Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Saint Lawrence Seaway
This site looks at the history, locks, dimensions, ecology, international trade, and tourism related to the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada.
University of Notre Dame
Coin and Currency Collections: Wampum
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana has a special collections section on coins and currencies, this web page is part of the website representing these artifacts and the history related to them. Wampum, the currency of fur trading, is...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Metis in Alberta: The Beginnings
This is an informative encyclopedia entry detailing the Metis people in Alberta. To the right, there are links to further sub-entries on the Fur Trade Era, Origins and Identity, Metis of the Northwest, Political Life and Metis...
George Washington University
National Security Archive: China and the United States
This collection of primary source documents from the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Department of State, and similar agencies surveys relations between the United States and China during the years from 1960 to 1998. Topics include...
PBS
Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Blackfeet Indians
A look at the relation the Blackfeet had with the British and what their relation with the Americans would be as a result of their contact with the Corps of Discovery. From PBS.
Curated OER
History Matters: Parsons Responds to Powderly
Read an excerpt from a letter written by Chicago radical and Haymarket defendant, Albert Parsons, to the "Chicago Times" concerning Terence V. Powderly and the Haymarket riot. Also links to other related sites.
PBS
Pbs: Africans in America: Part 1: The Growth of Slavery in North America
Focuses on slavery in North America, the worry about uprisings, and slavery's economic impact. Links to related information.
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Lesson Plans for K 2
A selection of lesson plans suitable for early elementary students about topics related to 9/11 and/or the memorial built in New York City. Some lessons cover dealing with grief or fear, others with thinking of ways to serve your community.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "9/11/2001" by Mike Kubic
A learning module that begins with "9/11/2001" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
CommonLit
Common Lit: A Participant's First Hand Account of the Boston Tea Party
A learning module that begins with "A Participant's First-hand Account of the Boston Tea Party" by George Hewes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
Library of Congress
Loc: Learning Page: Labor Unions During the Great Depression and the New Deal
A timeline of events related to the Great Depression, labor unions and the New Deal along with primary sources.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Pearl Harbor
A concise look at the economic relations between Japan and the United States just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Find out what the Japanese hoped to achieve with the attack, and read about the American response.
PBS
Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Mandan Indians
An informative look at the Mandans, the Indians with whom the Corps of Discovery spent their first winter. Read about their villages, ceremonies, and relations with other Indian tribes. From PBS.
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Sale of Maryland Jesuit's Enslaved
These archival materials relate to the sale of 272 men, women, and children by Rev. Thomas Mulledy in 1838 to Louisiana.
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Slavery in the Maryland Province
This is a collection of documents related to slavery in the Maryland Province.
Other
Planet Ark: World Environmental News
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: President Nixon Goes to China
Much of our dependence on Chinese-manufactured consumer goods owes itself to the diplomatic efforts of President Richard M. Nixon. Learn how this historic relationship began during the early 1970s.
Library of Economics and Liberty
Library of Economics and Liberty: Comparative Advantage
This article provides a thorough examination of comparative advantage, absolute advantage, and opportunity cost, and how these three terms are related.
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting the Merchant of Venice in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for The Merchant of Venice - from early modern ideas about trade and usury, Venice and Jewish culture to 20th-century productions by both Nazis and Yiddish companies...
Geographic
Photius: Tajikistan: Economy Index
Here you can find out about the current economic status of Tajikistan (as of 2007) from the CIA World Factbook. Click on the topics to gather the information.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost
Website with short video [0:20] and quiz teaches the concept of opportunity cost. Links to related material and lessons.
Other
The Oas and the Inter American System
This site on the The OAS and the Inter-American System provides history, key dates, original and current member states, past and present secretaries general, and more.
Yale University
Charter of the Organization of American States, 1948
The Avalon Project of the Yale Law School here provides the text of all 112 articles of the OAS charter, adopted at the Bogota Conference of American States, March 30-May 2, 1948.
PBS
Africans in America: Olaudah Equiano
This site from PBS' Africans in America series provides a biography of Olaudah Equiano, one of the many Africans forced to travel the Middle Passage. Links to related entries.