Rice University
Rice University: Focus on Your Community
A resource page for teachers and students with lesson plans and varied resources to study your local community.
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Metrocosm: The Shape of the Us Economy
Using cartograms, compare the GDP's of rural and urban areas in the Unites States. View the 10 largest metro areas by GDP and see how the US compares to the United Kingdom in terms of GDP.
Library of Congress
Loc: How Transportation Transformed America: Going to Market
This project investigates and examines the impact transportation has had on peoples' lives. We chose to compare and contrast the turn of the centuries. This lesson plan introduces primary documents, specifically visuals. We intend for...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Animals Past and Present
In English and Spanish this site deals with animal life in Illinois past and present. With sections on dinosaurs, animals in Illinois 65 million years ago, animals in Illinois 10 million years ago, and animals in Illinois today, this is...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Dimensions
The College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan publishes a student-produced journal of architecture titled "Dimensions." Aimed at showcasing the best student work and at increasing the quality of the...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Sister Carrie
In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of Theodore Dreiser's novel, Sister Carrie. Worksheets, tests, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of Sister Carrie.
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Tenant Net: How the Other Half Lives
Find a hypertext reproduction of the full text (with illustrations) of the original 1890 edition of Jacob Riis's classic work on the living conditions of New York's poor immigrants, "How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements...
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
Famsi: The Eastern Riverine Corridor During Late Classic Period
Inventories of ceramic materials and architectural similarities indicate that some urban centers may be socially and politically connected while others are not. Study confirms a water route from New River drainage area to Belize may have...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Electrifying America
This collection of primary sources explores the introduction of electric power to the United States.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The New Woman
This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Woman ideal.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Patronage/populism: Politics of Gilded Age
This collection uses primary sources to explore the politics of the Gilded Age.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Great Migration
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Great Migration.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: When Miners Strike: West Virginia Coal Mining Labor History
This collection uses primary sources to explore coal mining and labor in West Virginia.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Panama Canal
A collection uses primary sources to explore the construction of the Panama Canal.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Populist Movement
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Populist Movement.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Homestead Strike
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Strike.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Settlement Houses in the Progressive Era
This collection uses primary sources to explore settlement houses during the Progressive Era.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Homestead Acts
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Acts.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: The Last of the Sky Pirates
Fifty years after Captain Twig severed the anchor chain securing the floating rock of Sanctaphrax to Undertown, all is not well in the great floating city or the urban sprawl of Undertown. Rook Barkwater is selected as a Librarian Knight...
Columbia University
The Song Dynasty in China (960 1279)
A look at the Song Dynasty that answers the question: "Does modernity begin with the Song dynasty?" Author discusses economic growth, commercialization, urbanization, and intellectual life while studying a 12th-century scroll.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Tracking Income and Benefits
Using a case study about an urban family, students calculate monthly net income and explore how irregular income may make it challenging to manage monthly expenses.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Shona
The Shona-speaking peoples comprise about 80 percent of the population of Zimbabwe, with significant groups in Mozambique. Most of what follows applies to the Shona in Zimbabwe, who have been extensively studied. There are now around...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: What Interests You?
At this site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics find out about possible careers in your future by selecting a job based on what school subject you like.
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