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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 8 Grade-Leveled texts (5-12) on the topic "The Gilded Age." Mark Twain named 1870-1900 "The Gilded Age" in hopes of capturing how the era of serious social problems was veiled by a thin layer of gold. While robber...
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Oakland Museum of California

Gold Rush: Silver and Gold: Chinese Man

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about the Chinese miners who came to California during the gold rush period of American history and faced discrimination and hostility.
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Oakland Museum of California

Gold Rush: Prospecting: Chinese Placer Mining

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about Chinese miners in California and the prejudice they suffered.
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Oakland Museum of California

Gold Rush: Prospecting Coyote Hole

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information on African American miners during the California Gold Rush.
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Oakland Museum of California

Gold Rush: Indian Gold Washing

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains information and a picture about Indian prospectors. It also contains an audio clip.
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Oakland Museum of California

Gold Rush: Law, Order and Justice for Some Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about the culturally diverse mining towns in California during the time of the gold rush and the treatment of minorities.
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Oakland Museum of California

Gold Rush: Gold Fever! Prospecting

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about prospecting. You will learn about the history and see pictures on how it was done.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about rocks and their properties. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Natural Wonders

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Many of the interesting landmarks around the world are formed over time by natural processes familiar to us in our everyday lives. This still collage produced for Teachers' Domain features images of a variety of beautiful natural wonders.
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Activity
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Reader of the Rocks

For Teachers K - 1st
A nonfiction article where students read about Julie Codispoti, assistant curator at the United States Polar Rock Repository, located at Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center. The article provides an overview of Antarctic...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Rock Your World!

For Students 3rd
Travel to the Grand Canyon with gophers and learn that if rocks can tell stories, so can YOU! Practice using two different kinds of questions: comparative and descriptive, and learn that during reading time, there is no such thing as a...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: America Del Norte: Panama

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a map of Panama in Spanish, with informational data also presented in Spanish about the country. Land mass, population, life expectancy, literacy, industry, agriculture, minerals and resources are among the topics...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: America Del Sur: Paraguay

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a map of Paraguay in Spanish, with informational data also presented in Spanish about the country. Land mass, population, life expectancy, literacy, industry, agriculture, minerals and resources are among the topics...
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: America Del Sur: Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a map of Peru in Spanish, with informational data also presented in Spanish about the country. Land mass, population, life expectancy, literacy, industry, agriculture, minerals and resources are among the topics addressed....
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Estados Unidos De America: Nueva York

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a map of New York in Spanish, with informational data also presented in Spanish about the state of New York. Land mass, population, elevation, industry, agriculture,minerals and resources are among the topics addressed....
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Other

The Gold Rush: Fever

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the Gold Rush, and fever that took place during westward expansion.
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Unit Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Asbestos Hazard Assessment

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site introduces students to concepts related to asbestos and how geologists analyze asbestos in building materials. The site is divided into three components: the geology of asbestos, identifying asbestos in the lab, and...
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Sedimentary Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives short descriptions of how sedimentary deposition occurs in rivers, lakes, river mouths, coral reefs, glaciers, arid environments, and tropical environments.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Crystals: Lesson 1

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will present how to identify and classify crystals. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Crystals."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Igneous Rocks: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present how to identify and classify igneous rocks. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Igneous Rocks."
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Crystals: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present how to identify and classify crystals. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Crystals."
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Igneous Rocks: Lesson 2

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will present how to identify and classify igneous rocks. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Igneous Rocks."
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Curated OER

Bureau of Land Management: Bureau of Land Management

For Students 9th - 10th
The BLM manages one in every 10 acres of land in the United States, and approximately 30 percent of the Nation's minerals. These lands and minerals are found in every state in the country and encompass forests, mountains, rangelands,...
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Other

Webmineral: Quartz

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is filled with information on the mineral quartz. General information, images, physical properties, and resources are also included.

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