Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Discover Georgia's Stories
Learn about Georgia at this informative site that contains information about state, from the arts to land to resources.
California Digital Library
Loc: The Chinese in California 1850 1925
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.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Chapter Ten: Resources and Climates [Pdf]
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...
University of Chicago
Encyclopedia Romana: Wine and Rome
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...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Hawaiian Economics: Barter for Fish & Poi
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...
Other
Phmc: Keith C. Wolensky: Child Labor in Pennsylvania
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....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Does It Grow? Hydroponic Spinach
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]
Read Works
Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas the Mayans
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Mayan civilization. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs: The Conquistadors: Aztec Life and Times
Read about what life was like for the Aztecs before the Spanish Conquest. This is part of a larger PBS site about the conquistadors.
Kansas Historical Society
Kansas Historical Society: Kansapedia: Barbed Wire
Provides information on the various types of barbed wire and its uses. Includes photographs of several varieties of barbed wire.
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University of Vermont: Taking Care of Your Old Barn
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.
Curated OER
Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: The World: V. 1: Rivers and Civilizations: Lesson 2 Quiz
A short quiz on the beginning of agriculture.
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El Paso Herald Post
This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.
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City of Juarez.
This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.
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Bracero Small Id.
This is a brief history of the WWII Bracero Program which hired Mixcan migrant workers for American farms.
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