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4-H Corn Exhibit at the NC State Fair: “4-H Club Trains Farm Youth in the Art of Living” is written on a banner over a 4-H club corn exhibit in this black and white photograph taken at the North Carolina State Fair in 1938. In the forefront of the image, on a table, are wooden trays...; Format: image/photograph

The Columbian Exchange at a glance: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.2; Countless animals, plants, and microorganisms crossed the Atlantic Ocean with European explorers and colonists in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This chart lists some of the organisms that had the greatest impact on human society worldwide.; Format: article

Corn Club member standing in corn field: A young boy is seen standing in a field of corn in this 1925 black and white photograph. He is a member of the Corn Club. He is wearing overalls and a long sleeved, striped shirt. His left hand is grasping a corn stalk. In his right is a large brimmed straw...; Format: image/article

Group of men standing in a corn field at Camp Leach: In this black and white photograph a group of men and boys are standing on the edge of a cornfield inspecting a stalk of corn.; Format: image/photograph

The importance of one simple plant: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.10; In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.1; The natives of America could trace the history of maize to the beginning of time. Maize was the food of the gods that had created the Earth. It played a central role in many native myths and legends. And it came to be one of their most important foods. Maize, in some form, made up roughly 65 percent of the native diet. When European settlers reached the New World, they learned to cultivate Indian corn from their native neighbors.; Format: article; By Terry L. Sargent.

Maintaining balance: The religious world of the Cherokees: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.7; In the 1880s, Cherokee elders in the North Carolina mountains allowed a white man named James Mooney to observe and record information about their culture. The Cherokee myths that Mooney gathered and wrote down in English help explain the world of the Cherokees. These myths show that, for the Cherokees, the world was primarily a relationship of proper balance.; Format: article; By Karen Raley.

Man harvesting corn: In this ca. 1930, black and white photograph, a man can be seen harvesting corn in his field in North Carolina. The man, with his back to the camera, appears to be looking at something in his hands. He is wearing a straw hat and has a pipe in his mouth. To...; Format: image/photograph

Mountain cultures graphic organizer: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.4; As students read the article "Peoples of the Mountains," this graphic organizer will help them develop an understanding of the cultures that existed in North Carolina's mountains hundreds of years ago.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Peoples of the mountains: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.5; During the Mississippian period, corn agriculture became more important in the mountains of North Carolina. More productive agriculture supported larger populations and provided opportunities for accumulating wealth. This brought about increased social ranking and political centralization. The Mountain region was creating its own identity -- an identity that archaeologists tie to the modern-day Cherokee. Archaeologists have given the names Pisgah and Qualla to these Cherokee ancestors.; Format: article

Peoples of the Piedmont: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.4; In the years between 1000 and 1200 CE, Native life in the north and central Piedmont hadn’t changed much from prior Woodland times. People still lived in small hamlets whose houses strung out along river and stream banks. At times, the hamlets sat empty when people left to hunt and gather wild foods. But times were about to change. Around 900 CE, corn agriculture began. As a result, population began to grow, people began gathering in larger villages, and conflicts erupted.; Format: article

Piedmont cultures graphic organizer: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.3; This activity will assist students in understanding Piedmont cultures as they read the article "Peoples of the Piedmont."; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Quick study: Woodland Period: A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Woodland Period and its key characteristics.

The village farmers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.5; North Carolina sat on a crossroads by AD 1000. Cultural ideas from other places breezed through it and around it: how to decorate pottery, how to orient political and social life, how to honor the dead, how to structure towns.

Wilson county 4-H Scholarship winner with an acre of corn: In July of 1940, Levi Simmons, an African American student of the Menchew 4-H Club of Wilson County, was awarded the 4-H Club scholarship to A and T College. He is shown in this black and white photograph standing in front of an acre of ripe corn which was...; Format: image/photograph

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