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The Korean War (1950-1953)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions about the Korean War. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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Gettysburg Address Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Gettysburg Address lesson plans can show how Lincoln’s historic speech helped to unite the nation.
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Location, Location, Location

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Why do some places in the world have more people living there than other places? Learn about the ways the countries have formed around natural resources with a reading comprehension activity. After kids read a short...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension Skills: The Atlantic Ocean

For Students 5th - 7th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page article regarding the Atlantic Ocean. Students respond to 10 true or false questions regarding the article.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Battle of Honey Springs: The Civil War Comes to the Indian Territory (68)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learn how the Civil War created fierce conflicts among American Indian nations who had been moved across the Mississippi River.
Organizer
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ESL: Environmental Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL environmental problem worksheet, learners work with a partner to explain a set of terms, then divide a set of words that have to do with the environment into syllables.
Worksheet
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Place the First Digit

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math graphs instructional activity, students use the table for the 'States with the Fewest Full-Time Firefighters' math table to find the first digit value places for the word problems.
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Illustration of the Destruction of a Rebel Salt Factory on the Florida Coast

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students view an illustration of the destruction of a salt factory. They analyze the photograph to learn more about the salt works. Students discuss what they have learned.
Worksheet
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Filmstrip Worksheet: After World War II

For Students 9th - 12th
For this World War II filmstrip worksheet, students review a film about the war as they respond to 15 fill in the blank questions. A word bank is included.
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Cold War

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive world history worksheet, students answer 21 matching questions regarding the Cold War. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Worksheet
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Social Studies Test B-Grade 5

For Students 5th
In this grade 5 social studies test worksheet, 5th graders complete a 30 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5 concepts. 
Lesson Plan
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States of Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars participate in physical activities coordinating to divisions on a map.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tailoring Two Cultures to Adapt to Wisconsin's Biotic Zones

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the effect of the various ice ages on Wisconsin. In groups, they create a map representing the five geographic regions of Wisconsin. They must write out a description of each region to be placed on a poster board. ...
Activity
CBS

Cbs News: The Divided Koreas

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the separation of North and South Korea. Provides a timeline of the tensions between the Koreas and information about the economy, people, and resources of each country.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "A Nation Divided: North vs. South" by Us history.org

For Students 7th - 8th
The American Civil War was fought within the United States from 1861 to 1865. The election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 increased tension between the North and South. Lincoln's political party was interested in stopping the...
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Factory vs. Plantation in the North and South

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson helps young scholars study life in the United States in the years before the Civil War. Students will gain a better understanding of why people grew willing to fight to defend their way of life. Many of the documents young...
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Center for Educational Technologies

Nasa Classroom of the Future: Korean Enigma: Korea Divided

For Students 9th - 10th
Explores the historical events that took place between the United States and the USSR to bring about the political division of Korea on the 38th parallel into north and south after the end of World War II.
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Before Brother Fought Brother

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that addresses the "complex series of events" leading to the Civil War. Through this lesson, students will "gain an appreciation of everyday life in the North and South, changes occurring, and some of the major social and...
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: A Divided Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the American Revolution Project of the University of Groningen discusses how the 1850s were a time of conflicting ideas between North and South regarding the expansion of slavery. Scroll down to the third paragraph and...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Nothing Left to Lose

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about two boys who escaped from North Korea to live in South Korea. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
Article
Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: Civil War Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Article introducing the Civil War. The author provides background information on the debates between the North and South eventually leading to war.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Gusii

For Students 9th - 10th
The Gusii are divided into seven clan clusters: Kitutu (Getutu), North Mugirango, South Mugirango, Majoge, Wanjare (Nchari), Bassi, and Nyaribari. Gusiiland is located in western Kenya, 50 kilometers east of Lake Victoria. Since...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Civil War, a Nation Divided

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource using primary and secondary source materials to explore many facets of the Civil War from the war itself to its impact on the home front. Includes video and text downloads.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Political Crisis of the 1840s

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the attempt to keep slavery out of the newly acquired Mexican Cession, and so how this attempt revealed an increased split between North and South.