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We Love Words
In this vocabulary worksheet, students examine the 6 words that are missing letters, read the definition clues, and fill in the blanks to complete 6 words.
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States and Territories
In this United states worksheet, 5th graders read a short script pertaining to the states and territories. Students complete 10 fill in the blank questions and self check this online interactive worksheet.
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Our Changing Voices
Twelfth graders examine their role in society. They search primary documents and assemble a family album.
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Truth or Hogwash
Explore the history of domesticated pigs and their important byproducts. After discussing the use of pigs, class members create game boards describing the animals. While playing the game, they determine if the answers are true or...
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Bald Eagle Basic Skills Math Practice
Pupils solve basic skills math problems involving eagles. They read and discuss facts about eagles and view a video. They complete the Eagle Math worksheet and check their answers. They create additional problems and solve them.
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Min-Max temperatures
Young scholars investigate data of minimum and maximum weather temperatures over the period of one week. They answer guided questions in order to establish comprehension of interpreting the data.
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Real People, Real Farms - Case Studies
Learners study examples of sustainable farms. In this case study lesson students study real cases of farms to gain information.
Cengage Learning
Investigating Social Change: Midwest
Explore the evolution of the Midwest region of the United States. Students and teachers will gain a different perspective about the Midwest when they check out this site.
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Mapping Chicago and the Midwest, 1688 to 1906
Learning resource uses maps to tell the early history of Chicago and the Midwest and explores how nations use maps to secure control of a region.
Library of Congress
Loc: German Immigrants: Their Contributions to the Upper Midwest
Why did Germans immigrate to the Upper Midwest in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century? What contributions did they make to the region's cultural heritage? Students use American Memory photographs and documents to answer these...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Regions of the United States
Students manipulate states to form regions of the US: Southwest, West, Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast. Then explore major resources for each region.
Ducksters
Ducksters: United States Geography: Regions
Kids learn about the geographical regions of the United States including the northeast, southeast, Midwest, southwest, and west.
Other
The Vol Web Project: Middle Western States
This site from The VolWeb Project is a lesson plan that teaches students about various aspects of the Midwestern states (e.g. industries, crops, and natural resources). Students participate in research to locate specific information...
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Midwest States
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Midwest States."
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Spiro Theodore Agnew: "Television News Coverage"
This is the text and audio of Spiro Agnew's speech "Television News Coverage" expressing his disappointment in the news media's behavior after a Presidental speech on Vietnam; it was delivered at a Republican Midwest regional meeting on...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: 50 States
Read about the regions of the United States, find the states in those regions on maps, and play a game to locate the states. A great interactive review.
Other
Great Lakes Information Network: Economy
This site consists of economic information about various midwestern states and industries. Site can be used for students to conduct research. Various aspects about the midwestern economy are included.
Other
The Great Plains in Midwestern Culture
Discusses the history of the people on the Great Plains, both the Native Americans and early settlers.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Grant Wood
Biographical account covers the life and career of Grant Wood, an American painter, and leader in the art movement known as Regionalism.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Thomas Hart Benton
Biographical account covers the life and career of Thomas Hart Benton, an American painter, and muralist who was involved in the art movement known as Regionalism.
University of California
The History Project: New Harmony an Experimental, Cooperative Community
The 1820s were a crucial period in our history. Much of the foundation of our modern industrial society was laid during this time. It was an era of optimism and prosperity, but also of social tensions and anxieties. The economy expanded...
Other
Nbmaa/ Grant Wood/ Sentimental Ballad
Grant Wood's artwork "Sentimental Ballad" is shown and a brief overview of highlights of the artist's work with the film industry.