, sleeping mats, and baskets from a variety of palm leaf, bamboo, and rattan fibers. Mountain groups or highlanders are less involved in the national cash economy (often...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Reading guide: Cherokee women
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.7
- These questions will help to guide students' reading of "Cherokee Women" and encourage them to think critically about the text. The questions focus primarily on the Cherokee matrilineal kinship system and on the cultural differences between the Cherokee and the Europeans who arrived in the early 1700s.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Two men standing along road with rows of cock baskets
- Two men, both wearing Balinese sarongs, hats, and rubber thongs, stand along a road with rows of cock baskets. The men's sarongs are both rolled up to knee height, typical for informal work activities. The man on the left is bare-chested and wears a dark baseball...
- Format: image/photograph
- Letter of April 7, 1939
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.5
- MORSE BAG COMPANY East Bend, North Carolina. April 7, 1939. Mr. Sherlock Bronson, Richmond, Virginia. Dear Sir: In compliance with your request of March 28th, I am glad to give you an idea of my experience in working with tobacco bags. My mother and father,...
- Caring for children
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 20
- Throughout Southeast Asia, but especially in highland farming areas, children of both sexes are considered precious and vulnerable. Adults and teens of both sexes and all ages generally enjoy caring for young children. They find it an amusing and relaxing...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Harvesting tobacco
- Men work to harvest tobacco by hand. A mule pulls a wagon or cart.
- Format: image/photograph
- Working in the fields
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 5
- Both men and women work in the wet-rice fields. Rural women living in highland Southeast Asia typically scale high mountains and do hard outdoor physical labor, which keeps them physically fit and strong. With one basket strapped at the waist and another larger...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Three smiling men wave and gesture in a Chinatown market at Ho Chi Minh City
- Three smiling men wearing brimmed caps wave and gesture to the photographer at a market in Ho Chi Minh City's Chinatown. The man in front, who wears a Calvin Klein logo baseball cap, makes a "thumbs up" gesture, generally signifying a positive or "good" response...
- Format: image/photograph
- General statement of Sherlock Bronson
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.6
- Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation General Office 1413-15-17 East Franklin Street Richmond, Virginia April 13, 1939. Hon. Graham A. Barden, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Barden: Upon my return to Richmond after my interview with you...
- Whip saw
- Detail of a painting showing men using a two-person saw, or whip saw. The painting was first published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First Successful...
- Format: image/painting
- Balinese men climb bamboo scaffolds to build brick house
- Two Balinese men climb bamboo scaffolds to build a brick house. Many contemporary houses in Bali are built of bricks with or without stucco.
- Format: image/photograph
- Portrait of an older Balinese artist
- An grey-haired Balinese artist in the village of Pengesokan stands for his portrait. He wears no shirt as he stands besides one of his paintings barely visible at the left. Traditionally painting and sculpting is men's work on Bali, while women weave cloth....
- Format: image/photograph
- Anticipation guide: "A Little Kingdom in Carolina"
- A learner's guide to the article "A Little Kingdom in Carolina," this activity will help student comprehension.
- Format: worksheet/learner's guide (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Bathing party among boulders in stream as seen from above
- A dozen women and children with brightly colored plastic pails bathe, dress, and do laundry among the boulders in a stream. The scene is viewed from above, probably from a bridge that passes over the waterway. In rural Bali, as in much of Southeast Asia, outdoor...
- Format: image/photograph
- Motorcycle and bycycle traffic crossing bridge at Hue
- Motorcycle and bicycle traffic cross a modern metal bridge at Hué. A man pedals an empty bicycle rickshaw or cyclo on the left as a woman and child bicycle on the right. In between, women and men move faster on motorcycles. In the warm climate and frugal...
- Format: image/photograph
- Men's marching band playing for funeral
- A men's marching band plays for a funeral procession. All the musicians wear blue shirts, red headscarves, red woven sarong, and black-and-white checked cloths around their waists. The drummer, with a two-headed drum hung over his right shoulder, stands in...
- Format: image/photograph
- Life on the land: Voices
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.4
- Excerpts of oral history interviews with men and women who grew up on farms in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century North Carolina.
- Format: interview
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Family members bathe and do laundry at stream embankment
- Family members bathe and do laundry at a stream embankment. On the right, a mother, her hair wrapped in a towel, and child wash clothes in the running water. They use a concrete ledge as their work table. On the left, one girl helps wash another's hair. Other...
- Format: image/photograph
- Cherokee women
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.8
- Before the arrival of Europeans in North America, women enjoyed a major role in the family life, economy, and government of the Cherokee Indians. Cherokee society was organized according to a matrilineal kinship system, and women were the heads of households. Women also did most of the farming and had a voice in government.
- Format: article
- By Theda Perdue.
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