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Read Works

Read Works: Remote Control Classroom

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about classrooms where student use remote control to take tests instead of using paper and pencils. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: "Civil Disobedience" Part 1 of 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the annotated text of Part 1 of "Civil Disobedience," an essay by Henry David Thoreau. The essay, written in 1849, is about following your conscience.
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Black Past

Black Past: Carver, George Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia biography about George Washington Carver tells about his interest and research in agriculture, especially in the South.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: George Washington Carver

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article from MIT Invention Dimension on George Washington Carver (1865-1943 CE) provides an overview of his education and his inventions, which influenced the world of agriculture.
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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Biography of John Ringling

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information about John and Mable Ringling can be found on this site. John Ringling was one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus.
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Iowa State University

Iowa State Univ: Plotting Scatter Plot in X Gobi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site explains how the XGobi computer program can be used to plot data in a scatter plot.
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Stained Glass by Grant Wood at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR explores the creation of Grant Wood's famous "American Gothic." This painting made the author an overnight sensation. Includes photo images of the people that served as Wood's models for the painting as well as numerous links to...
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Produce News: Iowa Born Norman Ernest Borlaug Left His Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Photograph of Norman Borlaug in Africa in 2006, where he taught high-yield farming techniques.
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Other

The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based in Dennison, Iowa, this foundation recognizes talent in the performing arts by providing scholarships to high school seniors and, throughout the year, a variety of performances and workshops. Locate here the history, mission, and...
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EL Education

El Education: A Tribute to Victory

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High school students in Dubuque, Iowa, created this book as part of a learning expedition on World War II. In pairs, students conducted extensive interviews, asking veterans to share personal accounts of their experiences during the war....
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CRW Flags

Flags of the World: Clickable Map of the United States

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Includes both printable images and fascinating trivia behind the flag of each state. It includes alternate flags used in the past.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Bald Eagle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about America's national symbol, the bald eagle, through this full-length documentary.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Troublesome Creek

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion website to the PBS documentary on the disappearance of the small American farm.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Benton J. Hall

For Students 9th - 10th
(1835-1894) Hall was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nebraska, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1903 of Nebraska showing county borders, cities and towns, rivers, and railroads. This map also shows the rock types in the state. "Nebraska, a central State of the American Union, lies between 40 degrees and 43 degrees N....
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Etc: Oregon Trail and Other Routes, 1832 1842

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of western North America between the opening of the Oregon Trail in 1832 to 1842, prior to the establishment of the Provisional Government of Oregon by American settlers in 1843. The map shows the boundary of the Oregon Country,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Comparative Areas of the United States and Other Countries, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of the United States used to illustrate the comparative area sizes of the states to other countries in the world. The map shows state and territory boundaries at the time (Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States in 1850, showing the frontier line, indicate by the thick black line. The map shows the States added to the Union between 1840 and 1850, including Florida (1845), Texas (1845), Iowa (1846), Wisconsin (1848),...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Beatrice Mintz (B. 1921)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biologist Beatrice Mintz (b. 1921) was a professor at the University of Chicago, 1946-1960, before joining the Institute for Cancer Research (now called the Fox Chase Cancer Center) and then becoming a professor at the University of...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota: Blood Run Site

For Students 9th - 10th
An archaeological site overlapping into Iowa.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edwin Hurd Conger

For Students 9th - 10th
Edwin Hurd Conger (March 7, 1843 - May 18, 1907) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and banker from Illinois and Iowa.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Edward Hatch

For Students 9th - 10th
General Hatch, born in Bangor, Me., December 22nd, 1832. In April, 1861, he was a member of the District of Columbia Volunteers, who were enlisted to defend the national capital, and subsequently had charge of the camp of instruction at...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: James B. Weaver

For Students 9th - 10th
A United States politician and member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa as a member of the Greenback Party.

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