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Kingwood Library: American Cultural History: 1880 1889
The 1880's in America were chock full of new architecture, technologies, businesses, modern conveniences such as gas and electric, operas, fashions, and much more as featured in this resource.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Yearning to Breathe Free Webisode 10
This wonderful website, Freedom, a History of US, based on the series by Joy Hakim, presents the tenth webisode, Yearning to be Breathe Free. Through text, photographs, and audio segments you can get a good picture of the state of...
Other
University of Kansas: Quarked!: How Tall Are You?
Enter your height using inches or meters, and see how tall you are in units, from as tall as the Statue of Liberty and an elephant, down to atoms and quarks. Next, see if you can put the Quarkster characters and yourself in order by height.
Curated OER
Image of Immimgrants Looking at the Statue of Liberty
View a webcast of the program put on by the Library of Congress about Irish immigrants. Program includes Irish music, storytelling and poetry.
Other
Architect of the Capitol: Roger Williams
This site from the Architect of the Capitol provides a very brief biographical sketch of Roger Williams, plus a photo of a statue of him that stands in the National Statuary Hall.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Grades K 2
Here you can learn all about the U.S. Government! Find information on our nation, how our government works, your own neighborhood, and the main government symbols. Games and other activities are also included!
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Emma Lazarus
Brief biography of Emma Lazarus. Copy of her poem "The New Colossus" included.
Kidport
Symbols of America
Students will learn about America's most popular symbols through short multiple choice questions. They can find more specific information by clicking on the American Icons link.
Read Works
Read Works: Coming to America: Ellis Island and New York City
[Free Registration/Login Required] This full text is borrowed from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and provides information about the history of Ellis Island and the first person account of the immigration experience....
Read Works
Read Works: American Symbols
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage lists and explains some of the different American symbols. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
A&E Television
History.com: 10 World Engineering Marvels
These remarkable feats of design and construction transformed the ways that people travel, communicate and live. For thousands of years, mankind has engineered remarkable structures such as the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of...
Primary Games
Primary Games: u.s. Symbols Matching Game
Match important U.S. symbols, includes Statue of Liberty, flag, and monuments.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Us National Symbols
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students identify symbols used to depict Americans' shared values, principles, and beliefs (e.g. list specific symbols in the design of Statue of Liberty.)
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: u.s. Patriotic Symbols
This personal site provides information and lesson plans about U.S. patriotic symbols. Additional information is organized by states.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: National Symbols
Lesson in which students create American symbol folders to help them understand and identify national symbols.
Library of Congress
Loc: Patriot Nathan Hale Was Hanged
Highlights the life of American patriot Nathan Hale, with a brief description of his fight for liberty. Presents fascinating photos of a historic map, statue at Yale, and a portrait of George Washington.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
A French sculptor, most famous for the Statue of Liberty.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor. He is also known as Amilcar Hasenfratz, a pseudonym used for his paintings of Egyptian subjects. He created the Statue of Liberty.