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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Saint Lawrence Seaway

For Students 9th - 10th
This site looks at the history, locks, dimensions, ecology, international trade, and tourism related to the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada.
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University of Notre Dame

Coin and Currency Collections: Wampum

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Handout
Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Metis in Alberta: The Beginnings

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Primary
George Washington University

National Security Archive: China and the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Blackfeet Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Parsons Responds to Powderly

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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PBS

Pbs: Africans in America: Part 1: The Growth of Slavery in North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Focuses on slavery in North America, the worry about uprisings, and slavery's economic impact. Links to related information.
Lesson Plan
9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Lesson Plans for K 2

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "9/11/2001" by Mike Kubic

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: A Participant's First Hand Account of the Boston Tea Party

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Learning Page: Labor Unions During the Great Depression and the New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of events related to the Great Depression, labor unions and the New Deal along with primary sources.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Pearl Harbor

For Students 5th - 8th
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.
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Mandan Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Primary
Georgetown University

Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Sale of Maryland Jesuit's Enslaved

For Students 9th - 10th
These archival materials relate to the sale of 272 men, women, and children by Rev. Thomas Mulledy in 1838 to Louisiana.
Primary
Georgetown University

Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Slavery in the Maryland Province

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of documents related to slavery in the Maryland Province.
Website
Other

Planet Ark: World Environmental News

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: President Nixon Goes to China

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
Article
Library of Economics and Liberty

Library of Economics and Liberty: Comparative Advantage

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a thorough examination of comparative advantage, absolute advantage, and opportunity cost, and how these three terms are related.
Activity
British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting the Merchant of Venice in Context: A Summary of Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Geographic

Photius: Tajikistan: Economy Index

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Website
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost

For Students 9th - 10th
Website with short video [0:20] and quiz teaches the concept of opportunity cost. Links to related material and lessons.
Website
Other

The Oas and the Inter American System

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Primary
Yale University

Charter of the Organization of American States, 1948

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Article
PBS

Africans in America: Olaudah Equiano

For Students 9th - 10th
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.