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CommonLit

Common Lit: Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature" by David Hume, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Other

Human Nature Review: Noam Chomsky: The New War Against Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcription of lengthy talk given by an major American scholar on the attack of 9/11 and its implications for the American society by Noam Chomsky in The Human Nature Review, 001 Volume 1: 37-58 ( 5 November )
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Human Origin Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum weaves together seven subtopics dealing with human origin and evolution. The topics range from Pildown man and ancient humans to modern humans and chimp research.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Resources and the Environment: Is It Natural or Transformed?

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, students learn about natural resources. They sort materials into two categories, whether it is natural or if it has been changed by humans.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sweaty T Shirts and Human Mate Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Evolution: "Why Sex?" explores the "sweaty T-shirt experiment," which showed that humans may unconsciously be drawn toward a specific kind of genetic variation in a mate.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Human Nature, Government and Individual Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview discussion of the views held by Madison and Hamilton that people, in general, need to have written into the law certain checks and balances to guard against abuse of power, protect individual rights and encompass a pluralistic...
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Virginia Tech

Digital History Reader: Can Humans Control the Natural World?

For Students 9th - 10th
The course of industrialization and migration of society forced a shift within the natural world. Through context, writing assignments, reports, articles, visual materials, and bibliographical resources this unit dives into the question,...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Human Geography: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

For Students 9th - 10th
AP Human Geography course learning module on the nature and perspectives of geography explores mapping, the importance of location and understanding place, and the fundamentals of geographic thought.
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BBC

Bbc: Science & Nature: Human Body and Mind: What Is Psychology?

For Students 9th - 10th
This guide offers an overview of the field of psychology. Topics include human behavior, branches of psychology, and what psychology is. Archived.
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National Institutes of Health

U.s. Dept of Health and Human Services: Cancer and the Environment [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Document provides information on the causes and nature of cancer and particularly the substances in the environment that are known to cause or may cause cancer in humans such as tobacco, ultraviolet radiation, pesticides, and metals.
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: How Humans Evolved

For Students 9th - 10th
This provides access to a webbook about How Humans Evolved. The following topics are covered: (1) How Evolution Works, (2) Primate Behavior and Ecology, (3) The History of Human Lineage, and (4) Evolution and Modern Humans. Each chapter...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the opening page for an online exhibit on mammals. The topics covered in this exhibit include whales, dolphins, bats, humans, chimps, and more.
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Other

Natural Resources Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
NRI is an organization that advances research and education for the management of natural and human resources. Find articles, links, and publications on this topic.
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Oregon State University

The Elements of Law Natural and Politic

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the entire text document of "The Elements of Law Natural and Politic" by Thomas Hobbes. This is a detailed document and very informative.
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Other

Secular Humanism: Thomas Paine

For Students 9th - 10th
The Secular Humanism site looks at Thomas Paine and his political philosophy based in deist thought.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Human Origins: Human Family Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the human ancestor you are interested in and click on it either in the timeline or the list below for more details. Each fossil or reconstruction pictured includes links to more details about it.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: What Does It Mean to Be Human, Human Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore walking upright, tools and food, bodies, brains, social life, language and how humans ultimately changed the world. Excellent charts, pictures and videos accompany easy-to-understand text on the earliest humans.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impacts on the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These...
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: How Natural Areas Filter Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By studying nature's filters, learners learn about the importance of water quality for human health and agriculture.[4 min, 6 sec] Includes lesson plan and student handouts.
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Globio

Glossopedia: Wolong Nature Reserve

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wolong Nature Reserve is a place of great biodiversity and varied environments located in Western China. The reserve's history is described. Various human ethnic and cultural groups are explored as well as the extensive giant and red...
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Orangutans: Just Hangin' On

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Nature features, Orangutans. Learn how orangutans are similar to humans, how they communicate and how you can help save this endangered creature.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Crash: A Tale of Two Species

For Students 9th - 10th
A documentary film about the horseshoe crab and its importance to a tiny shorebird known as the red knot bird. Human threats to the crab will directly threaten both the crab and the little bird who depends on it. Links to related topics...
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Clever Monkeys

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are many things about monkeys that humans are just beginning to understand, such as how they use plants to self-medicate, their emotional life, and how they use language even to communicate between monkey species. There are plenty...
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Nature Research

Nature Education: Energy Economics in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how plants and microorganisms, until recently, have mostly controlled how much carbon dioxide is released into an ecosystem, and explains how this process works. Humans' burning of fossil fuels has upset the...

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