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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLittle House in the Census: Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, demonstrates the understanding of how massive immigra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLincoln's Spot Resolutions
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, demonstrates the ideology of Manifest Destiny, the na...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlexander Graham Bell's Patent for the Telephone and Thomas Edison's Patent for the Electric Lamp
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis lesson, from the National Archives and Records Administration, focuses on the power of Congress to pass laws related to the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTreaty of Ghent, 1814
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, World History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis page, from Yale University s Avalon Project, provides the text of the 1814 Treaty of Ghent. This treaty between Great Brita...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAllegheny Portage Railroad: Developing Transportation Technology
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, United States, History-Social Science, GeographyAllegheny Portage Railroad: Developing Transportation Technology shows the innovative transportation system used in the 1820s-18...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe American Mosaic
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this lesson plan, from PBS The New Americans series, students work as teams to learn about the immigrant experience in Ameri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistory of the Constitution
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis resource, from Ben s Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids, focuses on the history of the U.S. Constitution. The material i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNarrative of Sojourner Truth
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, found on the American Studies at the University of Virginia Web site, provides an account of the life of Sojourne...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovering Lewis & Clark
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, 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 / HyperLinkPeople and Places in the North and South
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students concentrate on differences as they look at the way people mad...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWaterford, Virginia: From Mill Town to National Historic Landmark
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, United States, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social Science, GeographyWaterford, Virginia: From Mill Town to National Historic Landmark tells the story of a village west of Washington, D.C. In 1733,...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social SciencePalo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site offers lessons on initial battles of the U.S.-Mexican War. Topics include key indi...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnionism vs. Secessionism in Virginia, November 1860-April 1861
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this activity, from The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Project, University of Virginia, stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - After Reconstruction
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Sociology, United States History, English-Language Arts, Oral Presentations and 3 additional..In this lesson students identify problems and issues facing African Americans immediately after Reconstruction. They work in sm...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSteam Engines
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, History-Social Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Technology, PhysicsThe purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to use the Internet to explore the Industrial Revolution. They learn that ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Election Is in the House: The Denouement
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, U.S. Constitution, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students discover why the election of 1824 was decided in the House of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Virginia Resolution
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis page, from Yale Law School s Avalon Project, provides the text for the 1798 Virginia Resolution. This resource is reference...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMonroe Doctrine
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, World History, History-Social ScienceThis page, from Yale University s Avalon Project, provides the text of the 1823 Monroe Doctrine. The famous foreign policy doctr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPhotographs of Ellis Island
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Literary Analysis and 3 additional..This collection of images, presented by The New York Public Library Digital Gallery, depicts Ellis Island in the early 20th cent...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Tenement Life
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students explore what daily life was like for the millions of poor Irish...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0