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A&E Television

History.com: The States

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn unique facts about each American state. You can also read a more in-depth history of each state, watch videos and play a game about all the states.
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Other

Northwest College Wyoming: Heart Mountain Digital Preservation Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Heart Mountain, Wyoming, was one of the Japanese relocation centers used during World War II. Read the history of the center, then browse the many original photos, conveniently sorted by topic. Some primary documents are also available...
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Cayuse Canyon

The Us50: Wyoming

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents key information regarding Wyoming history, famous people, cities, geography, state parks, tourism, and historic sites. A fact sheet of information and a quiz are also available.
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Triple Peak Lodging, Big Piney, Wyoming

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover local history of the Green River Valley and Wyoming Range by scrolling through this site. Butch Cassidy, Chief Washakie, and others famous to the area are featured.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Why Teach Native American History?: Wyoming's Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students will learn about the contributions of two important Native Americans, Washakie and Sacajawea. It will also stress the importance of teaching and learning about the unique history, culture, and...
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Other

Wow Museum: Western Women's Suffrage Wyoming

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the place Wyoming holds in the history of women's suffrage. Even before statehood, Wyoming gave woment the right to vote. Find out how important that was to those who lived there.
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50 States

50 States: Wyoming (Wy)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find here a collection of links to information about the state of Wyoming. Categories include facts, government, geography, education, people, attractions, history, industry, and miscellaneous.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Wyoming State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Wyoming including early explorers, Native Americans, pioneers, the wild west, and becoming a state.
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University of California

The History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Although the campaign for Woman Suffrage in the United States began with the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, six decades later the leaders of the movement could claim victories in only four, sparsely-populated Western states, Colorado,...
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A&E Television

History.com: 8 Memorable Protests by American Athletes

For Students 9th - 10th
Stars Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali and Billie Jean King have used their platforms to seek change. Before a preseason game on September 1, 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem to call...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: September 2: The Rock Springs Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down through this American Memory's Today in History to the Rock Springs Massacre. Find a brief description of what happened to the Chinese mine workers on that day in Wyoming, and the aftermath. Included are links to photographs...
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University of California

The History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The campaign for woman suffrage in the U.S. began with the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. Sixty years later, however, women could vote in only four states: Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. In 1910 the state of Washington voted nearly...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Devils Tower

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, by the National Park Service, offers a comprehensive series of information about Devils Tower. This natural formation, highly regarded by Native Americans, has also had the great distinction of being listed as the first...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Crossing the Country: Somewhere in Wyoming 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
Come along on the first successful cross-country automobile trip with H. Nelson Jackson, Sewall Crocker, and their dog Bud as they traveled in 1903 from California to New York in 63 days.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Wyoming Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
Wyoming Pocket Gophers are known only from a small area in south-central Wyoming. These rather small Pocket Gophers seem to prefer loose, gravelly, upland soils, often where greasewood is growing. Learn more about the Thomomys clusius,...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Wyoming Ground Squirrel

For Students 4th - 8th
Wyoming Ground Squirrels are found in three separate regions of the western United States at elevations above 1,500 meters. Their geographic centers are in southwestern Montana, central and southwestern Wyoming, and southwestern Idaho,...
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Curated OER

Wyoming State Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents key information regarding Wyoming history, famous people, cities, geography, state parks, tourism, and historic sites. A fact sheet of information and a quiz are also available.
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Cayuse Canyon

The Us50

For Students 9th - 10th
This clickable map of the United States gives students access to research information from history and tourism to attractions and famous historic figures.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Black Footed Ferret

For Students 4th - 8th
Once widespread in the grasslands and western basins of North America, by 1987 Black-footed Ferrets were thought to be extinct in the wild. Captive animals were bred in an effort to save the species, and in 1991, some were reintroduced...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Spotted Ground Squirrel

For Students 4th - 8th
Spotted Ground Squirrels are among the smallest ground squirrels in North America. They inhabit arid and semi-arid regions of Mexico and the Southwest and are found in scrubland and grassland as far north as Wyoming and Nebraska. Learn...