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BBC

Bbc History: Archaeology: Hunt the Ancestors

For Students 3rd - 8th
Role-playing game lets players explore many facets of archaeology by attempting to rescue a prehistoric burial site from destruction. Players quarry and analyze artifacts and are constrained by both time and budget. Archived.
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Other

On the Trail of Our Ancestors: Courtship and Marriage Customs

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a history of courtship and marriage customs in the Dutch colonies of New York, beginning in the early to mid-1600s.
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Other

Vijfeeuwenmigratie: Dutch Ancestors

For Students 9th - 10th
Find here information about the history of immigrants in the Netherlands between 1580-present. You can use the world map, view migration flows per period and add your own stories, photos or movie clips.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Riddle of the Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion Web site of "Evolution," the seven-episode series on PBS, piece together clues to how one of our early ancestors looked as you examine images from four significant fossil finds of Australopithecus afarensis.
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of the introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, a book about Momaday's Kiowa ancestors' journey from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the US...
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Esri: Mapping the Emerald Isle: A Geo Genealogy of Irish Surnames

For Students 9th - 10th
Ever wonder if you had ancestors from Ireland? This interactive map lets you search for your surname and see what counties a clan with your name would have lived in based on the 1890 census.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Threshold Card: Threshold 6 Collective Learning

For Students 9th - 10th
A collective learning infographic on the unit of how our ancestors evolved.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Trace Your Ancient Ancestry Through Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science project, you will investigate the secrets of your distant past as revealed by your DNA. In order to obtain a sample for DNA analysis, you will scrape a soft swab inside your mouth to collect cheek cells. Based on the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ancestors Talk Through Drums

For Students 9th - 10th
In this segment from EGG:the arts show, meet Camilo Gaetan who is becoming a master drummer.
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum: A Late Qing Dynasty Home

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia-rich exhibition that explores the traditional Chinese home of the Huang family. With excellent photographs and cross-sections of the structure of the home and its surroundings. Includes a fascinating genealogy of the family...
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Other

Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Family Histories

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the stories of six Americans with different backgrounds who wanted to know more about their ancestors' journeys to America and used immigration and genealogy records to complete their family histories.
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PBS

Pbs: Ancestors in the Americas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Site examines the social, political, and economic issues that influenced the first Asian migration to the Americas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes guidelines for helping students distinguish truthful, historically...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Hunter Gatherer Menu

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the diet of our foraging ancestors through this exercise. At the end of this exercise, students will be able to compare our diet to our ancestors.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Homologies

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are from the Understanding Evolution website for teachers. They focus on homologous structures that organisms with common ancestors share.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Lucy: The First Hominid Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the archaeologists who discovered the first Hominid skeleton and other ancestors of humans.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: A Comparative Analysis: Homo Habilis vs. Homo Erectus

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes Homo habilis and Homo erectus, two early ancestors of humans. Discusses how they were discovered, their characteristics, and what we know about them, with the information clearly laid out in a chart along with some comparative...
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Other

On the Trail of Our Ancestors: A Bit of Dutch History

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the Dutch Republic and the establishment and settlement of a Dutch colony in what later became the English colony of New Jersey.
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Ancestry

Notable Women Ancestors: Mary Barrett Dyer

For Students 9th - 10th
Very detailed biography of Mary Dyer, a Quaker who was hanged for her faith in 1660.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 5: Shutting Out the Sky

For Teachers 5th Standards
Focused on immigrant life in the United States and how families sought the American dream, this unit offers students an understanding of how members of a culture meld into communities while trying to maintain cultural identity and honor...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Ancestors of Christ: Figures

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Ancestors of Christ: figures", created by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1509 (Fresco, 245 x 340 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Ancestors of Christ: Figures

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Ancestors of Christ: figures", created by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1509 (Fresco, 245 x 340 cm).
Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Ancestors of Christ: Figures

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Ancestors of Christ: figures", created by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1509 (Fresco, 245 x 340 cm).
Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Ancestors of Christ: Figures

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Ancestors of Christ: figures", created by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1509 (Fresco, 245 x 340 cm).
Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Ancestors of Christ: Figures

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Ancestors of Christ: figures", created by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1510 (Fresco, 245 x 340 cm).

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