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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: North American Rivers and Their Widths

For Students 3rd - 5th
Rivers are essential to any society. They provide fresh water, recreation, and transportation. Students will analyze the distribution and relationship among North American rivers using this map from NASA. Background information and...
Handout
Fact Monster

Fact Monster: North American Free Trade Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides an easy to understand explanation of North American Free Trade Agreement. Read this brief article to learn about and understand NAFTA.
PPT
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art and Identity in British North American Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Consider the English identity of American colonists by examining the sorts of imported goods and decorative arts Americans chose to purchase and display.
Graphic
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Native North American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The MFA's collection of Native American art traces its origins to the 1870s, when the Museum opened to the public. Includes Navajo weavings, Zuni Pueblo pottery, and Plains beadwork. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
Handout
Council of Foreign Relations

North America's Second Decade (Nafta)

For Students 9th - 10th
A ten year evaluation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico and the U.S. in Foreign Affairs, a scholarly academic journal, is presented. Discusses the potential for further integration between trading...
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Native North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of native North Americans in this overview descriptions with accompanying image gallery with a detailed description of each piece.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Hog Nosed Skunk

For Students 4th - 8th
The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, in a section titled "North American Mammals," offers a general overview of the North American hog-nosed skunk. Additional content includes detailed drawings, photographs, and a map showing the...
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: North American Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the wide variety of traditions and cultural practices in the United States and North America.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: North American

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about North American countries and geography. The flags, maps, exports, natural resources, and languages of North American are found on this website.
Website
Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: American Goldfinch

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about the American Goldfinch. Besides a detailed physical description of this North American seed-eating bird, is a collection of unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Bird Fact Sheet is information on the...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: North American Deermouse

For Students 4th - 8th
North American Deermice rarely leave their homes during the day, but feed opportunistically at night on whatever is available: seeds, nuts, fruit, berries, insects and other animal matter, and whatever they find tasty in houses. Deermice...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: North American Least Shrew

For Students 4th - 8th
North American Least Shrews have a repertoire of tiny calls, audible to human ears up to a distance of only 20 inches or so. Nests are of leaves or grasses in some hidden place, such as on the ground under a cabbage palm leaf or in...
Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry: Commodities and the Transformation of the American Landscape

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning resource uses primary source material to explore the ways in which commodities are extracted, produced, and exchanged and how those processes have shaped the physical and cultural landscape of North America.
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Other

The Museum of the Southeast American Indian

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of North Carolina museum's site offers articles, videos, artwork, crafts, music, and histories of Native Americans.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: North American Monsoon

For Students 3rd - 5th
NASA tracked rainfall and soil moisture for a three-month period in 1993 to confirm that these rain patterns were indeed a monsoon. Watch this animation to see the relationship between soil moisture and rainfall in the Southwest U.S. By...
Website
Other

Florida International University: Wolfsonian

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains artifacts of North American and European origin from 1885 - 1945. Includes sections of: British Arts & Crafts Movement, Dutch & Italian Art Movement, American Industrial Design, World's Fairs & Expos,...
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Nafta

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed discussion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed on December 8, 1993, by President Bill Clinton.
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: After American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Korean War Facts 1950 1953

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the history of the Korean War. Discover how the events unfolded in North and South Korea as the United Nations, with assistance from the United States, came to the aid of South Korea and China, with assistance from the Soviet...
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Korean Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Korean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Old Timers, Newcomers

For Students 9th - 10th
An editorial cartoon and a newspaper article illustrating the tensions between members of established African American communities in the North and Southern migrants. Links to both resources are provided within this site.
Article
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Improvements in Transportation: Post American Revolution to Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
From the earliest days of European exploration, the land and waterways seemed to do their best to frustrate growth and movement in what was to become North Carolina. In its natural condition, the area was just not an easy place to get...
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Colonial Settlement 1600s 1763

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The settlement of the colonies in America is the focus of this article. The course of events is divided into topics and time periods, making it easier to understand. Note is made of the effects to the already present Native Americans as...
Article
New York Public Library

African American Migration Experience: The Northern Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explores the reasons African Americans left the South and migrated north both before and after the Civil War, and many aspects of what their lives were like.

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