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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: 50 States

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the regions of the United States, find the states in those regions on maps, and play a game to locate the states. A great interactive review.
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Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: State of Texas Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the changes in Texas state agricultural industry over the past fifty years.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America

For Students 9th - 10th
Fifty years after Muhammad Ali refused military induction during the Vietnam War, a new book, "Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971" by Leigh Montville examines the heavyweight champ's controversial...
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Other

Seterra: The u.s. 50 States Map Quiz Game

For Students 6th - 8th
Test your knowledge and see if you can locate all fifty states on a map!
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50 States

50 States: Blank Outline State Maps

For Students 3rd - 8th
All fifty states are linked here to outline maps of each. Also includes outline map of the United States.
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Website
50 States

50 States: Famous People by State

For Students 3rd - 8th
All fifty states are linked here to lists of famous people from each of them.
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Curated OER

States and Capitals of the u.s.

For Students 3rd - 8th
A free software program to help students learn the states and capitals of the United States. Works on Windows. Click on "Download U.S. Map Puzzle" to receive instructions to install game and actual download link.
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Website
Other

Ifes: International Foundation for Election Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is sponsored by The International Foundation for Election Systems and provides laws about general elections for all fifty states. A nonprofit which provides professional support for electoral democracy.
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Interactive
The Washington Post

Washington Post: What Unites Us?

For Students 9th - 10th
Washington Post interactive includes people from each of the fifty states sharing their perspective of what unites our country and what it means to be an American. Also divided into thematic categories.
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Website
Other

City Town Info

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a state and then a city or town. You'll find statistics, information on housing, transportation, real estate, comments from local residents, and more.
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Curated OER

Missouri State Capital

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of the Missouri State Capital.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Marriage Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page from Cornell University Law School contains information, in chart form, about the marriage laws of the fifty states. The chart gives information about the state to state differences when getting married.
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Website
National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation: Wildlife Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
Folks are observing the effects of global warming by identifying the wildlife creatures they see in their local states. Check out the interactive map that highlights the observations in each of the fifty states. Learn how to become a...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: The Electoral College

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how the United States elects its president by using an Electoral College. A map shows how the Electoral College's 538 members are distributed throughout all fifty states and the District of Columbia.
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Article
New York Times

New York Times: Diversity in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Gauge the impact of immigration on the classroom by viewing changes in the demographic profiles of thousands of school districts and all fifty states, as a whole. Data from 1993-2006.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: 54 40 or Fight

For Students 5th - 8th
See how James Polk's plan to claim the Oregon Territory, which had been shared with Great Britain since 1818, led him to victory with the slogan, Fifty-four forty or fight. Read about the settlers who traveled the Oregon Trail and why...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Men of Philadelphia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find short biographies of twenty-three of the fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention and their ideas about government. These men were certainly not representative of the common man in the new United States, but they were...
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Other

Global Security: 54 40 or Fight

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the significant territorial changes that took place in the United States under the presidency of James K. Polk. These included the annexation of Texas, the settling of the dispute with Great Britain over claims to Oregon...
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Oregon Treaty (1845)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore how and when we got the present day border between the United States and Canada. They learn how it happened, what tensions were involved, and how Native Americans were affected.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Classification Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is an online quiz based at Quia! which allows the student to answer fifty questions on Congress and its activities, and get immediate feedback.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Finding the Slope of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will use a slide presentation to facilitate teaching students how to find the slope of a line when given the graph of the line or two points. Students will interact with the presentation in two ways: first, by taking notes...
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Website
Other

Calgary Youth Science Fair

For Students 9th - 10th
The Calgary Youth Science Fair states that it has been running for close to fifty years. So it has lots of experience to draw on. On their well-designed site, you will find information for judges, organizers, students and parents that...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Pop Art in the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Pop art in the US.
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Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, a speech by Woodrow Wilson to Congress on April 8, 1913, gives a great review of how the United States transformed from from a rural country to an urban one. It includes a review of industrialization, new inventions,...

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