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Center for the Study of the First Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
This institute attempts to provide answers to the questions: when did the first people enter the Americas, who were the first immigrants, where did they come from, and how did they get here?
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Cabrillo College: The Men From Spirit Cave and Wizard's Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the discoveries of the Spirit Lake Man and Wizard's Beach Man.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Gold Rush

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1848 discovery of gold in the territory of California prompted 300,000 hopeful prospectors to flood into the region, altering it forever.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke": Student Web Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will work online using the Coca Cola Company Web site to learn about global economics. They will find the regions where Coca-Cola Company operations take place, and what economic conditions have a negative impact on sales. They...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: African American Population Shifts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After completing this mini-unit, students will understand some of the economic, educational, and lifestyle reasons why African Americans have moved from one place in the United States to another.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Robert E. Park

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Robert E. Park, an American sociologist noted for his work on ethnic minority groups, particularly African Americans, and on human ecology, a term he is credited with coining. One of the...
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Logan Museum of Anthropology: European Prehistoric Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibition that provides a timeline of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages in Europe. Click on the tools for further explanations of the cultures during that era. Explanations are short, but great...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Tanzania: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands and forests. Established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists practicing...
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Unesco: Algeria: Tassili N'ajjer

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings record the climatic changes, the animal...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: America Moves to the City

For Students 9th - 10th
The industrial boom of the late nineteenth century led Americans and immigrants from the world over to leave farming life and head to the city.

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