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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkU.S. Senate Rejects Minimum Wage Bill
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Economics, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, from EconEdLink, addresses the minimum wage. In a recent vote, the Senate voted to reject a $1 increase in the fede...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUS and EU Go Bananas over Trade
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Mathematics, History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, from EconEdLink, students learn about trade disputes through a study of the "Banana War," They develop an unders...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUS History: Inventors & Entrepreneurs
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, from EconEdLink, students learn the difference between inventors and entrepreneurs. From talking with adults, th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWashington and the Whiskey Rebellion
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, U.S. ConstitutionThis lesson, from EDSITEment, examines a critical episode in George Washington's second administration, when federal efforts to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat They Left Behind: Early Multi-National Influences in the United States
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social ScienceThe four lessons in this unit, from EDSITEment, are designed to help students make connections between European voyages of disco...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's Happening in the New Economy?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, United States History, History-Social Science, EconomicsThis lesson, from EconEdLink, builds on students' own experiences with chores to explore how productivity has increased the stan...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhere I Come From
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: World History, United States History, Geography, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students take research into their heritage a step beyond the construction of a family tree, tra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Was Cinque?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from EDSITEment, focuses on Cinque, the leader of the 1839 Amistad revolt. The lesson draws on a variety of documen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWomen in the White House
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore the role and impact of recent First Ladies through research and family intervi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, United States History, History-Social Science, EconomicsThe goals of this lesson, from EDSITEment, are to gain insight into New Deal programs and the experience of Depression-era Ameri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMarco Polo
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: World History, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this Xpeditions student activity, students retrace the steps of Marco Polo and discover what they can learn from the cultures...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDust Bowl Days
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Music, Visual Arts, Geography, History-Social Science and 3 additional..This unit of seven lessons, from EDSITEment, introduces the dramatic era of the Great Depression to students through photographs...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOh Say Can You See What the Star Spangled Banner Means?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: American Democracy, Visual Arts, United States History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This unit of eight lessons, from EDSITEment, is designed to explore the symbolic, historical, and literary background of the Ame...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn This Day with Lewis and Clark
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social Science, GeographyThis five-lesson unit, from EDSITEment, is designed to help students appreciate the immensity and mystery of the mission Lewis a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPortrait of a Hero
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Visual Arts, United States History, History-Social Science, HumanitiesThrough the series of interactive activities in this EDSITEment unit, students explore their beliefs about heroes and heroism. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Should a House Do?
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Engineering & Design, Visual Arts, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis set of nine lessons, from EDSITEment, compares and contrasts the homes built by the first American settlers with those of t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThen and Now: Life in Early America, 1740-1840
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, HumanitiesIn this unit of 12 lessons, from EDSITEment, students use archival materials, re-creations, and classroom activities in order to...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStars and Stripes Forever: Flag Facts for Flag Day
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: World History, Vocabulary & Spelling, English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of three lessons, from EDSITEment, students learn what a symbol is while developing their understanding of how one ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe First Amendment: What's Fair in a Free Country?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: U.S. Constitution, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of six lessons, from EDSITEment, students consider the limitations that have been placed on the First Amendment gua...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Music, Visual Arts, United States History, Geography and 4 additional..In this four lesson unit, from EDSITEment, students analyze archival material in order to make connections between the arrival o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0