Lesson Plan
Curated OER

LESSON 3: Riding the Underground Railroad

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore the Underground Railroad.
Worksheet
Curated OER

U.S. Quiz Questions

For Students 6th - 8th
In this ESL United States learning exercise, middle schoolers answer a set of 25 questions about the United States. The answers to each question are written beneath each.
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Northern New England and Canada, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
The Northern New England states and part of Canada in 1919, showing roads.
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Canada and Northern New England, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
Parts of Northern New York, and Quebec.
Website
National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation: Northern Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
NWF features the Northern Forest highlighting its native people and wildlife. Threats to this massive forest of the New England forest ecosystem are identified.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Anglo Saxon England

For Students 9th - 10th
In the fifth century C.E., people from tribes called Angles, Saxons and Jutes left their homelands in northern Europe to look for a new home. They knew that the Romans had recently left the green land of Britain unguarded, so they sailed...
Unit Plan
Other

School Wires: The Commerical North [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Northern colonies developed a predominantly urban society, based on commerce and trade.
Website
Digital History

Digital History: "Bleeding Kansas" and "Bleeding Sumner"

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how the concept of popular sovereignty expressed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in political intrigue and murder in Kansas and the caning of a U.S. Senator in the Senate chamber.
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Claims of Various European Countries to the Us, 1643 1655

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the eastern coast of North America showing territorial claims of Europeans and the development of the United Colonies of New England (New England Confederation) in 1643, and the territorial changes between the Dutch and British...
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Atlantic Coast Development, 1650 1695

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of maps showing the development and colonial claims of the northern Atlantic Coast between 1650 and 1695. The maps are color-coded to show charter colonies, proprietary colonies, and the royal colonies. The map from 1650 shows...
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Forest Map of the United States, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the forest regions of the Pacific, Rocky Mountains, Northern Forest in the Great Lakes and New England areas, Southern Forest along the Gulf and East Coast, and the Hardwood Forest. The map...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Seat of War, 1812 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Great Lakes and New England region of North America showing the northern area of conflict during the War of 1812, including the important sites of Detroit, Buffalo, Lewiston, Queenstown, Ogdensburg, Battle of the Thames...
Website
Digital History

Digital History: European Colonization North of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Although settlements by other northern European countries are mentioned, the primary focus of this article is on English settlements and the types of immigrants who came to the New World from England.