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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlavery and the American Founding: The “Inconsistency not to be excused”
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis lesson focuses on the views of the founders expressed in primary documents from their own time and in their own words showi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Early ExplorersRivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America looks at historical maps, relations with Indians, and expedit...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWomen in the Civil War
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In 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 / HyperLinkWould You Have Helped Out?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Philosophy, GeographyIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students investigate the dangers faced by escaping slaves and their helpers on the Underground ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentAmerica on the Move Classroom Activity Guide - Unit 2: 1920's Industrial Nation - Taking a Deeper Lo
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will examine a primary source fr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInteractive Constitution
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, U.S. Constitution, History-Social Science, Branches of GovernmentInteractive Constitution lets you search the Constitution and find relevant passages and explanations. Discover how the Constitu...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWestern Expansion and Reform: A Book Caused a War?
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis Web page, part of the Jump Back in Time section of the America s Story Web site, describes how Harriet Beecher Stowe ca...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn the Eve of War: North vs. South
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis lesson will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the North and South on the eve of the war.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNorthern Great Plains, 1880-1920
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, United States, GeographyNorthern Great Plains, 1880-1920 shows 900 photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections of rura...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Transcription of the U.S. Constitution
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis Web page, found on the National Archives Experience Web site, provides a transcription of the U.S. Constitution in its orig...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Battles of the Civil War
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis lesson focuses on the key battles of the war and how they contributed to its outcome. It will also examine the "total war"...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCampaign for Vicksburg, 1863
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History, History-Social ScienceCampaign for Vicksburg, 1863 describes the effort of the Union Army of Tennessee to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi. Taking Vick...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Debate Against Slavery
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students argue against slavery using evidence they gather from archiva...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLincoln/Net
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, American Democracy, United States History, History-Social Science, Branches of GovernmentLincoln/Net presents writings, speeches, and materials from Abraham Lincoln's years in Illinois (1830-1861). Biographical mater...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkValley Spirit May 1860 Newspaper Transcriptions
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Arts, Media, & Entertainment, United States History, History-Social Science, Career & Technical EdThis resource, from the University of Virginia s Web site Jefferson Village, is a transcription of an original newspaper that ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBattle of Honey Springs: The Civil War Comes to the Indian Territory
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History, History-Social ScienceBattle of Honey Springs: The Civil War Comes to the Indian Territory illustrates how the war, when it moved to the rolling prair...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCivilWar@ Smithsonian
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History, History-Social ScienceCivilWar@ Smithsonian examines the Civil War through collections of artifacts. Topics include slavery and abolition, Abraham Li...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAttitudes Toward Emancipation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, HumanitiesIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students explore the obstacles and alternatives facing the nation at the time of the Emancipatio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSiege of Port Hudson: Forty Days and Nights in the Wilderness of Death
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History, History-Social ScienceSiege of Port Hudson: Forty Days and Nights in the Wilderness of Death describes the struggle for control of the vital Mississip...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0