Assessment
New York State Education Department

US History and Government Examination: June 2010

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Just how successful were the reform movements of the ninteenth and twentieth centuries? Using documents ranging from the writings of Mother Jones to the marriage vows of Lucy Stone, individuals consider the question in a scaffolded...
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Mammal Flipbooks

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars follow eight steps to create a flipbook and discover key facts about mammals' locomotion.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Culture and Reform in the Early Nineteenth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
Temperance, abolition, and a whole host of other reform movements sprung up in the early nineteenth century. Can you tell a teetotaler from a Transcendentalist? Test your knowledge here.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Prohibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the Prohibition Era in the United States when it was illegal to sell or import alcoholic beverages. The ban was lifted when the 21st Amendment was passed in 1933.
Handout
Other

Tulane University: Physical Geology: Glaciers and Glaciation

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of information here about glaciation, types of glaciers, the formation of glacial ice, changes in glacier size, how glaciers move, glacial erosion, landforms produced by glaciers, glacial deposition and drift, effects of glaciation...