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University of California

Ucmp: Explorations Through Time: Getting Into the Fossil Record

For Students 4th - 8th
This interactive activity is part of a series of modules that investigate the history of life on Earth. Students will understand the basics of fossils and how they form after completing this activity. Teacher guide and lesson plans...
Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is Democracy?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explains what democracy is, its characteristics, the different forms it can take, and some history of this type of government.
Article
Ducksters

Ducksters: Early Islamic World Trade and Commerce

For Students 4th - 8th
Find out how people in the early Islamic world used their resources for commerce and trade.
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Become a Historical Detective

For Students 3rd - 8th
Search American Memory collections and play the role of a detective in this instructional activity that seeks to find out if Billy the Kid really was killed by Pat Garrett at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The Western Reserve Is Granted to Conn.

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief explanation of Connecticut's acquisition of the Western Territory. Provides several historical maps to provide a view of The United States as it appeared after the Revolutionary War.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Feudal System and Feudalism

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the feudal system during the Middle Ages and Medieval times on this site. Learn how feudalism consisted of lords and manors, serfs, and peasants.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Boston Tea Party

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Boston Tea Party major event in the American Revolutionary War on this site.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Declaration of Independence

For Students 4th - 8th
"We hold these truths to be self-evident." This infamous quote is part of the Declaration of Independence which Congress adopted on July 4, 1776. Read about the ideas contained in this document and take a quiz at the end to see what you...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Reconquista and Islam in Spain

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the Reconquista and Islam in Spain during the Middle Ages and Medieval times when the Christians fought the Moors for the Iberian Peninsula and Spain on this webpage.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Crusades

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about the Crusades during the Middle Ages and Medieval times. Holy wars between the Christians and the Muslims over Jerusalem.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Medici Family

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Medici Family of the Renaissance. They were leaders of the city of Florence and supporters of the arts and humanism.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Age of Exploration and Discovery

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Age of Exploration and Discovery of the European Renaissance including Henry the Navigator, Columbus, Portugal, and Spain.
Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Early Islamic World

For Students 4th - 8th
Get an overview of the early Islamic World in the Middle Ages.
Article
Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Egypt Clothing

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out how the ancient Egyptians used their resouces to make clothing.
Activity
Library and Archives Canada

Nlc: Defining Primary and Secondary Sources

For Students 2nd - 9th Standards
Libraries and archives hold documents and books that can be used for your research projects. Learn how to divide and identify them into primary and secondary sources in this tutorial.
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Merica's Story: Oregon Territory

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the settling of Oregon country and how westward expansion prompted Congress to make it a territory.
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca

For Students 3rd - 8th
Gain insight into the life and adventures of Spanish explorer, Cabeza de Vaca, whose expeditions led him to Texas and Mexico.
Handout
US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Renewable Energy: Wind

For Students 3rd - 8th
Mankind has used the wind as an energy source for thousands of years. Discover other ways the wind is used to make energy.
Activity
Other

Transit People: Early Transportation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Today we use cars, trains, airplanes and boats to travel around our world. But it hasn't always been this easy. Learn about the many different ways people have traveled in the past.

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