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Marbles Kids Museum: Marbles Kids Museum is a hands-on, interactive destination that inspires children to be creative thinkers, active learners and confident individuals in today's world. With five galleries and two outdoor escapes, there is no shortage of activity for kids birth to 12 and their families.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

A royal bath: In The Ramayana, page 1.7; Sita is shown taking a royal bath before her wedding to Rama in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita bathes sitting on the edge of an elegant platform shelter extending into a large tiled pool. Two women servants pour water from a gold basin over Sita...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The value of money in colonial America: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.5; This article explains the many kinds of money that circulated in colonial America and why it is nearly impossible to say what they were worth "in today's money."; Format: article; By David Walbert.

How much is that cupcake really worth?!: Use this as an introductory lesson to supply & demand for Economic, Legal and Political Systems students.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By Joy Walker.

Sita taking royal bath before wedding (Thai Ramayana mural): Sita is shown taking a royal bath before her wedding to Rama in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita bathes sitting on the edge of an elegant platform shelter extending into a large tiled pool. Two women servants pour water from a gold basin over Sita...; Format: image/photograph

Life in the mill villages: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.3; By 1900, more than nine-tenths of textile workers lived in villages owned by the companies that employed them. Mill villages included stores, churches, and schools, but workers found ways to avoid too much dependence on their employers.; Format: article; By James Leloudis and Kathryn Walbert.

Spanish had many reasons for Pardo expedition: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.5; What spurred the Spanish to set up a territorial capital on the South Carolina coast in the 1560s and launch Juan Pardo’s expedition into the Southeastern interior? The reasons range from the self-serving (protecting an enormously profitable silver mine) to the spiritual (converting the Indians to Christianity) to the anxious (reducing the capital’s population to lower the demand for food).; Format: article

International historical perspective on suffrage: In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd describes issues and problems she encountered while working outside of the United States as a representative of the International Federation of University Women.; Format: audio

Why study a foreign language?: Foreign language study enhances academic skills, raises SAT scores, and prepares students for careers.; By Bernadette Morris.

The rise of Populism: In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.1; American farmers faced new economic difficulties after the Civil War. In response, they organized to promote cooperation and to defend their interests politically. In the 1890s, they joined with labor unions to create the People's (or Populist) Party.; Format: article

Bridging language barriers: In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.3; How schools can ease the transition for Latino immigrant students.; By Regina Cortina.

Small arms in the Civil War: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.2; Article describes the weapons carried by infantry and cavalry soldiers during the U.S. Civil War. Includes video of a Civil War reenactment.; Format: article

The Columbian Exchange: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.1; When Christopher Columbus and his crew arrived in the New World, two biologically distinct worlds were brought into contact. The animal, plant, and bacterial life of these two worlds began to mix in a process called the Columbian Exchange. The results of this exchange recast the biology of both regions and altered the history of the world.; Format: article; By J.R. McNeill.

Science students get their hands dirty: Enter Carol Swink's classroom where students become scientists by conducting hands-on, inquiry-based investigations. By saving the textbook reading and lectures for last and doing experiments first, students master not only science content but math content too.; Format: article/best practice; By Waverly Harrell.

The Dukes of Durham: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.7; After the Civil War, Orange County farmer Washington Duke put everything he had into growing tobacco. From farming he quickly expanded into manufacturing, and by the end of the nineteenth century, his son controlled the largest tobacco industry in the world.; Format: article

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