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Linking Environment and Farming: Simply Sustainable Soils [Pdf]
With increasing pressure on the world's natural environment and resources it is essential that we develop farming systems that have a low impact on the environment, and are also highly productive in meeting the needs of a growing global...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The High Cost of Progress
Meet an activist who works to help the struggling farmers of rural India, in this video from Wide Angle. [2:30]
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Colonial Economy and Patterns of Society
Although tied to pages from a specific text, these AP study questions allow anyone to consider aspects of colonial economics. (Answers to some of the questions are located at the following link:...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Agriculture and Human Population Growth Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about the evolution of agriculture and how it has impacted human population growth. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Troublesome Creek
Companion website to the PBS documentary on the disappearance of the small American farm.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Farmer's Market Manager
Read a conversation with Jaret Foster, a farmer who manages his local fresh market, and find out why it is so important to support local farmers.
Other
E2 Bn Gallery: Countryside & Farming Photographs
This British site has wonderful collections of agricultural photographs typical of farms in developed countries. Many of them were submitted by teachers. Students can see machinery used in farming, how grain is ground, the types of...
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Kid's World: Barnyard Palace
Kids can use this resource to get an overview of poultry, cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats.
Other
The Virtual Vine: Old Mac Donald's Farm Theme Unit
This site is a farm unit filled with songs, activities, projects, bulletin board ideas, picture book suggestions, and much more.
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Achievements: Agricultural Mechanization
This page details the mechanization of agriculture from the late 1800's to the late 1900's.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Real Dirt on Farmer John: Family Farms in America
Trace the evolution in American agriculture with this interactive timeline. Learn how the history of one small Illinois farm reflects the larger changes, decade by decade.
Other
Ifpri: Critical Choices for China's Agricultural Policy
A short analysis published in May 1999 by International Food Policy Research Institute of China's agricultural policies since 1978 and what the future might hold for China in the area of farming and food supply.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University Extension: Farm Economics
This Iowa State University site focuses on Iowa's farm economy, featuring programs and services for farmers. This is a large site and detailed site, with a great deal of information. Some on-line courses are offered.
Agriculture in the Classroom
Kid's Zone: Agriculture in the Classroom: State Agriculture Facts
Want to know about agriculture in your state? Get all the facts from this Kid's Zone site. Each state has its own printable fact sheet. An excellent tool for homework or a state report. Acrobat Reader required. Links also available to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quiz: Agriculture and Civilization
Test your knowledge on the rise of early civilizations.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Claim Testers: Episode 3 Planting Seeds
The claim-testing gang find themselves in a bind and conduct their own experiment to show how agriculture leads to more complex societies.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The New South
Could the American South be remade as an industrial economy like the North?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: New South
A quick four question comprehension check over the New South.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Westward Expansion: Economic Development
In the late nineteenth century, the West developed into a modern agricultural machine- at the expense of farmers.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: Unit: Beginnings 600 Bce
This virtual course from Khan Academy is a series of video tutorials and practice links that follow the world's prehistory through 600 BCE.
California Digital Library
Calisphere: Agricultural Equipment
A broad selection of images featuring agricultural equipment can be found on this site by Calisphere. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.
California Digital Library
Calisphere: Agricultural Laborers
A large selection of images featuring agricultural laborers. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.
California Digital Library
Calisphere: Irrigation
A broad selection of images featuring irrigation can be found on this site by Calisphere. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: El Mundo
This is an online resource in Spanish to the countries of the world, detailed maps of these countries from Mapquest, their flags, and statistical data. Statistical data includes literacy rates, industry, agriculture and natural...