Curated OER
Annual Wetland Plant Diversity Survey
Students locate an area of marsh and, by measuring the total number of individual plants in a sample area, determine whether purple loosestrife population density is correlated to the total plant diversity of the community. They...
Curated OER
Population Diversity And Human Rights
Students explore the concept of economic sanctions. In this population diversity and human rights activity, students examine how the United States uses economic sanctions to support or prohibit international activities. Students present...
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University of California
History Project: Identifying Colonial Diversity Through Passenger Lists [Pdf]
Lesson plan using primary sources in which students examine colonial ship passenger lists to identify diversity in the colonies.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Cross Cultural Colonial Conflicts
A collection of primary sources which explores cross-cultural conflicts during the Colonial period of United States history.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Many Cultures Blend
Brief discussion of early immigration and its effect on the population of Colonial America between 1680 and 1775.
Digital History
Digital History: Diversity in Colonial America
Read about the diversity in colonial America and the ways founders of colonies tried to encourage settlement in their colony.
PBS
Liberty: Chronicle of the Revolution: Diversity
A brief look at the population increase in colonial America. Find out where all these immigrants came from and what they did in the colonies. From PBS.
Other
Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia: Germanna
This resource povides historical information about the German immigrants who settled German settlements in Virginia.
Other
Population Reference Bureau: Country Stats & Reports
This site from the Population Reference Bureau could actually be considered a search engine or the beginning page of a data base. It is a thorough source of information on global population including hyperlinks to organizational sources,...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking: What Is the American?
Even colonial America was a melting pot of people from far away. Read about the diversity of the population and why it had an effect on the possibility of rebellion and revolution.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Dutch Influences Remain
This resource describes how New Netherland, later to be called New York, was originally possessed by the Dutch. Many traditions stem from the practices that they started.