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Alice Caudle talks about mill work: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 7.5; WPA Federal Writers Project interview with a North Carolia woman about her life and work in textile mills in the early twentieth century. Includes historical background and commentary.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Barning the tobacco: Two men "barning" tobacco, packing it for storage in a barn.; Format: image/photograph

The Bonsack machine and labor unrest: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.7; When the Duke tobacco company adopted the Bonsack machine for rolling cigarettes, workers who had rolled cigarettes by hand were thrown out of work, and their replacements made less money.; Format: article

Buffaloes at the water collection tank: Buffalo wallow in a hillside tank while three young children look after them. Water is a very precious resource in the mountains and people harvest it by building collection tanks such as this one. These tanks are often community-owned and villagers contribute...; Format: image/photograph

Burros carrying goods: In the mountains of Nepal pack animals such as these burros are used to carry goods down the rocky trails. While animals are still the major means of transporting goods across the mountains of Nepal, air-based transportation and road networks have significantly...; Format: image/photograph

Businesses by county, 1854: In Antebellum North Carolina, page 4.3; In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 9.3; In this activity, students explore an excerpt from the Southern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser of 1854 to learn about business and town life in antebellum North Carolina.; Format: activity

Child labor: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 7.1; In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 7.7; Slideshow Lewis Hine, photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, documented child labor across...; Format: article

Child labor laws in North Carolina: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 2.2; Excerpt of North Carolina's 1933 law regulating child labor. Includes historical background.; Format: legislation/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Climbing the mountain trails: Three men are climbing uphill along a mountain trail in Nepal. In the middle ground we see a Peepal Tree, which is worshiped by Hindus as a reincarnation of Vishnu, the god of protection. Behind the tree a patch of thatch grass is visible. In the mountains,...; Format: image/photograph

The closing of a factory: In Recent North Carolina, page 3.2; In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 5.8; Excerpts from two oral history interviews about the closing of the White Furniture Factory in Mebane, North Carolina, in the 1990s. Includes historical background.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Congress considers an inquiry into textile strikes: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 8.6; Newspaper article about a congressional debate about southern textile strikes, 1929. Includes historical background and commentary.; Format: newspaper/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Country memories: In Postwar North Carolina, page 9.2; Second part of an oral history interview with Rebecca Clark, an African American who was born in rural Orange County just before the Depression and witnessed the changes in civil rights over the years.; Format: interview; Commentary and sidebar notes by Kristin Post.

Drying fibers: In Tirkhedhunga, Nepal, a woman spreads hemp fibers on the floor to dry. Sun hemp is grown for fibers and the fibers are used for making ropes, weaving baskets, and many other things.; Format: image/photograph

Ending child labor in North Carolina: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 2.1; The movement to ban child labor began in the early 1900s and slowly turned the tide of public opinion. As mill work changed in the 1920s, mills employed fewer children. North Carolina finally regulated child labor in 1933.; Format: article

The Fair Labor Standards Act: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 2.4; The Fair Labor Standards Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1938, revolutionized the federal government's oversight of industry. Although it directly impacted only about a quarter of American workers, in affected industries, it banned oppressive child labor, limited the workweek to 44 hours, and established a minimum wage of 25 cents an hour.; Format: article

The Gastonia strike: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 8.1; A strike at Loray Cotton Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina, in 1929, led to the killing of the police chief and made national news.; Format: article

Georgia rice field workers: 19th-century image of four Georgia rice field workers.; Format: image/photograph

Girl carrying firewood: A young Nepali girl walks barefoot along a stone path with a bundle of firewood slung on her back. The bundle is held in place by a rope wrapped over her head. Young and old alike contribute to domestic work in the mountain economy in Nepal. In rural areas...; Format: image/photograph

The Great Depression and World War II: Primary sources and readings explore the history of North Carolina and the United States during the Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945).; Format: book (multiple pages)

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