McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Higher Education: Old World, New Worlds
This article from McGraw-Hill Higher Education discusses European exploration in the late 1400s and 1500s and its impact on English colonization hundreds of years later.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Colonial Network News: Ben Franklin Flies a Kite
The learners will create a news program about Benjamin Franklin and life in colonial times. The students will work in groups of complete research and prepare a video presentation. Learners will utilize books and various web sites to...
Curated OER
Hesquiaht Woman From the Central Nootka Tribe, British Columbia, 1916
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Photograph of an Aboriginal Man Standing in a Graveyard, Fort Qu
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Man, Kneeling, in Traditional Clothing Portraying a 17th Century Aboriginal Man
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Photograph of a Man Paddling a Kayak Off the Coast of Greenland, 1889
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking: Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious event that spread across all the colonies. Read about how it was a reaction against the Enlightenment and how it led to many different Protestant denominations.
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Unesco: Mexico: El Tajin, Pre Hispanic City
Located in the state of Veracruz, El Tajin was at its height from the early 9th to the early 13th century. It became the most important centre in north-east Mesoamerica after the fall of the Teotihuacan Empire. Its cultural influence...
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Burma Shave Jingle
National Public Radio's page on American culture considers the Burma Shave signs that graced American roadways from the late 20s through the early 60s and became an advertising success story.
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Map of Burma Shave Signs
National Public Radio's page on American culture considers the Burma Shave signs that graced American roadways from the late 20s through the early 60s and became an advertising success story.
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Penguins Near Burma Shave Signs
National Public Radio's page on American culture considers the Burma Shave signs that graced American roadways from the late 20s through the early 60s and became an advertising success story.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Yuchi Town Site
This archaeological site was occupied by the Apalachicola and Yuchi tribes. During the 17th century, the Apalachicola tribe allied with the Spanish in Florida against the English in Carolina and were ultimately destroyed as a culture....