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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Northern New England and Canada, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
The Northern New England states and part of Canada in 1919, showing roads.
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Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Amendments Proposed by Hartford Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the constitutional amendments proposed by the Hartford Convention in 1814, trying to get the federal government to give control of militias to the states and recognize other New England interests.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Portuguese in the u.s.: Whaling, Fishing, and Industrial Employment

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article outlines the the employement of Portuguese immigrants in the whaling industry in southern New England in the 19th century.
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eBook
Other

America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Connecticut Blacks in 18th and 19th Centuries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A curriculum unit that examines the history of slavery in Connecticut, the laws permitting it, segregation, and the struggles faced by freed blacks to achieve equality.
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Website
Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: Calvinism in Puritan Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains the influence of Calvinism on Puritan theology and writing.
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Lacroix, the Transplantation of French Canada: A Challenge to Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the migration of French Canadians into the New England area and the impact on the area and the Roman Catholic Church. By the Great Depression, nearly a million Canadians of French descent had settled in the United...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: New England Colonies: Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

For Students 5th - 8th
The Puritan clergy in Massachusetts Bay colony did not allow religious dissent. Read about the fate of colonists Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams who believed in religious freedom.
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Interactive
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Towns in the Northeast

For Students 3rd - 5th
"All communities are different. They have different locations, different attractions, different people, different businesses, and different schools." This site is about some of the cities in the Northeast section of the United States....
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Massachusetts

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Library of Congress profiles Massachusetts in this fact-filled article about the "Old Colony State."
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Distribution of Votes Ratification of Constitution in New England 1787 1790

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the distribution of votes in the ratification of the Constitution (1787-1790) for the New England States. The map is keyed to show areas where the vote was a Federal majority, where there was an anti-Federal majority, and...
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Website
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Divining America: Religion in American History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of scholarly essays consisting of instructional guides accompanied by commentary. Designed to help teachers of American history bring students to a greater understanding of the role religion has played in the development of...
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Their New Home by Annie S. Fenn

For Students 1st - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Their New Home by Annie S. Fenn (1888), a story about a boy's adventures after his family's immigration to the United States from England.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Social Change and National Development

For Students 5th - 8th
As the United States grew geographically, along with developing a national identity, there was also an increasing identity with regionalism. Read about the various regions, along with the changes in economics and religion in this period...
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: The First Emancipation

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry gives interesting information about how the Quakers encouraged legislation that led to the banning of slavery in states in the Northeast by 1820.
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Article
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History by Era: Slavery and Anti Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An excellent essay explaining the roots of the anit-slavery movement in the United States in the early 1830s and its evolution over the next twenty-five years. Read about the abolitionists, both white...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Hampshire, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1903 of New Hampshire showing the capital of Concord, counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, rivers, and mountain ranges. "New Hampshire, one of the New England States of the American Union, lies...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1899 of the United States showing the physical features of the area, including mountain systems and highlands, plateaus, basins, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. This map also shows the six conventional state...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Different or Not?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students examine cancer rates in population samples of the New England states to determine if the states' cancer rates are statistically similar. Hypothesis testing is...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Early Settlements in New England and Distribution of the Indian Tribes, 1686

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Dominion of New England (1686), showing the early settlements and the general tribal lands of the Pawtuckets, Massachusetts, Wampanoags, Narragansets, Nipmucks, Pequods, and Mohegans. "New England, a collective name given to...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Puritans

For Students 9th - 10th
This article paints a picture of Puritans somewhat different from common myth. Read about their ideas of separation of church and state, and even their love of color.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Utopian Promise: John Winthrop

For Students 9th - 10th
John Winthrop rose to power in social, spiritual and political circles and served as Massachusetts state governor for twelve years. His views are documented in "Journal." Click on "John Winthrop Activities" for related materials.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1906 of the continental or 'lower forty-eight’ United States showing state boundaries and state capitals, major cities and towns, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Inset maps show the entire North American...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1906 of the continental or 'lower forty-eight’ United States showing state boundaries and state capitals, major cities and towns, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Inset maps show the entire North American...