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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWanted Poster for Emily, a Runaway Slave
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, provided by the Ohio Historical Society, contains an image of an original wanted poster for a runaway slave. This...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEscaping Slavery: "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis 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 / HyperLinkAmerican Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Geography, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore daily life and its influences in the late 1700s for two families in different ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSan Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Native Peoples, Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceSan Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas explores a group of 18th-century missions in modern San Antonio to learn about ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe First Great Awakening
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine primary documents from the mid-18th century, and are ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlave Narratives: Constructing U.S. History Through Analyzing Primary Sources
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students research narratives from the Federal Writers' Project and describe the lives of former...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLanguage and Runaway Slave Ads
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from The Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, students use literacy strategies in approaching Virg...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Are the Origins of American Slavery?
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis essay, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Web site Digital History, assesses the origins of American slavery. One of ten essays f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLeadership in Jamestown
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, from The Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, features the leaders of Jamestown in the 18th century. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReligion and the Founding of the American Republic
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceReligion and the Founding of the American Republic examines the role religion played in the founding of the American colonies, i...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBoycotting Baubles of Britain
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceStudents analyze and interpret key historical artifacts as well as visual and textual sources that shed light on how commodities...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Literature, United States History 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 / HyperLinkVirtual Jamestown: John Smith Voyages of Exploration
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThe Virtual Jamestown Web site contains information about the history of Jamestown, Virginia. This resource provides John Smith...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceThe Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England examines the life and times of the Reverend Joseph Bellamy ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Jamestown Online Adventure
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis interactive activity, from History Globe, allows students to experience life in the early American colony of Jamestown. Usi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSavannah, Georgia: The Lasting Legacy of Colonial City Planning
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceSavannah, Georgia: The Lasting Legacy of Colonial City Planning describes the establishing of Georgia as a colony in America and...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerica as a Religious Refuge: The Seventeenth Century
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from the Library of Congress, features a site from its Religion and the Founding of the American Republic proje...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJamestown Changes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, Humanities, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students study census data showing the names and occupations of early settlers of the English se...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCongressional Committees and the Legislative Process
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis lesson from EDSITEment introduces students to the pivotal role that Congressional committees play in the legislative proces...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican American Odyssey
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, features links to online collections of materials related to Afr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0