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Article
A&E Television

History.com: What Prehistoric Cave Paintings Reveal About Early Human Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Some of the oldest known art may hint at the beginning of language development, while later examples portray narratives with human and animal figures. What does the oldest known art in the world tell us about the people who created it?...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: African Voices: History

For Students 6th - 8th
Trace Africa's history from the earliest humans to modern times using this thematic timeline. Learn about African trade, religion, empires, and technology. Vibrant pictures are included for each time period showcasing the African culture.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Early Humans Survived the Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
The most recent ice age peaked between 24,000 and 21,000 years ago, when vast ice sheets covered North America and northern Europe, and mountain ranges like Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro and South America's Andes were encased in glaciers. At...
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Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: What Does It Mean to Be Human, Human Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore walking upright, tools and food, bodies, brains, social life, language and how humans ultimately changed the world. Excellent charts, pictures and videos accompany easy-to-understand text on the earliest humans.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Eyewitness to History (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Understanding the important events in United States history and being able to recognize how history affects current events are crucial skills for learners. This lesson plan lets them examine and analyze important milestones through...
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Human Migration Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this activity to figure out where the first humans lived. This activity requires students to read clues and use their understanding of the clues to create a map to give them a visual representation of early humans movements.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Video Transcripts

For Students 9th - 10th
A page that holds all the transcripts for videos included in the early human unit.
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Lesson Plan
The Henry Ford

Early 20th Century Migration: Transportation: Past, Present and Future [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A teacher's guide and unit plan that explores the migration of people from within and to the United States in the early 20th century up to the present day, many of them to work in the automobile factories in the northern US. Additional...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: In Search of Human Origins, Part I: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan allows students to identify and plot the locations of important African finds in the search for early human remains.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History Period 6: 1865 1898: Reform in the Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Reform in the Gilded Age is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Cuneiform and the Invention of Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article discussing early forms of writing in the Ancient Near East. Includes links to additional information.
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: The Allure of Pearls

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition of some of the first known gems to early humans, this collection of pearls includes several world famous precious stones.
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Online Course
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: World History: Unit: Beginnings 600 Bce

For Students 9th - 10th
This virtual course from Khan Academy is a series of video tutorials and practice links that follow the world's prehistory through 600 BCE.
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Handout
Other

Bradshaw Foundation: Volcanic Winter and Modern Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of the volcanic winter that happened about 20,000 years ago that destroyed most of the human population not living in Africa. Explains how these early people coped with this 1000 years of nuclear winter and how when it was...
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Handout
Philosophy Pages

Philosophy Pages: History of Western Philosophers

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a narrative survey of the history of Western philosophical thought. Provides a general description of different philosophical questions and how they were answered.
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Website
Other

Ancient Greek Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains 24 audio links to ancient Greek music and inscriptions as well as a link to types of Homeric (Greek) singing.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Predicaments of Early Republican Life

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Primary resource material focusses on predicaments in early American history. Students read primary source text to answer questions surrounding the nature of society following the American Revolution, learning about the hopes and fears...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: What Does It Mean to Be Human: Human Evolution Research

For Students 9th - 10th
Research continues to discover evidence left behind by prehistoric man. Discover the climate effects on human evolution and explore how the adaptable survived. The Asian and East African Research Projects in Kenya are described. You,...
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Handout
Other

Cartage: Discovery of Early Hominids

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive essay provides a brief history of the Australopithecines an in depth discussion of the discovery of the early fossils, and a look at the ancestors of the Australopithecines.
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Primary
University of Maryland

Early Americas Digital Archive: Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford. It provides the history of the Plymouth settlement from 1606-1646.
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Lesson Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Early Visual Representations of the New World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A instructional activity that examines how Native Americans were portrayed by artists in the sixteenth century, whose aim was to convey their appearance to a European audience, and thereby encourage investment in future New World...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Prosperity: Labor Strike

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Living the Revolution: America, 1789 1820: Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary resource material on post-Revolution America, 1789-1820, which explores the topic of religion and national identity in the early republic. Includes questions for discussion and links to supplemental material.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Actvity: Early Ancestors

For Students 9th - 10th
How much do you know about our early ancestors? In this activity you will explore our early ancestors and the evolutionary processes that led to human evolution.