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Victory Garden 4-H club boys and girls: This is a black and white photo of a group of boys and girls who all have Victory Gardens. There are 31 people in the photograph taken outside in front of a brick building.; Format: image/article

Grow it yourself: Plan a farm garden now.: Poster for the U.S. Department of Agriculture promoting victory gardens, showing carrots, lettuce, onion, tomatoes, and potatoes growing.; Format: image/poster

The 4-H Victory Garden: This illustration is from the cover of a pamphlet distributed by 4-H during World War II to promote a gardening drive. The theme of this program was that “food will win the war and write the peace.” The black and white image consists of a drawing...; Format: image/illustration

4-H club boys and girls exhibiting their Victory Garden posters: A group of 15 students are pictured in this black and white photograph showing their 4-H posters which celebrate “Victory Gardens.” Six girls are standing behind a group of kneeling boys and girls in front of some tall pine trees and a hedge.; Format: image/photograph

World War II at home: Victory Gardens: Students will learn about home front activities during World War II. Using primary source documents and photographs, students will discover how children their own age participated by growing Victory Gardens. They will design their own gardens and propaganda posters.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); By Linda Mazzei.

Preview activity: This preview activity is part of the lesson plan World War II at Home: Victory Gardens.; Format: video

4-H club boys and girls holding signs supporting Victory Gardens: In this black and white photo two rows of boys and girls are posing hold their hand-made posters promoting good health for victory (in World War II). The boys in the front are kneeling and almost all of the are wearing button-down shirts and overalls. The...; Format: image/photograph

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: This historic trail, part of the National Trails System, tracks the route of Patriot militia men to the Battle of Kings Mountain.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Feed a fighter: In this lesson students will examine “Additional Helps for the 4-H Mobilization for Victory Program,” a Cooperative Extension Work document from the Green 'N' Growing collection at Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University Libraries. The document will help students understand the efforts civilians underwent to support military efforts in World War II.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies); By Lisa Stamey.

Canning for country and community: In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Melissa Thibault.

Leo Africanus describes Timbuktu: In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.2; Sixteenth-century description of the West African trading city of Timbuktu by a Spanish-born Muslim. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by Shane Freeman.

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