PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Rivers and Streams
Learn more about Rivers and Streams through this educational resource. This site features photographs, a description, fun facts, and more about this type of freshwater ecosystem.
Other
Primary Source: Online Curriculum
A collection of three teacher-developed curricular units that use primary resources. Topics include the Ottomans, river pollution in India, and Chinese bronze bells. Additional units are available for a reasonably priced membership.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Factory
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Hudson River School
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Hudson River School.
National Geographic
National Geographic: A River Puzzle
Use this lesson plan from National Geographic Education to explore rivers and their watersheds, using where they live as an example. Necessary vocabulary for the lesson is included as well as a puzzle for students to figure out that...
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Battle of Stones River
A source for several articles about the Battle of Stones River. You can find a description of the battle, a battlefield map, as well as the official Orders of Battle of both the Union and Confederate armies.
Library of Congress
Loc: The First American West: Ohio River Valley, 1750 1820
This site describes the early history of the Ohio River Valley. Topics covered include: Contested Lands, Peoples and Migrations, Empires and Politics, Western Life and Culture, and Constructing a Western Past. Links to primary source...
Washington State University
Washington State University: Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project
A collection of primary documents dealing with the ethnic groups found in the Columbia River Basin.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Hudson River School
Primary source documents tell the story of the Hudson River School founded by artist Thomas Cole.
Read Works
Read Works: Birth of a Mighty River
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the Amazon River and its origins. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
US Geological Survey
Earth's Water: Rivers and Streams
The USGS explains the definition of a river and how a river is supplied with water. Included is a cross section of a river. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
Other
The Source of the Nile
Describes David Livingstone's journey to discover the source of the Nile.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Reversing the Chicago River [Pdf]
"Reversing the Chicago River" is a one page, nonfiction passage about how the leaders of Chicago reversed the polluted Chicago River so that it emptied into the Mississippi River instead of the lake. It is followed by questions which...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Cambodia: Rivers
Read this discussion of the rivers in Cambodia from this Country Studies report. Find out sources and mouths of the major rivers.
Other
15.0 (High School) "Rising Tensions Over the Nile River Basin" Mini Unit [Pdf]
For this lesson students will analyze the concept of a global commons dilemma through an evaluation of a primary source document.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Rivers
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches about the journey from source to sea about rivers and identifies relevant vocabulary supported by photographs.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Rivers Are Formed
Discusses how rivers form and the different types of rivers.
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Manhattan Lying on the North River
A historic map of Manhattan created by cartographer Joan Vinckeboons around 1639 for the Dutch West India Company. A feature on the page allows the visitor to listen to and read the accompanying descriptive text in seven different...
University of Pennsylvania
Dreiser Web Source: Biography of Theodore Dreiser
This is a detailed biography on American author Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945). Read about his immigrant family, his difficult childhood, and the development of his writing career.
A&E Television
History.com: Why the Nile River Was So Important to Ancient Egypt
From nourishing agricultural soil to serving as a transportation route, the Nile was vital to ancient Egypt's civilization. The Nile, which flows northward for 4,160 miles from east-central Africa to the Mediterranean, provided ancient...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: An Underground River
Groundwater is one of the largest sources of drinking water, so environmental engineers need to understand groundwater flow in order to tap into this important resource. Environmental engineers also study groundwater to predict where...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry
This rich source includes a biography of Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950 CE), a bibliography of secondary sources, his comments on Spoon River Anthology, a look at him as a trial lawyer and critic, as well as external links.
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Mosaic: Liberia
This website from the Library of Congress has primary source documents and pictures concerning the development of Liberia as a country for freed slaves in Africa. There are links to other areas on the Library of Congress website.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
The Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture
This user-friendly site takes a close look at Metis history and culture through the use of many primary resources including oral histories, audio and video files, art, interviews, documents, and more. Very comprehensive site.