Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Spirit of Nationalism: Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller is featured for her writings during the transcendentalist movement of the nineteenth century, considered progressive for her times as women of the era were not taught to think. Click "Margaret Fuller Activities" for...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Physical Geography of Utah
This resource provides information on the physical geography of the state.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Assyrians
Ancient Assyrians were inhabitants of one the world's earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, which began to emerge around 3500 B . C . The Assyrians invented the world's first written language and the 360-degree circle, established...
Other
Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail
This site has everything you need to know about the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Read about the stops along the 1,300-mile trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley and get personal accounts of what happened to the Mormons on...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Mountain Meadows Massacre (1875 76)
Called "the darkest deed of the nineteenth century," the brutal 1857 murder of 120 men, women, and children at a place in southern Utah called Mountain Meadows remains one of the most controversial events in the history of the American...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Palestinians
Palestinians inhabit an area east of the Mediterranean Sea and south of Lebanon. The Jordan River, Lakes Huleh and Tiberias, and the Dead Sea separate Palestine from Jordan. Christians refer to Palestine as "the Holy Land." Today...
Library of Congress
Loc: Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective
A really cool site showing Satellite (Landsat 7) images of unique geographical and meteorological phenomena. Images show cloud formations to rainforest devastation.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Pond Life Animal Printouts
Filled with printable pages of both plant and animal pond life, Enchanted Learning features fact sheets with color pictures.
Danuta Bois
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Margaret Fuller
Providing an article on Margaret Fuller (1810-1850 CE), "the first female foreign correspondent," this website includes resources for further reading and research.
Other
Joseph Bruchac Home Page: Joseph Bruchac
This site is Joseph Bruchac's homepage. It provides links to his biography, a listing of his major works, and other online resources for the author. It also provides links to several of his poems to open or download on mp3.
Other
Oregon California Trails Association: New Light on the Donner Party
The myths, mysteries, and facts are revealed at this Donner Party site. At the beginning of November 1846, a group of California-bound immigrants was trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada. By the time the last member reached safety six...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Kenya: History
Read this interesting account of Kenyan history over the last 4,000 years. There is much discussion about its recent history. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Townsend's Pocket Gopher
Townsend's Pocket Gophers require deep, moist soils of river valleys and ancient lake beds. Other pocket gophers that are found in the same region, in the northern Great Basin, prefer different soil types: Botta's Pocket Gopher is...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Rwanda: Geography
Read about the climate, terrain, and rainfall in the country of Rwanda. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Drainage on the Laurentian Plateau, 1911
A map from 1911 of a portion of the Laurentian Plateau region of North America showing the drainage and lake network west of Lake Nipigon. The map shows the division line for waters flowing to the Albany and the Winnipeg river systems,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1909
A map from 1909 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, principal cities and towns, Indian reservations, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt Lake Desert region to the west of Salt Lake.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1919
A map from 1919 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, principal cities and towns, Indian reservations, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt Lake Desert region to the west of Salt Lake.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1922
A map from 1922 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, principal cities and towns, Indian reservations, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt Lake Desert region to the west of Salt Lake.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1919
A map from 1919 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt Lake Desert region to the west of Salt Lake.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1920
A map from 1920 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt Lake Desert region to the west of Salt Lake.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1920
A map from 1920 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, Indian reservations, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt Lake Desert region to the west of Salt Lake.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1920
A map from 1920 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, Indian reservations, forest reserves, military reservations, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1911
A map from 1911 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, Indian reservations, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt Lake Desert region to the west of Salt...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1920
A map from 1920 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, Indian reservations, forest reserves, military reservations, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great Salt...