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National Park Service: Varying Valleys

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The NPS offers a good description of the three main types of valleys, lesson objectives, and modeling activities.
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Cincinnati Arts Association: E Kaa Bo [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
E Kaa Bo, the Nigerian word for "welcome," provides the introduction to this study guide in pdf format which explores Nigeria. The guide focuses on the land and climate, agriculture, economic history, rivers, languages, currency, and more.
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Manitoba Life and Times: Birth of Manitoba

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the events leading to the formation of Manitoba as a province. The early years at Red River, the Resistance, the Manitoba Act, amnesty, the metis, and the huge land grant are each addressed at length.
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Old Time Victrola Music: Blackface Minstrel Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from Old Time Victrola Music, which sells victrola recordings of minstrel music from 1918, provides samples of several minstrel songs in Real Audio format.
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Pennsylvania State University

Penn State: Still More Plate Tectonics, the Great Smoky Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park of North Carolina and Tennessee includes 16 mountains over 6,000 feet (about 2,000 m) high, making this generally the highest region in North America east of the Mississippi River. Gatlinburg is a...
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NSTATE

Netstate.com: The Geography of Virginia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find a variety of facts about the geography of Virginia: geographic center, total area, elevations, and much more.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Physical Map of Africa, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A physical map of the African continent showing general color coded land elevations and water depths. This map shows rivers and prominent landform features, including highland regions, plateaus, mountains, and desert oases.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Physical Europe, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A physical map of Europe from 1916 showing color-coded elevations and water depths for the area extending from Iceland to the Ural Mountains in Russia Proper, and the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean Sea. Land elevation colors range...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Physical Map of Europe, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A physical map of Europe from 1916 showing color-coded elevations and water depths for the area extending from Iceland to the natural boundary between Europe and Asia (Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea), and the Arctic Circle to the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Landforms of Asia, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
An outline map from 1904 of Asia showing mountain systems, plateau, plains, major lakes, rivers, coastal features, and seas of the region. This map is used as a key map for locating landform features on a traditional relief map, where...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Relief Map of Europe, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A relief map of Europe showing major land forms and rivers.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Physical Map of Europe, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A physical map of Europe showing elevations, major land forms, rivers, and bodies of water.
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: British Canada, 1791

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern Canada in 1791 after the American Revolution, during the formation of British North America and the division of Quebec into the largely French-speaking Lower Canada and the Loyalist Upper Canada. The map is color-coded...

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