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Ohio History: Virtual First Ohioans

For Students 9th - 10th
This award-winning resource from the Ohio Historical Society presents Ohio's first cultures: PaleoIndian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and Late Prehistoric Period cultures. Click on each period for additional information and great...
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Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum: Domestic Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Has technology helped to shape our society? This is not necessarily a connection that comes to mind when we think about inventions and scientific advances. Learn about the history of domestic technology and its effects on the evolution...
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Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation

For Students 9th - 10th
By studying invention throughout history, this site encourages the inventive and creative spirit in all of us.
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State of Ohio Official Site

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Ohio state government's official website. Find information ranging from state government and its officials to arts and travel.
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Time Toast: Famous Inventions

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive timeline featuring inventions discovered between the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century.
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Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariners' Museum: The Ages of Exploration: Age of Discovery

For Students 4th - 8th
This Age of Discovery page presents naval artifacts and explorers of the 15th century to the early 17th century. It looks at European explorers who journeyed to North and South America, the search for the Northwest Passage, and...
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Other

Bringing History Home: Children Long Ago

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This Kindergarten unit introduces students to the concept of change over time by examining the historic counterparts of objects in children's daily lives, e.g., toys, food, cars, music, telephones, and toothbrushes. This develops an...
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The Peopling of America: Pre 1790 Settlers

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page displays a chart and description of the immigrants into the United States before 1790.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Patricia Polacco's Family Stories

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps students understand that families have both differences and similarities and reinforces the concept that family traditions are part of a student's heritage. Students discuss stories by Patricia Polacco and make...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Ohio

For Students 3rd - 5th
Can you guess what the Ohio state tree is? How many presidents were born and lived in Ohio? Find the answers to these questions by checking out this Library of Congress state profile.
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A&E Television

History.com: Infographics: Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what life was like for a sailor during the Age of Exploration.
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Other

The Peopling of America: 1790 1820

For Students 9th - 10th
This page displays a chart and description of the immigrants into the United States between 1790-1820.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Shawnee Indians

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief history of the Shawnee Indians in Ohio. Site also contains many links to information on other tribes, battles and complete texts of treaties.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Michikinikwa or Little Turtle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Recounts the life of Little Turtle. Little Turtle was the war chief of the Miami Indians, the most powerful Indian Tribe in Ohio, who finally advocated for peace with the new United States government.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Miami Indians

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the exciting story of the Miami Indians and how they became the most powerful Indian tribe in Ohio. Click on underlined words throughout the text to go to links containing related information.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: The Iroquois Indians

For Students 3rd - 8th
Information about the confederacy of Native Americans known as the Iroquois. Details how they lived and their allies and enemies, both foreign and from other Native American tribes.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars will create a video in talk-show format about explorers from the 15th-17th centuries. They will utilize books, the Alabama Virtual Library, and the Internet for reference. Groups of students will answer who, what, when,...
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Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: Winter Holiday Images From Around the World

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This e-book takes a tour around the world highlighting the ways different nations celebrate the winter holidays.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Celebrate Cultures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart explores various cultures, traditions, and symbols. The flipchart contains assessment tools.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Exploration of the New World

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the impact and progress of different nations as they explored the Americas. It also presents the links between that exploration, and that of West Africa. The students click and...
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Cotton Gin

For Students K - 1st
Illustrated article discusses Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, and how the cotton gin works.
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PBS

Pbs: Lesson Plan: A Nation of Many Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan is based on the "America Responds" series where learners explore the concepts of valuing diversity and appreciation of cultural differences. An integrated art, social studies, and language arts lesson plan that is...