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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Home Healing and Family Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore their family history by examining home remedy traditions. They read and discuss a handout about home remedies, conduct an interview with a family member, and complete an interview worksheet.
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Vassar College

1896: Popular Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
A very interesting look at popular medicine in the late 19th century. Read about home remedies, door-to-door patent-medicine salesmen, painkillers, and advertisements for such remedies. Find links to political cartoons related to popular...
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Other

Garden Guides: Herbal Home Remedies

For Students 9th - 10th
This Herbal Home Remedies resource offers information on common herbal remedies for various health conditions.
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Canadian Museum of History

Cmc: Crossroads of Culture: Traditional Medicine of Immigrants

For Students 3rd - 8th
This article is only text, so should be used as a source for homework or projects, rather than as an interactive site. Great concise info for younger students who don't need extremely in depth text.