Curated OER
Population Growth Rates
Students determine the average annual rate of change (growth rate) of U.S. national population for each decade of historical census data.
Curated OER
Then and Now
Students list the similarities and differences seen as they compare and contrast historical and current street maps of their local communities.
Library of Congress
Loc: Child Labor and the Building of America
Young scholars are immersed in primary source materials that relate to child labor in America from 1880-1920 to gain a personal perspective of how work affected the American child within a rapidly growing industrial society. This project...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Posted Aboard r.m.s. Titanic
This online exhibit looks at the role of the Titanic as a Royal Mail Ship, and what was lost with the ship's sinking. Primary materials are used throughout the exhibit.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Earthquake Lists, Maps, and Statistics
All kinds of earthquake data compiled here. Find the deadliest earthquakes, most damaging earthquakes, world and US statistics, historical earthquake lists, and more.