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American Jewish Historical Society: Timeline of American Soviet Jewry Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
In the late 1800's and most of the 1900's countries made many efforts to help Jews in the Soviet Union gain freedom to practice their faith. Countries such as the United States and Israel offered exile to many Jews to escape the...
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Anglo Amer. Colonization in Texas: Food Production

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the role Texas played in trading food crops in the mid-1800s.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Colonization in Texas: Upper and Lower South

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the groups of people who settled in Texas in the mid-1800s.
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History of the Shoshoni Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an interesting history of the Shoshoni Indians in the 1800s.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Nellie Bly

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical document about Nellie Bly, a pioneer for women in journalism in the late 1800's.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The Founding of the Last 'Colonies'

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on the last mass emigration of Dutch citizens from the Netherlands in 1800s who came for economic and religious reasons and settled in Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
The first three pages of this extensive essay on the railroad in United States history focuses on the early railroad and the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Anti Chinese Movement of the 1800s

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Chinese Americans were seen as threats to American society during the 1800s. This Anti-Chinese movement was one of the earlier incidents of...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Technology of the 1800s

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Article considers the inventions and innovations in communication, transportation, and manufacturing that drove America forward in the nineteenth century. Includes a link to an interactive history of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Villainizing Japanese Americans During the Wwii Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how Japanese Americans were impacted by anti-Chinese exclusion policies of the 1800s, and why it escalated during World War II. As a result, Americans...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Quiz 1

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick five question quiz over US history in the mid 1800s.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Immigration: Framing Soo Hoo Lem Kong

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource presents a primary lesson plan that looks at primary sources to learn about Chinese immigration to California.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Revolution in Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive look at the United States agricultural revolution in the late 1800s. Discover the impact it had on the development of the country.
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Black Past

Black Past: African Company/african Grove Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
The encyclopedia article explains the beginning of black theatre productions at the African Grove Theatre in New York City in the early 1800's.
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Digital History

Digital History: American Jews

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting look at the Jewish population and culture in America in the 1800s. See how many adapted religious orthodoxy to fit in with American life.
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TexasHistory.com

Texas history.com: Texas' Indian Reservations

For Students 9th - 10th
The State of Texas established two Indian reservations in the mid-1800s, overseen by the United States Indian agent, Major Robert Neighbors. At the time, Texas was rife with racism and distrust towards the native peoples, which was...
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Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Pioneers and the Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with a variety of video and other resources on the expansion westward as pioneers settled new frontier in the 1800s.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: The Embargo Act of 1807

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the events that led up to the Embargo Act of 1807 and the impact it had on the American economy.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Hudson River School Artists

For Students 5th - 8th
A discussion of the Americanization of painting in the early 1800s with the artists who were part of the Hudson River School of Art. Read about the new audience for their paintings and the subject matter.
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Affidavit and Flyers: Chinese Boycott Case

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that includes a history of Chinese labor in America and pertinent historical documents and analysis sheets about the Chinese Boycott Case.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Native Americans and the Last Battles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the history of the conflict between the US government and Native Americans on the Great Plains in the late 1800's.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Jefferson's Presidency and the Turn of the Nineteenth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource provides notes for American History. "Jefferson's Presidency and the Turn of the Nineteenth Century" is explained on this resource.
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Ohio State University

Osu History Teaching Institute: Immigration to America in the 1800s

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students will be introduced to the reasons people came to America and the different modes of transportation used for the journey. Students will follow the journey of one man from Switzerland to Ohio.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Railroads in the 1800s

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn details of the fascinating history of the early American railroads in the 1800s including their invention, their expansion, significance, and their impact on the transportation system of America.