Curated OER
Technology Integration Lesson Plan: Civil War Spreadsheet
Eighth graders discuss and analyze Civil War data, manually graph data on handout, work with partners to enter data into spreadsheets, and create charts on spreadsheet for each data set.
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Graveyard Investigation
Fifth graders visit a cemetery and copy the headstones of soldiers killed during the Civil War. They role-play as soldiers aand write letters about their war experiences.
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Statehood
Fourth graders examine issues and events that led to Arkansas' becoming a state. They study the relation of demographics (population statistics) to Arkansas history through the use of left and right brain illustrations.
Curated OER
Arkansas Black Pioneers: A History of African-American Colonies in Arkansas
Students identify various regions of early Arkansas as these regions relate to African American colonies that settled in Arkansas after the Civil War.
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: Mexican Border Workers Fight for Unions
The story of Mexican workers and their attempt to unionize due to poor working conditions at a Hyundai plant in Tijuana. Fom a story by David Bacon in the San Francisco Bay Guardian on 06/11/1997.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Reconstruction State by State
Select any US state to learn about how the Civil War affected the agriculture and economy of that state.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Union of Sets
A straightforward site that teaches the meaning of set union. Very easy to understand!
Other
The Federalist Papers:convention, Constitution,& Debates
A clickable index of the 85 Federalist Papers. The text of each letter (paper) sent to New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788 is easily accessed.
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Cprr History Museum: Abstract From the 1862 Annual Report
Here is the explanation of how the land grants given to the railroads through the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 worked in the text from the General Land Office to the Department of the Interior.
Curated OER
History Matters: "The Republic Is Imperiled": John L. Lewis Warns of Ignoring Laboring People
Excerpts from Senate testimony given by John L. Lewis in 1933, when he was President of the United Mine Workers of America.
Digital History
Digital History: Explorations: Why Did the South Secede?
Resource explores the states that withdrew from the Union at the beginning of the Civil War and why.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Union
This page provides a good explanation of unions of sets in mathematics. It discusses the union of disjoint sets and the probabilities of unions, incorporating probabilities of the two independent sets and their intersection. Discusses...
Washington State University
Washington State University: Sets & Other Basic Concepts
Washington State University provides an introduction to sets and subsets and the symbols used to represent them.
Texas A&M University
Sets and Set Notation [Pdf]
Learn from this PDF file filled with definitions, examples, and venn diagrams all relating to sets and set notation.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Work Stoppages Involving 1,000 or More Workers
A listing of all work stoppages in 2012 which have involved at least 1,000 workers. Plant name, city, unions, and start and end dates of strike are given.
Other
Crisis at Fort Sumter
Detailed background information is provided to assist users in solving the dilemmas facing President Lincoln in the events surrounding the fall of Fort Sumter.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: El Azar Y La Probabilidad
In Spanish. Interactive activities introducing some of the concepts of probability.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Inclusive Events Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize overlapping events as having one or more outcomes in common.
Other
American Federation of Labor: George Meany (1894 1980)
This resource presents a brief history of AFL-CIO leader George Meany.
Read Works
Read Works: A Monument for Peace
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passages discusses the Battle of Nashville and the the peace monument that was built to commemorate those who fought in that war, along with others who have fought in other wars. This...
Read Works
Read Works:the American Civil War
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief history of the American Civil War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension. An additional answer sheet is included to...
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Cprr Photographic History Museum: Driving the Last Spike at Promontory, 1869
In-depth look at the ceremony at Promontory Point upon the completion of the transcontinental railroad. The author discusses the preparation for the ceremony, the use of four ceremonial spikes, and what became of them. From an article in...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Mutually Exclusive Events Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the probability of a series of events that can occur at the same time and of those that cannot.
Other
Industrial Workers of the World: Baristas Demand Guaranteed Work Hours
This story documents the struggle of workers at Starbucks Coffee in New York City to get more guaranteed hours per week. (Nov. 18, 2005)