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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ancestral Puebloans

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers detailed information into the history and culture of the Ancient Pueblo People, also known as the Anasazi.
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Other

Ohio Historical Society: The Late Prehistoric Period

For Students 9th - 10th
Groups of different peoples were living all over major river valleys. Many times they would come in contact with each other. Authors discuss the groups living in the Ohio River Valley such as the Fort Ancient, Whittlesley, Sandusky and...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Now and Then and Back Again: Study of Transportation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
By using a slideshow presentation and a Conestoga wagon project, students will experience different ways people have conquered the human and social need for transportation in America. Students will begin by studying ancient and Native...
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion: Collections

For Students 9th - 10th
The Krannert Art Museum provides a great collection of artwork from all over the world. Click on "collections" to access images of African, Egyptian, America-Pre-Columbian, USA, Ancient Gandhara, China, India, Japan, Thailand, Greece,...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of 35 Grade-Leveled text sets (4-11). They are great for social studies teachers or for building background knowledge in reading class, CommonLit's text sets cover a range of historical, cultural, and political...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Great Serpent Mound

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the Great Serpent mound, built by early Naitve Americans in Ohio. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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Other

Silicon Valley Art Museum: Clay Beads [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An online lesson plan for getting your hands dirty! The student will learn all about making beads from clay and receive ideas on what to do with them after they are done.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cultural Heritage at Risk: Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
Peru's cultural heritage is extensive and diverse, including important sites and artifacts from the ancient civilizations of the Moche and Nazca. However, these sites are being threatened by vandalism, invasion, looting, and illicit...
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Other

Seattle Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The 23,000 objects in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum represent ancient to modern cultures. Areas include Asian Art, African Art, Northwest Coast Native American art, modern art, European painting, and decorative arts.
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Northern Illinois University

Niu: The Americas' Oldest Pyramids, Cities

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site offering a detailed description of the excavation of Caral in Supe Valley, Peru. Links from this site offer downloadable pictures, maps, and diagrams of the pyramid. A short video of a researcher explaining the...