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Read Works: North America the Continent of North America
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the continent of North America and the countries it contains. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: North America
Media-rich site that explores North America. The first part of this workshop focuses on the general human behavior in urban settings looking for and interpreting those patterns. The second portion draws attention to urban issues such as...
Princeton University
Mammals of North America: Dolphins and Porpoises
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of striped, blunt-nosed dolphins and porpoises. Detailed pictures and maps of habitat range are...
Princeton University
Mammals of North America: Procyonids (Raccoons & Others)
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of several procyonids, including ringtails, northern raccoons, and white-nosed coati. Detailed...
Princeton University
Mammals of North America: Spotted and Hog Nosed Skunks
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of both spotted and hog-nosed skunks. Detailed pictures and maps of habitat range are also...
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Ecological Regions of North America [Pdf]
A helpful map of North America which color codes its 15 ecological regions. Click on the different regions for a brief description of the area. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Read Works:north America:comparing Data From Different Countries Around the World
[Free Registration/Login Required] A chart with land and population data from Canada, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Japan. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Canadiana: Cabot Discoverer of North America
The full text chapter of the book "JOHN CABOT, THE DISCOVERER OF NORTH AMERICA AND HIS SON SEBASTIAN," published in 1896. A page by page reproduction.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games: Countries of North America
Test your knowledge of the countries of North American with this interactive.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: Early Colonization of North America
This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about the early colonization of North America.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Practice Test: Americas
This resource provides a practice test which allows users to test their geographical knowledge of the Americas.
Princeton University
Mammals of North America: Elk and Moose
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of both elk and moose. Detailed pictures and maps of habitat range are also included.
Princeton University
Mammals of North America: Giant Eared Bats
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of several giant-eared bats, including the Spotted Bat, Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat, Townsend's...
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Read Works: North America Dear Pen Pal
[Free Registration/Login Required] A letter from Sara Makpah who lives in Canada to her pen pal living in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: North America Things You Should Know About Mexico
[Free Registration/Login Required] A list of facts about Mexico. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: A Map of North America (1784)
A large and detailed Dutch map of North America as known to the Europeans in 1784.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Game for Kids: Geography of North America
Kids try out this fun crossword puzzle game about the geography of North America. Learn about geography and have fun at the same time.
Massachusetts Historical Society
Massachusetts Historical Society: A Set of Plans and Forts in America, 1765
A digitized version of a book published in 1765 by Mary Ann Rocque, widow of John Rocque, topographer to the Duke of Glouchester. Contains images of the thirty plans of forts in North America. Published after the English victory over the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Our World: North America
Click on the Country's Flag to view its location on Earth.
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: History of the Americas
This broad resource is broken into two main sections, topical history of the Americas and regional history of the Americas, and covers politics, social history and economic history. Includes coverage of both North and South American...
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Modern Extinctions on Mainland North America
Since 1850 North America has lost three bird species--the Labrador Duck, Passenger Pigeon, and Carolina Parakeet--and the continued existence of another three is unlikely, namely the Eskimo Curlew, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and Bachman's...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Flags of North America
Test your knowledge over the flags of North American countries. Identify each flag, and check your answers at the end of the quiz.
Palomar Community College District
Major Biomes of North America
A good review of basic terminology followed by descriptions and pictures of the North American biomes.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Colonial North America
Scroll through this site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University to New England and click on the primary source documents concerning Edmund Andros. This site contains dozens of links related to colonial America. Sections...
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