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Curated OER

Exploring the Past: An Archaeological Journey

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers discussion of Beringia theory and information about culture and activities of Inuit and their Asian ancestry.
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Curated OER

Australopithecus Afarensis Image: Zeresenay Alemseged

For Students 9th - 10th
In September of 2006 the bones of a female Australopithecus Afarensis were unearthed. This extremely rare juvenile specimen allowed scientists a new insight into characteristics of an important human ancestor. Learn more about this...
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Curated OER

Dikika Girl Bones Image: Max Planck Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
In September of 2006 the bones of a female Australopithecus Afarensis were unearthed. This extremely rare juvenile specimen allowed scientists a new insight into characteristics of an important human ancestor. Learn more about this...
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Curated OER

Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Ammonoids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an Ammonoid, more commonly referred to as an Ammonite, an extinct ancestor of today's octopus, squid and nautilus.
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Curated OER

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Australopithecus

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Graphic image of the ape-man ancestor of humans, Australopithecus.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
An English naturalist who established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry. He proposed the theory of natural selection and evolution.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Warner

For Students 9th - 10th
An American essayist and novelist, was born of Puritan ancestry, in Plainfield, Massachusetts.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama Dept of Archives and History: Make Your Family Tree [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
A good way to help keep up with grand parents, great grandparents, and great-great grandparents is to draw a family tree. Here are some tips on how to make one.
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PBS

Pbs: Comparative Embryology: The Vertebrate Body

For Students 6th - 8th
Provides a student handout in PDF format that looks at the developmental stages of five vertebrate organisms from fertilization to adult form. Students can look at the pictures to see the similarities and differences at the embryo stage...
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Ancestry

Historical Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here, you can read historical narratives spanning from 1791 to 1850. RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity
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Article
Other

Robertson Genealogy Exchange: Biography of George Campbell Childress

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive biographical information on George Campbell Childress, pieced together from a variety of sources, including personal letters. NOTE: There is some graphic detail about the manner of his death.
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Other

U.s. Genealogy Map Project: u.s. Border/land Claims 1804 1823

For Students 9th - 10th
A great map and a list of the acquisitions and border changes of the United States from 1804 to 1823. A concise resource showing Western expansion.
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Other

Ellis County Museum: Texas Cattle Trails

For Students 9th - 10th
This article surveys the cattle kingdom and cattle boom in Ellis County, Texas that started in the 1840s.
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Other

The Peshtigo Fire, October 8, 1871

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site is dedicated to the victims of the "largest natural fire in the history of the United States. By some estimates, nearly two thousand people were killed." Site offers many related links.
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Other

Alphabetical Listing of Battles of the Revolutionary War

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of battles with dates for each in alphabetical order.

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