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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFragment on the Constitution and Union (1861)-The Purpose of the American Union
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine Lincoln's brief but insightful reflection on the impo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLady Liberty
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis page from EDSITEment features resources relating to the Statue of Liberty and presents information about immigration and El...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Mock Constitutional Convention
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThe purpose of this CongressLink lesson is to provide students an opportunity to step into the shoes of the framers of the Unite...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWheat Farms, Flour Mills, and Railroads: A Web of Interdependence
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Economics, United States History, United States, Geography, History-Social ScienceWheat Farms, Flour Mills, and Railroads: A Web of Interdependence examines those three industries as they evolved together in th...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe U.S. - Mexican War on PBS
Grades: 8Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, Immigration and MigrationThe U.S. Mexican War (1846-1848) is a PBS Documentary that recounts "the dramatic story of a war in which Mexico lost almost hal...Contributor: Molly LargeViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, The Civil War & ReconstructionThe Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War helps students place the Battle of Prairie Grove in the con...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReconstruction: The Second Civil War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, The Civil War & ReconstructionReconstruction: The Second Civil War provides clips from the documentary, as well as transcripts, a look behind the scenes, and ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLetter: Thomas Jefferson to John Melish
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this 1813 letter, included as part of the Library of Congress s American Memory Project, Thomas Jefferson writes to cartogr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTribal Truths: Exploring the American-Indian Perspectives Toward the Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies, Geography and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research and analyze the interactions of American Indian trib...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 / HyperLinkAbraham Lincoln Papers
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, is a digital collection of Abraham Lincoln s papers. Included ar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPresident Madison's 1812 War Message: A Documentary Review
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, U.S. Constitution, American Democracy, World History, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, consists of a series of activities designed to share pertinent examples o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian in Your Classroom: Lewis and Clark and the Language of Discovery
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Lesson plans focus on Lewis and Clark as keepers of journals.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhite Southerners' Defense of Slaveholding
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 5 additional..This resource, from The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Project, University of Virginia, feature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Trail of Tears: The Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Native Peoples, United States History, History-Social Science, Immigration and MigrationThe Trail of Tears: The Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation tells about the removal of the Cherokee Nation from their ances...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Happened to Slaves When their Owners Died?
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, American Democracy and 6 additional..This resource, from The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Project, University of Virginia, feature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPort of Entry Activity
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: United States History, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this activity students assume the role of historical detective and investigate photographs and eyewitness accounts of immigra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentLife in a Sod House: Darkroom Detectives
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Literature, Geography, 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 / HyperLinkWomen of the West Museum: This Shall be the Land for Women - Hawaii
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Sociology, American Democracy, Electives, History-Social ScienceThis Web page is part of a virtual exhibition entitled This Shall be the Land for Women: The Struggle for Western Women s Suffr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSuffrage Conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, features information about and a link to a pamphlet, published i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0