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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEscaping Slavery: "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses the picture book "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" by Deborah Hopkinson and an interact...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEnding the War, 1783
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students consider the various peace attempts made by both sides during...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEffigy Mounds National Monument Teacher's Guide
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Native PeoplesEffigy Mounds National Monument Teacher's Guide provides more than 40 lesson ideas developed by teachers to help students learn ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEconomic Spotter: Lewis and Clark's Expedition Faces Scarcity
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this EconEdLink lesson, students are introduced to the concept of scarcity. They travel back to the early 1800's in an inter...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarthWorks: Digital Explorations of the Ancient Ohio Valley
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceEarthWorks: Digital Explorations of the Ancient Ohio Valley covers the archeology of one of the largest concentrations of monume...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDrake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, Early Explorers, United States HistoryDrake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589 is a lesson investigating maps of a voyage by Sir Francis Drake that involved attacks on Sp...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDrafting the Declaration: The Jefferson Desk and the Declaration of Independence
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis teacher resource from "The Object of History", a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDonner Party
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, United States, United States History, Geography, CaliforniaDonner Party provides a transcript, map, and essays for a TV program that tells the harrowing tale of what tragically became one...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovering Lewis & Clark
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, Reading ComprehensionDiscovering Lewis and Clark is a progressive Web site, currently containing more than 1,400 pages. The centerpiece of Discoverin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDesign: American Indians
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, World History, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History & CultureThis collection of images, from The New York Public Library Digital Gallery, features 24 historical examples of American Indian ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDefects in the Articles of Confederation
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyThis resource, offered by the Library of Congress American Memory Web site, provides information about the Articles of Confeder...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeclare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyIn this unit of eight lessons, from EDSITEment, the propensity to complain is used to increase student awareness of the preceden...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeclaration of Independence
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis page, from Yale Law School s Avalon Project, provides the text of The Declaration of Independence. This resource is ref...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCyberspace Explorer: Getting to Know Christopher Columbus
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, supports third- through fifth-grade students' exploration of multiple online sources to gather...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students critically explore the moral issues of slavery and the perspectives held by slaves ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkContinental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThe 274 broadsides in Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, chronicle the founding of our nation fr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConstitution Day Feature
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: U.S. Constitution, American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis special feature from EDSITEment provides information and lessons about America's principle founding document, the Constitut...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConquistadors: Teaching Guide
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, World History, History-Social ScienceThis page, from the EDSITEment-reviewed PBS Web sites, features four interdisciplinary teaching units related to the PBS documen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCongressional Committees and the Legislative Process
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis lesson from EDSITEment introduces students to the pivotal role that Congressional committees play in the legislative proces...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentComparing Images of the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryEngage middle school students in historical document analysis with three contrasting images of the Battles of Lexington and Conc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0