Curated OER
The Oneida Community and Birth Control
Students examine the practice of mail continence in Oneida. They explore the reasons behind the community's practice of limiting births. They discuss the relationship between reproductive freedom and woman's rights.
Curated OER
The Great Hunter Storytelling Lesson
Young scholars listen to and use resources to translate an old Oneida story told in the Oneida language by an elder in the community. They then develop an illustrated slideshow of the story.
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Thirteen Moons Language Lesson
First graders study, discuss, and memorize the meanings in the Oneida Language of the most commonly used names for each of the Thirteen Moon cycles in their community. They draw pictures corresponding with the name of each of the moon...
Curated OER
Wahta (Maple) Language Lesson
Students will review orally the sounds used in the Oneida, review orally sugar camp vocabulary and phrases, attend sugar camp and identify equipment/objects in the language teach vocabulary/commands to younger students, while walking...
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Reform Movements (5)
In this online interactive American history activity, high schoolers answer 20 matching questions regarding reform movements. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Giver - Essay Questions
In this literature activity, students respond to 15 short answer and essay questions about Lowry's The Giver. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Trash Goes To School
Pupils explore solid waste background information. They are presented with a well balanced picture. Students review ideas on how to use solid waste issues in many fields including math, science, English, social studies and home...
Syracuse University
Oneida Community Collection: John Humphrey Noyes: The Putney Community
This site provides the online text to a biography about John Humphrey Noyes. It is divided into three sections: his ancestry and early life, the Putney Community, the Oneida Community.
Other
Nyhn: The Oneida Community
This site gives some background information about the Oneida Community. Also provides information about the founder, John Humphrey Noyes, and lists the "doctrines" of the community.
Other
Oneida Nation of the Thames
The Oneida Nation migrated to the area around the Thames River in Ontario in 1840. See how the Oneida people have maintained their culture while enriching their community through their entrepreneurial spirit.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: Oneida Community Mansion House
Built in 1848 for the Oneida Community.
Digital History
Digital History: Utopian Socialism
A good look at the Utopian communities that were attempted in the first half of the 19th century. They had differing reasons for their development, but their common focus was trying a unique way of communal living. Read about the Oneida...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: John Mayfield, Triumph of Nationalism: America, 1815 1850
An essay in which historian John Mayfield claims Americans' evangelical passion is the "religious equivalent of nationalism."
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Experiments With Utopia
Read about the communities, often religious, that strove to be a Utopia, a perfect place where man's natural goodness would provide a good life. Several Utopian communities were spread across the East and Midwest.
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National Park Service: Utopias in America
A good look at the various Utopian communities established in the United States in the 1800s. Find out about the communities, their founders, and their demise.