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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cosmology and Faith

For Students 9th - 10th
An article pulling together the origin of the Universe stories.
Unit Plan
Harvard University

Harvard University: Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Moon

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online textbook, students explore the phases of the moon, the moon's orbit, the origin of the moon, and the tides. Includes numerous inquiry-based activities.
Website
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: History of the English Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What do you know about the origins of the English language? Explore this resource to learn more about this topic. This resource features links to several helpful sites.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Children of the Village by Mary Russell Mitford

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Children of the Village by Mary Russell Mitford, an illustrated collection of children's stories.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Exploration of the World by Jules Verne

For Students 4th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Exploration of the World by Jules Verne, an illustrated book of great navigators of the eighteenth century.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Cruise of the Walnut Shell by Richard Andre

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Cruise of the Walnut Shell by Richard Andre, an illustrated poem that relates a dream of two children who travel the world in a walnut shell.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Doings of the Alphabet by Mc Loughlin Bros.

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Doings of the Alphabet by McLoughlin Bros., an ABC picture book.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: From the Creation of the World to the Death of Moses by Andre

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book From the Creation of the World to the Death of Moses by R. Andre, an illustrated history of the Old Testament.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The City in the Sea: Stories of the Old Venetians by E L Seeley

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The City in the Sea: Stories of the Old Venetians by E. L. Seeley (1884), stories of the deeds of the old Venetians from the Chronicles.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Stories of the Wars of the Jews by A. L. O. E.

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Stories of the Wars of the Jews by A. L. O. E. (1884), a collection of war stories from the Babylonish captivity to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus.
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NASA

Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist

For Students 9th - 10th
A NASA scientist, Dr. Sten Odenwald, answers many students' questions. Topics include planets, galaxies, black holes, the origin of the universe, and common misconceptions about space.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quiz: Looking Back

For Students 9th - 10th
Quiz yourself on the origins of the universe and life.
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Other

Stephen W. Hawking: Lectures: Life in the Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
This lecture covers the topic of life now and into the future, including the role genetic engineering will play.
Website
Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: Charles Darwin After the Origin

For Students 9th - 10th
In honor of Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "The Origin of the Species," Cornell has put together an extensive collection of Darwin's work during the last two decades of his life.
Website
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Spy Letters of the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource with letters, stories, people, and timelines of spies for the Loyalists and the Patriots during the American Revolution.
Website
Other

The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Cambridge has posted Darwin's entire collection of works and correspondence totaling 50,000 text pages and 40,000 images. This is an amazingly comprehensive resource that has posted both images of the original texts and...
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Other

The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database: Introductory Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Nine full-color, excellent quality maps depicting the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade, each with an interpretation and explanation of the voyages portrayed during the specific time period.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Origin Story: Mayan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how Mayans believed the Universe was formed. Learn about how the story was written down in the Popol Vuh.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Origin Story: Judeo Christian

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about how the Universe began according to the Judeo-Christian culture. The origin story is from the Old Testament which is studied by both Judaism and Christianity.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Origin Story: Modern Scientific

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how modern science accounts for the beginning of our Universe on this page.
Website
PBS

Pbs Teachers:origins Back to the Beginning

For Students 9th - 10th
This hour long program by NOVA is split into six segments and examines a issues influencing scientists' current understanding of how the universe was formed. This includes The Big Bang and its lasting effects.
Website
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Origins of Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
Learing module on the origins of civilization explains the chronology and environmental context of the so-called Neolithic revolution, the period when early civilizations in the Middle East arose and began to domesticate plants and animals.
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NASA

Nasa: Space Place: What Is the Big Bang?

For Students 3rd - 7th
With exciting illustrations, NASA's Space Place explains the theory of the origin of the universe known as the Big Bang.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is the Universe Made Of?

For Students 9th - 10th
The atoms around you have existed for billions of years- and most originated in the flaming, gaseous core of a star. Dennis Wildfogel tells the captivating tale of these atoms' long journeys from the Big Bang to the molecules they form...