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Water for drinking

In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 16

This well, rimmed with a cement wall, is a community water source at Mai Chau. A red plastic pail suspended from a pole and washing basin are visible on the right. In the background, laundry is drying. Traditionally, Southeast Asian highlanders drew water...

By Lorraine Aragon.

Village well providing community water at Mai Chau

A highland village well with a cement rim wall provides a community water source at Mai Chau. A red plastic pail suspended from a pole and washing basin are visible on the right. In the background, a young woman walks along a village path past a bamboo pole...

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)

A case study of "A Civil Action"

In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 3

This is a short, culminating activity that can be used to assess your students' understanding of the steps needed to determine if a water source is contaminated and how it got that way, and to suggest possible methods of cleanup or remediation. Students review a portion of the film "A Civil Action" and identify the problem and the people involved. Students then take the role of environmental scientist and apply their knowledge of water and hazardous waste contamination to create a plan to help lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, try the case.

Format: (grade 9–12 Science)

By Michele Kloda.

Vietnamese woman selling

Many tourists in Vietnam take a tour through what was the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, during the Vietnam War. This one-day bus tour visits sights such as Khe San Air Force Base, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and the Vin Moc Tunnels. Where there are tourists,...

Format: audio

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.

Where do the Lumbee live?

In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.6

Introduction Knowing the location of a community, city, state or nation is important. More important, however, is understanding of the personality of the location. Robeson County, home of the Lumbee Tribe, is more than a North Carolina county that...

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

By Gazelia Carter.

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.

How to identify search terms in an index

Students will learn to use the index to determine if the source has information about a topic and, if so, how to find the information.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills)

By April Wells, Christina Klonne, Jennifer Tuttle, and and Julie Bingham.

Racing against catastrophe: a webquest for English I teachers

Students often have difficulty making connections between classic books and their contemporary lives. This Webquest puts you in the role of student to find learning strategies that scaffold the meaning-making process as your own students read.

Format: /lesson plan

By Kim Bowen and Shayne Goodrum.

The cost of Tryon Palace

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.8

Table detailing the expenses of building Tryon Palace, the residence of the colonial governor at New Bern, North Carolina, in 1770. Includes historical commentary about why these expenses infuriated many colonists.

Format: document

Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!

Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)

By Luwonna Oakes.

The Edenton "Tea Party"

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.7

In October 1774, several prominent women of Edenton gathered at the home of Elizabeth King, with Penelope Barker presiding, to sign a petition supporting the American cause. This letter describing the event, which came to be known as the Edenton Tea Party, appeared in a London newspaper. Includes historical commentary.

Format: letter

Solving problems using simple machines

This lesson uses the familiar story of the three pigs and the big bad wolf to explore how the wolf could have used simple machines to catch the three pigs. By reading, analyzing, and evaluating the wolf's use of simple machines in The 3 Pigs and the Scientific Wolf by Mary Fetzer, the students will design and justify their own machine to help the wolf catch those pigs!

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science)

By Allison Buckner and Maria Tanner.

A little kingdom in Carolina

In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.3

The original vision for Carolina was a feudal province in which eight "Lords Proprietors" would have nearly royal power, but with an elected assembly and guarantees of religious freedom.

Format: article

By David Walbert.

Small-town businesses, 1903

In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.11

Excerpts from The North Carolina Year Book and Business Directory, 1903, for the towns of Jefferson and Washington. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The workings of a gold mine

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 6.5

Article from Harper's Weekly magazine, 1857, tells the story of workers in a North Carolina Gold Mine.

Format: article

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina

In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.8

A pamphlet produced in 1660s London at the request of the Lords Proprietors described the economic opportunity and religious freedom available to settlers in Carolina. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Plessy v. Ferguson

The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations (particularly railroads), under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”

Format: court decision/primary source

Resources on the web

Crystal meth

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about how the drug crystal methamphetamine may cause permanent birth defects. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 7 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science