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Library of Congress

Loc: Mexican Immigration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Excellent site that examines the Mexican immigrant group beginning with early settlement in New Mexico in 1598 through to present times. The history as well as the intricate multiculturalism of this immigrant group is addressed.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: American Indian Culture of the Southeast

For Students 6th - 8th
The Southeast Indian tribes were known for their agricultural success. Examine their farming practices, pottery, mound building traditions, and societal structure in the following summary. Also included are pictures, maps, critical...
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: American Indian Culture of the Plains

For Students 9th - 10th
The Plains Indians had a dynamic society that changed over time. See how the introduction of the horse changed their way of life. Read about their religion, societal structure, housing, and tools. Included are pictures, maps, critical...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: The First American West: Ohio River Valley, 1750 1820

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the early history of the Ohio River Valley. Topics covered include: Contested Lands, Peoples and Migrations, Empires and Politics, Western Life and Culture, and Constructing a Western Past. Links to primary source...
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Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Many Cultures Blend

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief discussion of early immigration and its effect on the population of Colonial America between 1680 and 1775.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Early Childhood Today: Soulful Festival

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Provides early childhood education activities that engage African American culture. Poetry, music, foods, and more are included.
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Article
Other

Iowa Culture: American Indians and Westward Expansion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the factors, forces or reasons people moved from one geographic area to another in early America.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit features the rich oral tradition of Native Americans storytelling in various genres predating the introduction and influence of English writings, bringing three contemporary authors to light. RI.11-12.8 seminal U.S. texts,...
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Other

New York Public Library: African American Women Writers of the 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. This collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to...
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Handout
Other

The Great Plains in Midwestern Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the history of the people on the Great Plains, both the Native Americans and early settlers.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Birth of American Popular Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
American popular culture was many-faceted prior to the Civil War. Find out about the explosion of the number of newspapers and magazines, the many kinds of popular entertainment, and even phrenology as entertainment.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Early National Arts and Cultural Independence

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the national identity developed in the early 19th century in art and literature. See how both landscape paintings and literature emphasized wilderness themes.
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Website
Other

Early Cultures: Pre European Peoples of Wisconsin: Archaic Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
The Indians in the Archaic period changed somewhat from the Paleo-Indians before them. Find out about the game they hunted, and the changes in the tools they used. Find a handy chart that consolidates the information about the Archaic...
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Primary
Calisphere: University of California Libraries

Univ. Of California: Calisphere: Early California Exploration and Settlement

For Students 9th - 10th
Images showing early California exploration and settlement dating from 1780s through the 1830s and describing the social, political, cultural, and economic life and interactions among pre-Columbian people of California.
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Primary
Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: 1900 1940s: Early Advertising

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source images show the development of the modern advertising industry and highlight what these ads reveal about American culture during the early 20th century compared to today.
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Graphic
Other

U.s. History Images: Native American Tribes

For Students 9th - 10th
Published images from the mid-1800s to the early part of the 1900s depicting Native Americans from tribes all over the United States.
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Website
University of California

The Bancroft Library: Italian Americans in California

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the history and culture of Italian immigrants and their descendants in California from 1687 to the present. Shows how the people, industries, and neighborhoods of an area change over time. Includes a virtual exhibit...
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Website
Other

International Quilt Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln has created a graduate program in Textile History with an emphasis on quilt studies to nurture the appreciation of quilts as an art and for their cultural significance in history. Their International...
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Unit Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: African American Perspectives: Pamphlets From Daniel a.p. Murray Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
The Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, with the...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Archives of the West: Songs of the Plains a Selection of Cowboy Folk Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the lyrics of five cowboy songs from 1860's and 1870's.
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PPT
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art and Identity in British North American Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Consider the English identity of American colonists by examining the sorts of imported goods and decorative arts Americans chose to purchase and display.
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eBook
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Early America: Native American Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
At the time of the Europeans' arrival in North America, the land was well populated with Native Americans. Their numbers rapidly dwindled, mainly due to disease. Although there were many diverse tribes, some generalizations can be drawn...
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Website
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Slavery and the Making of America: Slave Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
What religions did slaves bring from Africa to America? This PBS series site provides the historical overview of how early African Americans preserved African spiritual beliefs and practices while enslaved, converted to Christianity, and...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Popular Culture, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A sculpture, poster, poem, and a painting that challenge black stereotypes in the early-twentieth century. Links to these precursors to the Harlem Renaissance are provided at the top of the page.