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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: History Through Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Medieval Sourcebook answers the question: Why Study History Through Primary Sources? It provides complete information, a list of review questions, and bibliography information.
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Other

Portland Community College: Know Your Sources: A Guide to Understanding Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
When doing research you will come across a lot of information from different types of sources. How do you decide which source to use? From tweets to newspaper articles, this tool provides a brief description of each and breaks down 6...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: The Right Balance: Mixing Energy Resources

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students look at profiles of energy production for different regions of the United States. They examine the conversion efficiency and the carbon dioxide emissions of each type of energy, and then the environmental impact...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining Validity and Reliability of Sources

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
This lesson will help students decide which sources are valid and reliable for supporting a thesis. It discusses how to evaluate books, articles, websites, and more.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History: Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A varied collection of primary resources from American history. They include portraits, banknotes, artifacts, newspaper items, paintings, and illustrations.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Non Renewable Energy Resources

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This lesson is a simulation that has students looking at consumer, municipal, and corporate perspectives towards nonrenewable energy resources. Includes student handouts.
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US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Energy Sources: Renewable

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about renewable energy sources including biomass, which includes biofuels, hydropower, geothermal, wind, and solar.
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Ohio State University

Osu: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle: The Sun: Earth's Primary Energy Source

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive article that discusses the first principle of climate science, i.e., that the Sun is the primary energy source for the climate system of the Earth. Presents five concepts for this principle and explains each, providing...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Finding and Evaluating Research Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on how to find, evaluate, and use primary and secondary sources using printed and online sources. It provides practice writing activities such as examining the same topic through primary and secondary sources and...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Evaluating Sources: Craap Analysis of Online Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on evaluating online sources using the CRAAP Analysis: Currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. A practice exercise is provided. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources
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Energy4Me

Energy4me: Energy Sources of the World [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many different energy resources available from our Earth. Find out the pros and cons of each type: both renewable and nonrenewable.
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NOAA

Noaa: National Ocean Service Education: Nonpoint Source Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated tutorial explains nonpoint source pollution and its role in the health of the environment. Students learn about different sources of pollution and how these pollutants contaminate the land, air, and water. Click on the links...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Work, Energy, and Energy Resources: Conceptual Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This page provides a list of 26 questions covering the major concepts in Chapter 7: Work, Energy, and Energy Resources from the AP Physics online text.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: How to Choose Credible Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on choosing credible sources for a research project. It offers two versions of a slideshow: a non-audio slideshow and an audio slideshow which explains the information as it is shown. They each define terms, offer...
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Renewable Sources: Hydroelectric

For Students 9th - 10th
Hydroelectric power has been a major source of energy production in the United States. More recently, other alternative energy sources have taken some of its market share. Hydroelectricity has both advantages and disadvantages, briefly...
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Renewable Sources: Wind

For Students 9th - 10th
The status of wind energy production in the United States is described, with the advantages and disadvantages of this alternative energy source.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Renewable Sources: Solar

For Students 9th - 10th
Solar energy is an appealing alternative to conventional sources of energy because it produces no greenhouse gases. An overview of its advantages and disadvantages is presented here.
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Other

American Law 101: Sources of American Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a nice overview of the five common sources of American law (common law, statutory law, administrative law, court rules, and constitutional law.
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Read Works

Read Works: Primary Source Texts About Slavery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage provides two stories about slaves in America with question sets. This passage uses primary source documents to teach reading skills including comparing and contrasting.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Two Point Source Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine the findings of Thomas Young's light experiment, which showed that an interference pattern results when light from two sources meets up while traveling through the same medium.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Exploration of the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explain the early exploration of the Americas.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Chicago Tribune Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: New Yorker Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Woman

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

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