ClassFlow
Class Flow: Comparing Communities
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a comparison of the three types of communities, urban, rural, and suburb. It contains streamline video, and many interactive activities.
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Statistics Canada: 2006 Census: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
According to Canada's 2006 census, the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba had the highest urban, aboriginal population in Canada. Statistics for other urban and regional areas are included on this government site.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Illegal in Beijing
In this Wide Angle video, view a city area where illegal migrants from rural China live and work. [2:55]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: Community Screening Guide
This Guide is intended to assist facilitators to use the film as a starting point to address the healthcare crisis in rural communities across America. As our nation's demographics become more urban, rural populations are aging, have...
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Data by Topic
Links to data which cover agriculture, education, environment, health and population and other issues regarding economic development.
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Museum of History and Culture: Teaching With Photographs
"Teaching with Photographs" includes images from the Virginia Historical Society's collection. The images are organized into several themes which allows this source to be used by younger and older grades. Resources for teachers are...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Customers & Communities
This online exhibit tells the story of the mail service in the rural and urban areas in the 20th century. Historic, primary materials are used throughout the exhibit.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Kongo
The BaKongo, numbering three to four million, live in west-central Africa The unitary character of the Kongo group and the identity of the various subgroups are artifacts of colonial rule and ethnography. Most men and many women work, or...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Home Village
In this video segment from Wide Angle, tour a village in the rural Chinese countryside.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform
This resource, a speech by Woodrow Wilson to Congress on April 8, 1913, gives a great review of how the United States transformed from from a rural country to an urban one. It includes a review of industrialization, new inventions,...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: City & Town
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environmental Challenges in China
Students learn about the wonderful and fascinating country of China, and its environmental challenges that require engineering solutions, many in the form of increased energy efficiency, the incorporation of renewable energy, and new...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation 1919 1929: Transformation and Backlash
Examines the role nativism played in 1920s America, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, the disconnect between urban and rural lifestyles and values, and the fractious debate over evolution that was highlighted in the Scopes trial.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Passing the Bug
Students apply concepts of disease transmission to analyze infection data, either provided or created using Bluetooth-enabled Android devices. This data collection may include several cases, such as small static groups (representing...
University of Richmond
American Panorama: Electing the House of Representatives 1840 2016
This excellent site maps elections from 1840-2016 showing changing patterns across regions and between urban and rural areas. It offers comprehensive data on the history of Congressional elections and users can track their own district's...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Building Up, Breaking Down
Smithsonian in the Classroom presents Building Up, Breaking Down. Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which learners investigate how buildings weather. See what happens to a building once it has been erected....
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Berlin, Potsdam, and Vicinity, 1903
A map of Berlin, Spandau, Potsdam, and the vicinity in 1903, showing cities and towns, railroads, rivers, and lakes. The map is color-coded to show urban, rural, and forested areas.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 1: Population and Settlement
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to population and settlement. Covers six main areas - population growth, population change, population migration, land use, settlement characteristics and patterns,...
The White House
The White House: Issues
Official page from the White House provides information on the Presidential agenda regarding major topics such as Immigration, Civil Rights, Defense, Economy, Education, Health Care, Taxes, and more.
Other
Town of Collingwood
Collingwood is located in Simcoe County, Ontario and is a four-season tourist area that is also known for its annual weekend Elvis Presley Festival. Information is available on the festival, Collingwood's history, economy, and tourism.
Historica Canada
Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Stratford, Ontario
As part of a video series, this clip profiles Stratford, Ontario which evolved from a small rail town into the Canadian home of Shakespearean drama. Learn about the men who conceived of The Stratford Festival, and make use of included...
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Geography, Humans, and Environment
A learning module on how humans change and shape their local environment. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include...
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Migration
There are 232 million people living outside their country of birth. Learn about the reasons why people migrate from their home country and the impact, positive and negative, migration has on countries. Additionally, learn about illegal...
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