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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: El Cuartelejo
This archeological district consists of more than 20 sites, mostly associated with the Dismal River/Plains Apache culture, dating from c CE 1650 to 1750. The principal site is a pueblo ruin thought to have been built by Taos Indians who...
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Etc: Original Range of the Bison, 1720 1903
A map of North America showing the original range of the American bison. The map shows the dates of local extermination, location, and numbers of wild animals in 1903 (Central Canada and the Rockies). "Beyond all doubt the most...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Denver Basin, 1911
A geologic map of a section of the Colorado Front Range near Denver and Golden showing the structure and topography of the common border between the Great Plains and Southern Rockies. The map is keyed to show rock types, formations, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Highwood Mountains, 1911
A map of a part of the Highwoods Mountains in Montana showing a glaciated portion of the Great Plains. The map shows the remnant glacial features such as moraine and drift, and shows the areas covered by younger drift, areas covered by...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Callaban Divide, 1911
A contour map from 1911 showing the summits of the Callaban Divide on the Great Plains of Texas.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Anishinabe Ojibwe Chippewa: Culture
Though written for grades 3-5, this lesson plan can be easily changed to help students of all ages learn about the Chippewa people. Additional resources provide historical, cultural, and geographical facts concerning this Native American...
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University of Texas: Central Africa: Relief Map
A good relief map of the countries of Central Africa showing mountains, lakes, and valleys. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: National Museum of the American Indian: Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of Little Bighorn made an immense impression on American society and culture. Americans became obsessed with this battle and created artworks, shows, postcards, and dime novels. View primary sources from this era to understand...
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Kingsnake.com: Cornsnake
Also known as the Red Rat Snake, the Cornsnake can be found throughout the United States. Links to both subspecies are available on the Kingsnake.com website.
University of North Carolina
North American Slave Narratives: Life and Adventures of Nat Love
Provides the text of the book, "The Life and Adventures of Nat Love," an autobiography written by Nat Love.
Other
Postbellum African American Society and Culture: Black Migration
From the Encyclopedia of American Social History. Read about the black migration to the West, primarily Kansas and Oklahoma after the end of Reconstruction and the institution of black codes in the South.
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National Park Service: Stories of the Westward Expansion: Exodus to Freedom
Contains an article written on the African American exodus to Kansas to farm in the late 19th century.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Virginia Hamilton's Interview Transcript
This is a transcript of an interview between students and the celebrated children's writer, Virginia Hamilton.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing general elevations, water depths, watershed boundaries, and terrain features, including the Pacific Slope, Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, Cordilleran Highlands, Rocky Mountains, Great Central...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Relief of the United States, 1910
A relief map from 1910 of the United States showing the physical features of the New England Highlands, Adirondacks, Appalachian Plateau and Mountains, Piedmont Plateau, Coastal Plains, Lake Superior Highlands, Red River Valley Plains,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1901
A map from 1901 of North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Greenland showing general land elevations, mountain systems, rivers, coastal features, and ocean currents. The map is color-coded to show land elevations ranging from...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Relief of the United States, 1904
A relief map from 1904 of the United States showing the mountain systems and highlands, plateaus, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. This map divides the area into the main groups of the St. Lawrence Basin, Allegheny Region,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: River Basins of Asia, 1912
A map from 1912 showing the various drainage basins across the Asian region. This map is color-coded to show watersheds draining to the Pacific Ocean in pink, to the Indian Ocean in green, to the Arctic Ocean in purple and inland basins...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Orographic Chart of North America, 1891
An orographic map from 1891 of North America showing the principal mountain systems, rivers, and terrain features of the region. The map is coded to show high lands and mountain regions, and shaded regions of plains, with dark lines...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical Map of South America, 1898
A map from 1898 of South America showing the general physical features including mountain systems, prominent peaks and volcanoes, river and lake systems, plateaus, and coastal features. The map includes an insert of the Isthmus of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Physical Asia, 1916
A map from 1916 of Asia, showing physical features and general elevations. This map uses color-contours to show land elevations ranging from below sea level around the Caspian Sea to over 15000 feet, and water depths given in fathoms....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: China, 1912
A relief map from 1912 of China and the Chinese Empire at the time. The map shows mountain systems, basins, deserts, plains, major rivers, coastal features, and islands of the region. The Great Wall of China is shown, as well as major...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vegetation in Europe, 1898
A map showing Vegetation in Europe as of 1898. "The great agricultural regions are (1) the northern lowland from the Atlantic eastward through southern Russia, and (2) the broad fertile valleys of the Danube, the Po, the Rhone, and the...
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