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North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State: Famous North Carolinians

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find links to biographical sketches of famous persons from North Carolina.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Debate Over Slavery

For Teachers 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains information about the renewed debate over the spread of slavery after the Mexican War. It describes the Wilmot Proviso, popular sovereignty, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Manifest Destiny

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides interesting facts and important information about the idea of Manifest Destiny and details of Westward Expansion in the United States over a fifty-year time span in the 1800s.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn interesting facts about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the American Mexican War (1846-1848).
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Mexican American War

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the causes of the Mexican American war and provides facts about the history, famous people, and events surrounding it.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: Rattle and Snap

For Students 9th - 10th
This mansion was built in the Greek Revival style by a relative of President James K. Polk, and sports a distinctive Corinthian portico.
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Unit Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Lincoln's Spot Resolutions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This "Teaching with Documents" lesson on Lincoln's spot resolutions explores the Mexican War, Lincoln's questioning of the propriety of the war, and the power of the U.S. President at that time. Content includes extensive historical...