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Curated OER

Attitudes About Slavery in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the historical attitudes towards slavery in Pennsylvania. They read transcriptions from two Pennsylvania newspapers and compare/contrast the county's Republican and Democratic Parties' positions on slavery.
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Curated OER

Good Brother, Bad Brother

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Studetns study how biographers create characters and history of individuals in biographies. They complete a variety of writting activities to demonstrate understanding.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Good Brother, Bad Brother

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are exposed to the writings of John Wilkes Booth. They discover that fanaticism is not just a modern phenomenon. They examine four periods in American history when treason was at issue.
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Curated OER

Railroads in Virginia

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars decscribe the importance of railroads, new industries, and the growth of cities to Virginia's economic development. They locate on a map the small towns and cities that grew because of the railroads and create a flow chart...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Progress Amidst Prejudice: Portraits of African Americans in Missouri, 1880-1920

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore and analyze a database of historical portraits of an African American family of the late 1800's. They trace the migration of one of the African Americans as he/she migrates toward urban areas.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ideas and Commodities Cross Cultural Regions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast how commodities native to certain countries have impacted the economies of other nations. After gathering information regarding how commodities are grown and traded, students use their information to...
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Curated OER

Before Rosa Parks: Upper Grades Activity: Frances Watkins Harper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the rhetorical strategies Frances Watkins Harper used, such as tone, emotional appeal and descriptive language
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Curated OER

A Sense of West Virginia

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students consider their perceptions of the world through their 5 senses while visiting the West Virginia State Museum. In this West Virginia history lesson, students discover how knowing about the past helps with their understanding of...
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Curated OER

Presentation of Pilgrims

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners are given a category to research (clothes, life before the New World, the voyage, etc.) about Pilgrim life. s Students, in groups, create presentations using software program such as PowerPoint.
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Curated OER

Historic Takes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine photographs of memorials for veterans. They identify who is being honored and why. They research one hero they find interesting and create a memorial for them. They share their hero with the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Piecing Character Traits Together from our History Using Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research basic biographical facts, contributions made to the state and country, and important historical events of both the state and country made during the lifetime of a famous North Carolinian.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evaluating the "Save the Indian" Reforms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the policies of the "Save the Indian" reforms. Working in groups, they review the motives, methods, and effects of the "Save the Indian" campaign of the late 19th century. Through discussion and writing, they form an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Challenges Faced by the New Nation's Presidents

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, while in the computer lab utilizing the internet, locate primary sources to interpret and analyze the struggle of the new nation to gain the respect of European countries. They interact with a worksheet that organizes...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: The Civil War and Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
University-level syllabus, reading suggestions, lecture notes, and quizzes for a course of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
In this course Professor David Blight explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877 through twenty-seven video lectures. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple...
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Online Course
Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1845 77

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-seven university-level lectures on the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War. Available in audio, video, or text format.
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Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Propaganda in the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Propaganda was practiced by both the Union and Confederacy. Read the many ways propaganda was used both officially and unofficially. From "The Civil War and Reconstruction" by Randall and Donald.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Women in the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary sources that explore women in the Civil War.
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Article
Texas Public Broadcasting

Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Civil War and Reconstruction 1861 1870

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of how Texas fared in the Civil War and during Reconstruction. Includes links to related videos and lesson plans.
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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Read Like a Historian: Civil War Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In the Civil War and Reconstruction unit, learners engage in contentious historiographic debates about the period: Was Lincoln a racist? Was Reconstruction a success or failure? Was John Brown a...
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Handout
Other

Texas Historical Commission: Texas in the Civil War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive 36-page history of the Civil War in Texas. Includes numerous images, maps, primary documents, profiles of leading figures, a timeline, and information about battles. Specific topics are addressed, such as the cotton...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Northern Draft Riots During the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of primary sources explore northern draft riots that occurred during the Civil War.
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Handout
Other

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Civil War Through Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Arkansas history covering the time period from the Civil War through to the Reconstruction period.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction the Generals of the Civil War

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about four Civil War generals: Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...

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