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Website
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Discover Georgia's Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Georgia at this informative site that contains information about state, from the arts to land to resources.
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Handout
California Digital Library

Loc: The Chinese in California 1850 1925

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent overview of the Chinese experience in California complete with historical photos and primary documents. Site provides information on San Francisco's Chinatown, the anti-Chinese Movement, and Chinese laborers.
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Unit Plan
Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Chapter Ten: Resources and Climates [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A teacher guide designed to support a visit to the Bullock Museum, but can be used on its own using available resources. Includes information, discussion questions, activities, and worksheets. This module looks at the challenges Texans...
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Handout
University of Chicago

Encyclopedia Romana: Wine and Rome

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Encyclopedia Romana contains an extensive discussion on the development of wine cultivation in the Roman Republic. The information is very in-depth and informative, with links to additional information. This is...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Hawaiian Economics: Barter for Fish & Poi

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In ancient Hawaii, chiefs managed the economy by creating a land division system, the Ahupua'a, which divided the islands into pie slice shapes. Each Ahupua'a covered the three main regions of the islands: the mountains, the valleys, and...
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Other

Phmc: Keith C. Wolensky: Child Labor in Pennsylvania

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed leaflet descibing the history of child labor in Pennsylvania. Across the state it was never uncommon to find children working difficult and dangerous jobs in factories restaurants, on railways, in mines, as well as on farms....
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Does It Grow? Hydroponic Spinach

For Students 9th - 10th
How do leafy greens like spinach grow even in the dead of winter? One way is hydroponics- an ancient technique that could be the future of farming. [4:51]
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas the Mayans

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Mayan civilization. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The Conquistadors: Aztec Life and Times

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about what life was like for the Aztecs before the Spanish Conquest. This is part of a larger PBS site about the conquistadors.
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Website
Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Historical Society: Kansapedia: Barbed Wire

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on the various types of barbed wire and its uses. Includes photographs of several varieties of barbed wire.
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Handout
Other

University of Vermont: Taking Care of Your Old Barn

For Students 9th - 10th
On one page find pictures and descriptions of five different types of old historic barns: English Barns, Yankee Barns, Late Bank Barns, Round Barns, and Ground Stable Barns.
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Curated OER

Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: The World: V. 1: Rivers and Civilizations: Lesson 2 Quiz

For Students 5th - 7th
A short quiz on the beginning of agriculture.
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Graphic
Curated OER

El Paso Herald Post

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.
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Graphic
Curated OER

City of Juarez.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Bracero Small Id.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.

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