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Making salt: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 7; This wide landscape view of salt-making fields along the coast south of Nha Trang shows sea water evaporating in some front and back fields, while salt is nearly ready for harvest in the middle fields. This type of salt production is a low-cost technology...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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

Fertile soils: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 2; This view from an airplane shows where the Mekong River joins Tonlé Sap Lake near Siem Reap in Cambodia. The waterways of the Mekong are the region's primary conduit for local trade and transportation. The Mekong River flows approximately 2,800 miles from...; By Lorraine Aragon.

National dress: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 5; Vietnamese national women's dress includes a long, high-necked silk tunic that is slit at the sides to the waist. Here the solid-color, pastel tunics are worn over matching full-length skirts, common to northern Vietnam, but they also are worn over white or...; By Lorraine Aragon.

River trade: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 14; This boat is docked along the Mekong River near Mytho. Such boats, propelled by outboard motors mounted on the back, are typical, medium-sized river and coastal island ferry boats in Southeast Asia. The waterways of the Mekong are the region's primary conduit...; By Lorraine Aragon.

North Carolina regional travel brochure: The students will cooperatively design travel brochures that describe major physical and cultural characteristics of the regions in North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Deborah Harrell.

The road taken: This lesson will introduce and reinforce main transportation routes for people and goods in North Carolina. Students will enhance map skills including using cardinal and intermediate directions, using a mileage chart, and planning transportation routes. Students will reinforce their knowledge of resources found in North Carolina as well as name and identify the three regions of North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Margaretc Bryant.

Topography of North Carolina and its influence on settlement: This lesson explores where North Carolina is in relation to the United States and North America. Also, we will explore the different regions of North Carolina and how the topography of the region affected settlement.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Development and Social Studies); By Jessica Wilson and Tabitha Horton.

The Demilitarized Zone: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 10; The Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, was established when Vietnam was divided in 1954 into North and South. The DMZ was roughly a mile wide and more than 100 km (60 miles) long, from the western border with Laos to the ocean. The division...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Map of the Gold Regions of California, 1849: This 1849 map shows the potential routes for gold-hunters heading from the east coast of the U.S. to California. Prospectors could choose the hard and dangerous overland route -- or take a steamship all the way around South America.; Format: image/map

North Carolina's physical and cultural geography: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.3; In this lesson students will make assumptions about the influence of geography on various aspects of historical human and cultural geography.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Finding your way in North Carolina: Students will become familiar with the regions and local features of North Carolina and be able to write directions for others to find these features on a map.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Sadie Allran Broome.

Mangrove vegetation in Cartagena, Colombia: A thick stand of mangrove trees near the beach in Cartagena, Colombia. Mangrove trees grow in many tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, including Central America and North South America. The mangrove is particularly suited to tidal regions along...; Format: image/photograph

Elevated view of hairpin turn in a mountain road near Nha Trang: This elevated view shows a sharp, hairpin turn in a mountain road near Nha Trang. Driving in the highlands of Southeast Asia can be both spectacular and terrifying for foreigners. In many regions of Southeast Asia, steep forested mountains make roads difficult...; Format: image/photograph

Large mound of sea salt ready for collection at coastal factory south of Nha Trang: A large mound of white sea salt is ready for collection at a coastal factory south of Nha Trang. A salt worker walks along a dry field in the background. This type of salt production is a low-cost technology that is known and used in shallow coastal regions...; Format: image/photograph

View of salt-making fields along the coast south of Nha Trang: This landscape shows salt fields along the coast south of Nha Trang, Vietnam. Sea water is evaporating in the background fields, while salt is nearly ready for harvest in the front field. This type of salt production is a low-cost technology that is known...; Format: image/photograph

Wide view of salt-making fields along the coast south of Nha Trang: This wide landscape view of salt-making fields along the coast south of Nha Trang also shows mountains in the background. Sea water is evaporating in some front and back fields, while salt is nearly ready for harvest in the middle fields. This type of salt...; Format: image/photograph

French Indochina: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 1; The current national borders of Southeast Asia were not established until after World War II. What is now northern Vietnam was ruled by China for more than a thousand years, between the second century BCE and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

North Carolina regions: Working in cooperative groups, the students will learn about their assigned regions of North Carolina. A list of questions will be generated. When the research is completed, the students will design a way to orally present the information to the class. This also will integrate Visual Arts and Informational Skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Information Skills and Social Studies); By Patricia Britt.

Aerial view of Mekong River joining Tonle Sap Lake near Siem Reap: This view photographed from an airplane shows where the Mekong River joins Tonlé Sap Lake near Siem Reap in Cambodia. The waterways of the Mekong are the region's primary conduit for local trade and transportation. The Mekong River flows approximately 2,800...; Format: image/photograph

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