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Curated OER

Colonial Quilt Quest

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify key events and people from Colonial America. Students identify key factors of daily life in Colonial America. Students gather and use information for research purposes. Students create candles in groups following the...
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Abenaki Indians: A Jigsaw Activity

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students work together to research the Abenaki Indians. They discover how the Native Americans lives where changed after contact with the Europeans. They compare and contrast the Indians and the Europeans and present their information to...
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What Drives Immigration?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the primary causes of emigration and examine the affects of immigration on a country. They conduct research either individually or as a group and prepare a written report or dramatic presentation of their findings.
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Curated OER

Charles R. Savage Lesson Plan Ideas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore works by English photographer Charles R. Savage. In this visual arts instructional activity, students investigate photography by Savage as they discuss the use of perspective, space, color, and texture.
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Curated OER

Marconi: Whisper in the Air

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Guglielmo Marconi, the genius who invented the wireless and helped change our planet into a global village.
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American Centuries, View From New England

For Students 9th - 10th
A multi-purpose site that provides information on history and historic artifacts from New England. There are also some interesting games that serve to enhance learning about New England. Be sure to watch video demonstrations of Early...
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Our Great Heritage: Family and Country

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a family association site which discusses, in its history, the use of textbooks in education - one of these being the New England Primer. Need to scroll down to New England Primer (#2).
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: David Brearly 1745 1790

For Students 9th - 10th
Brearly (Brearley) was descended from a Yorkshire, England, family, one of whose members migrated to New Jersey around 1680. Signer Brearly was born in 1745 at Spring Grove near Trenton, was reared in the area, and attended but did not...
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Memorial Hall Museum: Turns of the Century

For Students 9th - 10th
Turns of the Century chronicles three centuries, in side-by-side fashion, of American family life, of Native Americans, of African Americans, of newcomers to America, and of the American landscape.