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From field to bowl: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 11; Harvested rice grains generally are stored in their husks until needed for food. At that time, the husks must be removed either in large stone or wood mortars with pestles wielded by farmers, or by the kind of mechanical threshing machine seen here. Such machines...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Threshing machine ejects rice into basin at mill near Mai Chau: The spout of a threshing machine ejects rice into a red-rimmed white basin at a mill near Mai Chau. A sack to carry a large load of rice is visible at left. Harvested rice grains generally are stored in their husks until needed for food. At that time, the...; Format: image/photograph

Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Confederate spy: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.5; Letter from Rose O'Neal Greenhow to President Jefferson Davis about the preparations taken by Confederate generals to defend Charleston from a Union attack. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

Flower stepping stones: This lesson plan is intended to encourage learners to integrate the visual arts with science and appreciate nature. Students will create a round or square stepping stone using colored glass pieces with a mortar and sand mixture. The students will have the opportunity to watch the stepping stones attract various types of small animals like birds and butterflies. As a result, students can observe, study, and draw these animals.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Visual Arts Education); By Pilar Pedersen.

Fort Sumter: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.3; The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Federal troops refused to leave the fort after South Carolina seceded, and South Carolina's forces fired on the fort on the morning of April 12, 1861.; Format: article

The pottery makers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.4; Archaeologists do a bit of shrugging when asked about the Woodland—that time and lifeway tucked between 1000 BC and AD 1000. Some things they readily understand, but others leave them wondering.

The forest people: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.3; Paleoindian culture died out across North America by 8000 BC. Archaeologists say this was bound to happen. The Ice Age had ended, the megafauna were extinct, and the boreal forests faded as deciduous ones spread across the East in the warmer climate. Faced with significant environmental changes, the Native Americans adapted. Archaeologists call their way of life and the time in which they lived Archaic.

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