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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn the Oregon Trail
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOh Say Can You See What the Star Spangled Banner Means?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Literature 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 / HyperLinkOff the Field and into the Stands
Grades: 3 to 6Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, United States History, Music, Dance, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the Educator s Reference Desk, students will learn about the National Anthem, learn some new rhythmic and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNot Only Paul Revere: Other Riders of the American Revolution
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literature and 2 additional..This lesson, from EDSITEment, contains four activities for students to compliment their appreciation of Paul Revere's celebrated...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNot "Indians," Many Tribes: Native American Diversity
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of five lessons, from EDSITEment, students heighten their awareness of Native American diversity as they learn abou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNo Stamped Paper to Be Had
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, part of the American Memory online exhibition, is a print of the Philadelphia Gazette newspaper page from 1765. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: "The First Thanksgiving"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceBy exploring myths surrounding the Wampanoag, the Pilgrims, and the "First Thanksgiving," this lesson from ReadWriteThink asks s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: The “First Thanksgiving”
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceBy exploring myths surrounding the Wampanoag, the pilgrims, and the "First Thanksgiving," this lesson asks students to think cri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: Independence Day
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literature and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson explores all the dates and stories associated with the Declaration of Independence. Students learn ab...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMixed Blessings: Exploring the Separation of Church and State in Patriotic Poetry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Literary Analysis, Music and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the recent federal appeals court decision finding...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMission Geography: USA
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students research and learn about the culture, physical geography, and history of states in each regi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMapping Colonial New England: Looking at the Landscape of New England
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students learn how Puritans interacted with Native Americans, and how to gain information about ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking Friends with Franklin
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceMaking Friends with Franklin introduces students to the world of Ben Franklin and other "natural philosophers" at a time when th...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLouisiana Purchase Resources
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis page, from Yale Law School s Avalon Project, provides links to nearly twenty primary documents related to the 1803 Louisian...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLost Hero: The "To Do List" of the Continental Congress
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore how the role of "President" was defined in the Articl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentLife in a Sod House: Darkroom Detectives
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: United States History, Geography, English-Language Arts, Literature, History-Social ScienceWhat can we learn about life in a sod house by looking at photographs? In this activity, from the OurStory series produced by t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiberty! The American Revolution
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, U.S. Constitution, The American RevolutionLiberty! The American Revolution is an online companion to the 6-part PBS series. It begins in the aftermath of the French and I...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark: "The Object of This Mission"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students compete against each other for the best "land" and "resources" in the classroom as a way to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, Life Sciences, Science, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from the Missouri Historical Society, features a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, that brings together, for the fir...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark Online Base Camp
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceVenture into the unexplored American west with Lewis and Clark in this National Geographic interactive feature. Follow the trail...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0