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\nBen Across the Curriculum: Middle School\n

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\nBen Across the Curriculum is a set of interdisciplinary lesson plans that highlight the five central themes in the international traveling exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. These themes are Character Matters, B....\n
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\nThe Price of Freedom: Americans at War Lessons\n

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\nDesigned for teachers, a 15-lesson collection curated by the Smithsonian, examines how wars have impacted American society. Each resource includes a lesson plan, background information, a materials list, maps, images, and worksheets. An...\n
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\nLife in the North and South 1847–1861: Before Brother Fought Brother\n

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\nA five-resource collection looks at the complex series of events that led to the American Civil War. Using primary source documents, scholars research the social and economic issues that led to the country-fracturing conflict.\n
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\nCrash Course: Economics\n

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\nNudge Theory, Game Theory, and Oligopoly? A 35-part video Crash Course goes beyond supply and demand and provides young economists with everything they need to know about economics. Based on the 2015 AP Economics guidelines, the...\n
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\nVolume 2 - A History of the United States: Modern Times—Late 1800s to the 2000s\n

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\n The second volume of the Core Knowledge History of the United States ebook begins by asking young scholars to consider the impact immigration, industrialization, and urbanization had on the United States in the late 1800s. The text ends...\n
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\nUnited States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology\n

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\nYoung scholars complete a unit of lessons on the events that led to U.S. involvement in WWI. They complete a Webquest, conduct research, complete a Venn diagram, read and discuss the reasons for entering the war, and create a slideshow.\n
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\nAlexander Hamilton and the Roots of Federalism\n

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\nExplore the origin of political parties in the United States. Learners work in groups to read and analyze copies of the \"Report on Manufactures\" written by Alexander Hamilton. Then, they complete a worksheet comparing the Federalists to...\n
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\nChildhood Lost: Child Labor in the United States, 1830-1930\n

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\nWorking in groups, middle and high schoolers describe and discuss photographs depicting working conditions experienced by child laborers in the 19th century. They then write a persuasive paragraph supporting an amendment to regulate the...\n
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\nIndustrializing America\n

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\nImagine an eight year old spindle boy working barefoot in a factory in the late 1800s. Scholars research the industrial period in American history in the 14th lesson of a 22-part series that explores the country's background. Groups...\n
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\nThe American Whaling Industry\n

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\nWhen thinking about the American whaling industry most imagine Moby Dick and Nantucket sleigh rides, harpoons and scrimshaw, whale-oil lamps and baleen in women's corsets. But it may come as a surprise that the industry was also...\n
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\nThe Great State!\n

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\nThe creation of state home pages is the focus of this lesson. Learners research one of15 states for which special State Quarters have been released, and create a home page for that state. They also perform Internet research and utilize...\n
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\nBig Business & Industrial Cities\n

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\nThis is a true gem. This PowerPoint is well-organized, has bullet points you control (which gives you time for discussion), has sound effects, and covers several aspects of American industrialization after 1900. The presentation begins...\n
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\nThe United States and Canada Review Worksheet and Study Guide\n

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\nIn this geography skills learning exercise, students respond to 34 short answer questions about the geographic features and climates found in the United States and Canada.\n
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\nHOW ABOUT A T-BONE?\n

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\nStudents investigate the events that created the historical context for the Progressive Era in the United States. They evaluate the conflicts of business and common people of the time. The research is done using primary and secondary...\n
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\n1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions\n

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\nPupils examine the United States at the turn of the century. Using primary source documents, they interpret them within a specific historical context. Using this information, they write a poem with metaphors and a specific meter They...\n
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\nHistory of Coal in the United States\n

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\nStudents examine a timeline of coal mining in the US and research how the policies of coal dependent companies have changes over the last 50 years.\n
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\nUnited States Entry into World War I: Two Diametrically Opposed Views\n

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\nStudents analyze the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I. They read a speech by President Wilson and an opposition speech, list the reasons each gives for American entry into the war, and complete a Venn diagram.\n
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\nMystery State # 24\n

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\nPrepare those brains for a rousing day of learning with a fun geography activity. Your pupils use five different clues to determine the name of mystery state number 24. Where do all those potatoes come from? Idaho!\n
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\nSocial, Political and Economic Effects of Industrialization\n

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\nTenth graders role-play a person living in the United States during the 1890s. Students research their role using focus questions about daily life, including standard of living.industrialization. They have the opportunity to ...\n
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\nThe Brief American Pageant: Industry Comes of Age\n

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\nThree interesting slides can be a good addition to your lecture on the end of the 19th century. Detailing the land grants given to railroads, the shift in cotton manufacturing, and the distribution of industry among the United States,...\n
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\nWealth and Power: United States v. Microsoft\n

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\nStudents explore wealth and influence in the United States. In this Bill of Rights lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the United States v. Microsoft case. Students...\n
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\nSlavery\n

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\nTeach high schoolers about the difficult legacy of slavery in the United States with a video that summarizes the institution that stemmed from a cotton-based agriculture and economy. It details the brutality of slave...\n
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\nWhy do Americans and Canadians Celebrate Labor Day?\n

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\nA day off from work to celebrate...labor? Find out why on the first Monday of every September, Americans and Canadians celebrate Labor Day. Viewers will learn about the unique history of the first Labor Day, in which workers not only...\n
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\nThe Rise of U.S. Business and Industry\n

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\nEleventh graders focus on the rise of American business and industry and how it led into the response by labor forces that helped to shape the present situation of United States business, government, and working conditions.\n
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