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Costa Rica: The Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents an overview of the climate in Costa Rica then gives weather summaries by region in a chart form.
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Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: William Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth site from the Museum of San Francisco covering the adventures of William Walker, including his conquering of Nicaragua.
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Costa Rica: The Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents an overview of the climate in Costa Rica then gives weather summaries by region in a chart form.
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Costa Rica Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of Costa Rica; the people, the food, the music, and its national symbols.
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Geographyiq

Geography Iq World Atlas: The Climate of El Salvador

For Students 9th - 10th
View facts about the climate of El Salvador compiled by GeographyIQ from selected publications of the U.S Department of State and from the CIA World Fact Book. Peruse the tables of data about average temperature highs and lows for three...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: History of Costa Rica

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia looks the history of Costa Rica in this general overview.
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Quia

Quia: Latin American Unscramble Name Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Unscramble the names of these Latin American countries while the computer keeps track of how well you are doing. Users must enable JavaScript.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Terminal Moraine (Central), Second Glacial Epoch

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the terminal moraine of the second glacial epoch in the Great Lakes region, including the drift bearing area, the generalized directions of glacial movement, the direction of glacial striae, and the locations of prominent...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Inka Stone Vessels

For Students 9th - 10th
From their capital, Cuzco, in the central Peruvian Andes, the Inca created a huge empire reaching over 2,400 miles along the length of the Andes. View pictures and descriptions of Incan ritual vessels in this essay.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is an Inka Ushnu?

For Students 9th - 10th
The Inka capital Cusco and principal outlying towns of the Inka Empire were organized around a public plaza with a specially-constructed platform placed facing a designated sacred central space called the ushnu. The ushnu platform was a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: All T'oqapu Tunic

For Students 9th - 10th
The All-T'oqapu Tunic is an example of the height of Andean textile fabrication and its centrality to Inka expressions of power. Read about the making of Andean textiles and their iconography.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Shuswap

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the tribe known as the Shuswap who live in south-central British Columbia.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: St. Michael the Archangel in Huejotzingo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Franciscan monastery of Huejotzingo is a landmark in the development of sixteenth-century art in central Mexico. View pictures of this mission and read details about the architectural elements in this essay.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Aztec Empire for Kids: Tenochtitlan

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site, students learn about Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztec Empire built upon an island.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: A Little Brick Plant in the Middle of Nowhere

For Students 9th - 10th
The Claybank Brick Plant is in the Dirt Hills of south-central Saskatchewan and the only complete example of such a plant in North America. Its equipment and structures are intact and functional, preserved as they would have been in the...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Great Awakening and Enlightenment

For Students 11th - 12th
This section of a chapter on "The English Empire" explains the significance of the Great Awakening and describes the genesis, central ideas, and effects of the Enlightenment in British North America.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to over 250,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In this speech, King discusses racial...
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Sir Francis Drake

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Sir Francis Drake's attacks on the Spanish treasure ships and "silver trains" in the Caribbean and Central America.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Earth From Space

For Students 9th - 10th
A gorgeous photo of our very own Earth as seen from space with the U.S.A and central America in the center of the photo.
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Science Kids: Science Images: El Salvador Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
The national flag of El Salvador, the smallest country in Central America.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Guatemala Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
The national flag of Guatemala, a country in Central America.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Honduras Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
The national flag of Honduras, a country in Central America.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Nicaragua Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
The national flag of Nicaragua, a country in Central America.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Panama Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
The national flag of Panama, a country at the southern end of Central America.

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