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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Species With Status: Special Concern

For Students 3rd - 8th
Species of special concern are species for whom some issue is suspected, either in abundance or distribution, but not yet proven. Its main purpose is to bring attention to species of concern before they become threatened or endangered....
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Geographic

Russia Natural Resource

For Students 9th - 10th
Russia is rich in natural resources which include oil, natural gas, iron ore, manganese, chromium, nickel, platinum, titanium, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, diamonds, phosphates, gold, and timber.
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Burma (Myanmar): Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the economy of Burma is one of potential, but because of governmental mismangagement, there is no development of that potential. Read about the possibilities and realities of the Burmese economy based on information from the...
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Basic Facts About Gray Wolves

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive wildlife site provides basic information about gray wolves including features, diet, population, range, behavior, and reproduction.
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Digital History

Digital History: Years of Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
It's not surprising the United States would have challenges in its first years. Read about the problems with foreign countries, its own citizens who resisted taxes, and dealings with Native Americans.
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Other

Us Internet: Mischecanocquah/meshekinoquah (Little Turtle)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article begins with brief biographical data, but most of it is an address Little Turtle made to President Thomas Jefferson and Henry Dearborn regarding the American government's failure to live up to the conditions of the Treaty of...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Native American Resilience and Violence in the West

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about the struggles the new United States government had in coming to terms with the various Native American tribes who lived in the new country.
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Belarus: Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the current state of the economy of Belarus, its strengths and weaknesses. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Delaware Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Delaware Indians in Ohio. Links to many important names and events.
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Environmental Organization Web Directory: Forestry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links and web resources, including teacher lesson plans, about forestry.
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Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive animal guide from the Columbus Zoo highlights general information and fun facts about reptiles; this information can be sorted by diet or region where they live. Select an animal from the list to begin exploring.
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Solomon Islands: Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the need for rebuilding the economy of Solomon Islands. See what the country is doing and what still needs to be accomplished. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Tecumseh

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site presents a biography of Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee Indians.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Shawnee Indians

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief history of the Shawnee Indians in Ohio. Site also contains many links to information on other tribes, battles and complete texts of treaties.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Michikinikwa or Little Turtle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Recounts the life of Little Turtle. Little Turtle was the war chief of the Miami Indians, the most powerful Indian Tribe in Ohio, who finally advocated for peace with the new United States government.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Miami Indians

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the exciting story of the Miami Indians and how they became the most powerful Indian tribe in Ohio. Click on underlined words throughout the text to go to links containing related information.
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Fact Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find fact sheets on over 50 species of animals. Find an animal by where it lives in the world, and learn all about it.
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Conservation Movement: Water Conservation

For Students 9th - 10th
The conservation movement in North Carolina began with methods of maintaining the timber supply and restrictions on wasteful colonial hunting practices. Some eighteenth-century North Carolinians noted the effects of wasteful practices...
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Logging

For Students 9th - 10th
For more than four centuries, North Carolinians have benefited from the commercial use of the state's timber resources. As early as the seventeenth century, the Carolina colony's rich forests gave rise to a lucrative naval stores...
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Other

Fairbanks House Historical Site, Dedham Massachusetts, 1637 41

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the Fairbanks House, believed to be the oldest surviving timber frame house in North America, see views of the home's interior and exterior. Learn about the home's architecture and history, how it survived over the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Minnesota

For Students 3rd - 5th
America's Story features fun facts about Minnesota, such as how Minnesota's nickname and interesting places such as Anoka, the Halloween Capital of the world and important cultural happenings like the Spam Festival.
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American University

Deforestation in Madagascar

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives history of Madagascar's cultural and economic development in relation to its land clearing practices. Cites biological species indigenous to the island, and their imminent destruction. Includes links to several case studies.
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English Verse

English Verse: Henry Vaughan (1621 1695)

For Students 9th - 10th
Four poems by the Welsh poet, and a brief biographical sketch are offered here.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Anthony Wayne

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biographical outline focuses on dates of events in Anthony Wayne's military career. There is also a description of a portrait but the portrait itself is not currently available.

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