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Digital History
Digital History: The African American as Sharecropper [Pdf]
After reading about the system of sharecropping or tenant farming for the African American in the South, look at poverty statistics for African Americans vs. whites between 1960 and 1990. Is there a corelation between the sharecropping...
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: Roger Sherman (1721 1793)
In 1723, when Sherman was 2 years of age, his family relocated from his Newton, MA, birthplace to Dorchester (present Stoughton). As a boy, he was spurred by a desire to learn and read widely in his spare time to supplement his minimal...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Colonial Economy
Whatever early colonial prosperity there was resulted from trapping and trading in furs. In addition, the fishing industry was a primary source of wealth in Massachusetts. But throughout the colonies, people relied primarily on small...
Curated OER
National Park Service: National Historic Landmark Nomination: Bonanza Farm [Pdf]
On this site you will find the application to the National Park Service to include the Bagg Bonanza Farm as a National Landmark. The first part describes what is found on the land now, but if you'll scroll through the history of...
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Forests, Fields, and the Falls: Connecting Minnesota
Click Launch to view this presentation about Minnesota at the turn of the century. You will see the cartoon histories about lumbering, sawmilling, farming, and flourmilling.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Adeline Hornbeck and the Homestead Act
This Teaching with Historic Places lesson effectively depicts the life of a pioneer woman and ways in which the Homestead Act impacted her life. The site includes lesson plans, inquiry questions, and photos that may be used in covering...
The History Place
The History Place: Pol Pot in Cambodia
An overview of the Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot and his attempt to form a Communist peasant farming society in Cambodia that resulted in the deaths of 25 percent of the country's population from starvation, overwork, and executions.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: On the School Bus: Martinsburg, Indiana 1939
It's an early winter morning in rural Indiana, and Russell Bishop is getting ready to drive his school bus route. His daughter Mary Lou is with him, and his double-deep orange school bus is parked outside the family farm's barn. An...
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Usa: Chapter 8: American Agriculture: Its Changing Significance
Chapter 8 provides an overview of the history of farming in America and how the role of agriculture has changed and continues to change.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Homestead National Monument: History and Culture
An extensive site that covers many aspects of the Homestead Act, including biographies, charts, and the text of the act. From the National Park Service.
Northern Arizona University
Land Use History of North America: Irrigation Systems Chaco Canyon Anasazi
Scroll down to find title. Explanation and photographs of water drainage canals at Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde Complexes.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Our Story: Life in a Sod House
Imagine moving into a house made out of sod that you and your family had to build in the middle of a prairie! Find great information and activities that will help you understand how it felt to live on the prairie.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Metis Farmers
Article looks at Metis agriculture from fur trade days on. Includes discussion questions, teaching ideas and a bibliography.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Traditional Lifestyles Photos
A large collection of historical photos showing the traditional lifestyles of the Metis. The photos are sorted into categories, e.g., food preparation, hunting, trapping, etc.
Digital History
Digital History: From Slave Labor to Free Labor
The most difficult task confronting many Southerners during Reconstruction was devising a new system of labor to replace the shattered world of slavery. Learn how plantation owners and freed slaves adapted to this massive shift in the...
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Sussex Archaeological Society: Romans in Sussex: Countryside Living and Working
Provides details about how agriculture was practiced in England during the Roman period, how people lived on the farms and what crops they raised.
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Selected Essays on Barbed Wire: Brief History of Barbed Wire
Provides information on the development and use of barbed wire. Includes biographies on Joseph F. Glidden, Jacob Haish, and Isaac L. Ellwood, who were instrumental in its invention and marketing. For more information on barbed wire,...
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Architect of the Capitol: Julius Sterling Morton
This site has a biography of Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902 CE), the famous Nebraskan and successful farmer. He taught people about modern techniques of farming and forestry and went on to be the founder of Arbor Day.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Westward Expansion: Economic Development
In the late nineteenth century, the West developed into a modern agricultural machine- at the expense of farmers.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Crop Rotation
Wikipedia provides a definition of crop rotation, including a brief history and examples.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Agriculture Rules the South
The essay describes the devlopment of the Southern colonies as agricultural centers and the cultural aspects associated with rural, agricultural life.
University of Chicago
Ancient Mesopotamia: The First Farmers [Pdf]
In this instructional activity our class can try an experiment to show how constant irrigation, with repeated evaporation of water that left salts in the soil, eventually ruined much farming land in southern Mesopotamia.Students can fill...
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Fantasy Farms: About Alpacas
From the website of an alpaca farm, the page offers information about the history of alpacas and their recent import into the United States. You will also learn about the alpaca's physical characteristics, behavior, and commercial uses.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Western Folkways
A very brief review of what were the important ways people in the West made a living in the last half of the 19th century.
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