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Camels on a road between Jaipur, India, and Agra, India: Two camels pull carts down a road between Jaipur, India, and Agra, India. They are headed out of a small town, and behind them are some buildings. The carts have two large tires and are stacked with goods covered with a brown tarp. A young man rides the camel...; Format: image/photograph

Animals for transportation: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 9; Open-backed and slat-sided buses such as the one shown here usually serve medium distance links between towns. Passengers crowd together inside, while luggage, produce, and sometimes even livestock are tied on the roof of the bus. Rural farmers often move...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Town: A flat landscape of brown dirt and strip of green grass also holds several beehives. There is a flat topped building in the middle of the beehives. All of the buildings are the same light brown of the dirt around them, composed of dirty bricks. There are a...; Format: image/photograph

Cartload of wood seen on road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City: An ox cart full of dead wood is attended by a man behind it on a bicycle. The photograph is taken through the front window of a tour bus traveling from Dalat south to Ho Chi Minh City. The dead and dry wood probably was collected from the surrounding forests...; Format: image/photograph

Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam: Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Doffers in Cherryville Manufacturing Company, N.C.: Three young boys called doffers stand in front of a spinning machine in the Cherryville Manufacturing Company. Doffers took bobbins full of thread off the machines and replaced them with empty bobbins. In this sepia photograph, the boy closest to the photographer...; Format: image/photograph

Two men in an oxcart transport bananas on the road from Nha Trang to Dalat: Two men transport freshly harvested stalks of bananas in an oxcart on the road from Nha Trang to Dalat. Also visible on the road behind them are motorcycles and a minibus. Coconut trees and houses can be seen in the distant background. In many parts of Asia,...; Format: image/photograph

Two men in oxcart with bananas pass a bus on the road from Nha Trang to Dalat: Two men transport freshly harvested stalks of bananas in an oxcart on the road from Nha Trang to Dalat. Visible behind them is a crowded passenger bus with boxes and baskets of cargo tied on the roof of the bus. The driver's assistant, who negotiates with...; Format: image/photograph

Probate inventory of Richard Blackledge, Craven County, 1777: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.9; Probate inventory of a wealthy plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.; Format: inventory

Searching for greener pastures: Out-migration in the 1800s: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.1; In the first half of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of emigration flowed from North Carolina to western states and territories. North Carolinians were pushed by a lack of economic opportunity at home and pulled by open land in the West. Only after the 1830s, when a progressive political leadership supported schools and internal improvements, did out-migration slow.; Format: article; By Donald R. Lennon and Fred D. Ragan.

A camp meeting scene: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.3; Description of a typical camp meeting during the Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century, including preaching, conversion experiences, and the physical arrangement of the meetings.; Format: book

Twelve rules for arranging your classroom: In The First Year, page 1.1; You'll want to set up your classroom as quickly as possible, but consider these factors before you start.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Back to the future!: In this lesson plan, students research the history of an important invention and present what they've learned through an annotated timeline, historical fiction journal accounts, and VoiceThread technology.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills); By Diane Ruby.

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