Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: "I Started Filling Rifles"

For Students 9th - 10th
You can listen to or read an interview with a woman who was a strike supporter during the Colorado Coal strike. In this interview she recalls how she helped save women and children during the Ludlow Massacre in April, 1914.
Website
University of California

University of California, Los Angeles: Children of the Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
In his own words, an American physician describes the devastating effects of the atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki during World War II. Included is an online collection of images of the aftermath, videos, lesson plans, oral history...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Martha's Stem Stories Activity Plan

For Students 1st - 3rd
Welcome to Martha's STEM Stories! STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. You may already know that doing STEM means testing ideas, collecting data, making calculations, and drawing graphs and charts-but you...
Primary
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Slave Experience: Family

For Students 9th - 10th
Using oral histories and primary sources, the story of slave family life is told.
Handout
Other

Medical Breakthroughs: Dr. Albert Sabin's Discovery of the Oral Polio Vaccine

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down to read about Dr. Albert Sabin's research on polio and the discovery of the oral polio vaccine.
Handout
Columbia University

Columbia University Libraries: Notable New Yorkers: Mamie Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
On this website you can read about Dr. Mamie Clark, distinguished African-American educator, and hear an interview with her about her studies of race and child development. This interview is part of Columbia University's Oral History...
Handout
White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: The Reluctant Politician: The Story of Irene Parlby

For Students 9th - 10th
Irene Parlby, one of the Famous Five, came to politics reluctantly but determined to fight for the betterment of the lives of women and children on Alberta's farms. She fought to get them proper education, medical and dental care and...
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Other

Stories by Grandpa

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Indian mythology, festivals, and heroes are the subjects of these stories. Each is simply illustrated and the narrator (the grandpa) is identified, as well as the editor who put the story in written form.