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Primary and secondary clays: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 3; The old photograph on the introductory page and Figure 1 show secondary and primary clays being recovered from the earth's crust in North Carolina's Piedmont. Most of the clays used in pottery are secondary, but much brick-making clay and some specialized...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Color mixing: Students are introduced to the basic steps in mixing secondary colors from primary colors of paint.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education); By Gwen Auman.

Colorful fruit bowl: Students learn color theory by exploring color mixing. Students will use overlapping to show simple perspective in their picture.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education); By Marilyn Carter.

Answers to the data matrix in Tobacco Bag Stringing secondary activity four: For reference, the teacher can check student answers to the data matrix in the Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression Secondary Activity Four with this key.; Format: document/lesson plan

Proposed amendment worksheet for Tobacco Bag Stringing secondary activity seven: Proposed amendment for Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression Secondary Activity Seven.; Format: document/lesson plan

Role sheet for Tobacco Bag Stringing secondary activity seven: Role sheet for Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression Secondary Activity Seven.; Format: document/lesson plan

Mountain balds: In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 8; Many high-elevation areas of the Blue Ridge have no trees. As a result these areas are called balds. The origin and persistence of mountain balds is poorly understood. Some scientists claim that they form in areas particularly susceptible to fires...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Tobacco Bag Stringing: Data Matrix for Secondary Activity Four: Data matrix to accompany "Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity four."; Format: video

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity four data matrix: Data matrix to accompany "Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity four."; Format: document/lesson plan

Tobacco bag stringing: Educator's guide: Elementary lesson plans Elementary lesson plans based upon Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was, study primary source documents and visuals,...; Format: lesson plan

Mixing colors with Little Blue and Little Yellow: This is an integrated lesson based on a French book entitled Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni. Within the lesson, students will experiment with various colors to create new colors and eventually write their own version of this story.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science); By Lisa Tartaglia.

Why does the Piedmont have so much clay and how is it used?: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 2; North Carolina's Piedmont has so much clay because clay is, quite literally, “common as dirt.” Seventy-five percent of the earth's surface is composed of silica (SiO2) and aluminia (Al2O3), the primary ingredients...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Coquina Beach: In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 12; Storm overwash is one of the more prevalent processes with which humans must cope on the Outer Banks. During storms, large volumes of sand are eroded from the seaward side of the islands and redeposited in large overwash fans, which extend landward across...; By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.

Religion and slavery in the American South: Comparing perspectives: In this lesson plan, students consult a variety of primary sources from the Documenting the American South Collection to uncover the varied impacts of religion in the lives of slaves in the American South. They are encouraged to seek out multiple, and sometimes contradictory, perspectives of this history.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By Meghan Mcglinn.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two: In this lesson, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Great Depression about the effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act on North Carolina's tobacco bag stringers.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Piedmont sands and clays: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 1; North Carolina's landmass has twice been subjected to major bouts of mountain building followed by erosion. The mountain building events have been described in another field trip in this series, the Roan Mountain Highlands. The remnants of the erosion of these...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

The transformer room: In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 11; Interpreting the transformer room Wires come through the wall from the Generator Room which originally carried the power from the Dynamo Room to the Transformer Room. This room first was used to house a series of large Gould storage batteries,...; By Sue Clark McKendree.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity six: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will read and evaluate primary source stories from the Federal Writer’s Project.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Questions for Tobacco Bag Stringing secondary activity one: Analysis questions for Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression Elementary Activity Two that may be projected on the overhead or handed out to students.; Format: document/lesson plan

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