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Maps of Mexico

Virtual Picture Travel Map of New York

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Click on New York and take a virtual tour of Manhattan. Visit places of interest such as Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and the Central Park Zoo. Uses popups.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Shortest Path

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the bridge built to connect Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Native American Settlements

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different types of homes lived in by Native Americans throughout America. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Built in America

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection documents achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories. Highlights of the collection include windmills, bridges, and buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Balsa Towers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will build their own towers using some of the techniques they have learned. The materials will consist of balsa wood and glue. General guidelines are provided, but the students will have a lot of freedom with their design to...
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Read Works

Read Works: Native Americans Who Discovered America?

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the discovery of America. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Smile!

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Ruby Bridges, the first African American to attend a Southern, all-white elementary school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Walking Tall

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Ruby Bridges, the first African American to attend a Southern, all-white elementary school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Walking Tall

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Ruby Bridges and her experience as the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Structures Around the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
How does that bridge stay up? What are the forces acting on that column? This site helps students understand how structures can be built by having them build their own. Also provides images of real structures for kids to compare with...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Strong as the Weakest Link

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To introduce the two types of stress that materials undergo - compression and tension - students examine compressive and tensile forces and learn about bridges and skyscrapers. They construct their own building structure using...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Building of Westminster Bridge

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Building of Westminster Bridge", created by Samuel Scott in 1750 (Oil on canvas, 79 x 151 cm).
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Earthquake Scientist

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how engineers use science to prevent buildings and bridges from collapsing during an earthquake.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Early America: The First Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives an overview of the timeline of humans establishing themselves in the Americas, starting with the crossing of the Bering Sea land bridge some time before 12,000 B.C. Archaeological evidence shows humans moving south and eventually...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Building the Devil's Bridge

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Building the Devil's Bridge", created by Karl Blechen in 1833 (Oil on canvas, 78 x 105 cm).
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Curated OER

Capriccio: The Grand Canal, With an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Capriccio: The Grand Canal, with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings", created by Canaletto during the 1740's (Oil on canvas, 60 x 82 cm).
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Curated OER

Capriccio: A Palladian Design for the Rialto Bridge, With Buildings at Vicenza

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Capriccio: a Palladian Design for the Rialto Bridge, with Buildings at Vicenza", created by Canaletto during the 1740's (Oil on canvas, 60,5 x 82 cm).
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: London Covent Garden and Eastward to London Bridge, 1720

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed map of London Circa1720 showing major roads, the River Thames, parks, government buildings and locations pertaining to the times of Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) east of Covent Gardens to London Bridge.
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Curated OER

Mc Cord Museum: Building a Vancouver Icon: The Lions Gate Bridge

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the history and construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge in the city of Vancouver through archival video clips and photographs.
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Boston College

Digital Archive of Architecture: Roman Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
7 pictures of famous Roman architecture in France. No supporting information is included.
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Other

Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a passage for those who wish to learn through A Midsummer Night's Dream to build bridges between real life concerns and this play, as it was in Shakespeare's time. Gives character profiles and outlines their problems in the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Breaking Barriers: Critical Discussion of Social Issues

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Through a series of picture book read-alouds and journal entries, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: A Roman Aqueduct

For Students 9th - 10th
The Pont du Gard near Nimes (ancient Nemausus) in southern France. Built by the emperor Antoninus Pius. The bridge spans two hilltops nearly a thousand feet apart. It carries an aqueduct with three tiers of massive stone arches at a...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arch of Constantine

For Students 9th - 10th
The Arch of Constantine was erected to celebrate Constantine's victory of Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge. It is situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill.

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