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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Models of American Citizenship

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the concept of American citizenship by pretending to time travel. They travel back in time to visit the eras of Thomas Jefferson, Hellen Keller, Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and community heroes....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Model Sails: Investigating Sails of Tall Ships

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the dimensions of a full-rigged ship and a schooner. Using the dimesions, they calculate and compare the area of the sails. In groups, they create model sails that require modeling and estiminating using the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

World Geography: Water: The Indispensable Resource

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars are able to explain why water is an indispensable resource in a written essay and class discussion. They identify at least three examples of where water has been a source of conflict between societies from a reading and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Do You Need?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover the difference between needs and wants. Using pictures, they develop a list of the needs and wants shown in each. They answer and discuss the answers to the questions as a class to end the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

WHERE IS AGRICULTURE?

For Teachers K - 1st
The students will identify many of the things in their lives that come from agriculture.See if someone involved in production agriculture will "adopt" your class. Students can correspond with the farmer or rancher's family. This will...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

We are all Responsible

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students desribe the interdependence between humans and nature and positive behavior with regards to natural resources. They demonstrate respectful attitudes and behaviors with regards to the environment. Students gain knowledge of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coping With War: Diversions in a Century of Global Conflict

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze photographs representing leisure and transition during a global conflict. Working in groups, 11th graders review pictures from a web exhibit. The group completes a graphic organizer analyzing the photograph for...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Australian Products Resource Page

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Australian products worksheet, students study the examples of agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and trade products of Australia. There are no questions to accompany this resource.
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Organizer
Curated OER

German Prisoners of War in Britain

For Students 5th - 6th
In this German prisoners of war in Britain worksheet, student read 9 brief paragraphs about the history of POW camps in Britain after the war.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL Reading Comprehension-"Gang Violence Increases in Sao Paolo"

For Students 6th - 8th
In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article, then complete a variety of warm up and before/after reading activities. Homework suggestions are also given.
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Website
Other

National Museum of Industrial History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore these exhibitions, previously located in the Smithsonian Institute, which feature the great Americans who contributed to the industrialization of the United States beginning with the nation's centennial celebration. Plan a trip...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: On the Move: The Transportation Revolution

For Students 11th - 12th
By reading this section of a chapter on "Industrial Transformation in the North", students will learn about the development of improved methods of nineteenth-century domestic transportation and identify the ways in which roads, canals,...
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Article
Hofstra University

Hofstra University: Transport Geography: Transportation as a Derived Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
An example of derived demand as it relates to the transportation industry.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Was There an Industrial Revolution?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan from EDSITEment discusses the actual factors leading to the Industrial Revolution in the post-civil war era. Contains many links to primary source materials.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: The Industrial Revolution

For Students 5th - 7th
The Industrial Revolution saw advancement in all areas of life. Take a look at the achievements in transportation such as improved roads, canals, and railways. Also included is a timeline of inventions in this area.
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Website
US Senate

Us Senate Committee Commerce, Science and Transportation

For Students 9th - 10th
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has jurisdiction over several areas. Come and find out more about this powerful committee by checking out this resource.
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Website
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Business and Transportation

For Students 4th - 8th
Looks at the many features of the Texas economy that make it one of the healthiest in the country, including, the financial sector, the oil industry, electricity, telecommunications, transportation, and various natural resources.
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Article
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution

For Students 5th - 8th
A very thorough look at the industrial growth in the North because of the advent of the Industrial Revolution in America. See what industries grew, how factories became more productive, and find out how the states cultivated economic...
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Website
Other

Department of Transportation: Maritime Career

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource describes jobs in the maritime industry, ways to get training for various career paths in the industry, and employment opportunities. Links to Maritime Museum websites are included.
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Website
Northwestern University

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences: Second Industrial Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy essay on the Second Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author looks at seven major aspects of technology that were affected by the revolution and makes...
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Full Steam Ahead: The Steam Engine and Transportation in the Nineteenth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, and photographs to tell the story of how the steam engine transformed the railroad industry and played crucial roles in the Industrial Revolution and westward expansion.
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Handout
Other

History World International: Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A short history of the Industrial Revolution, the reasons that it began in England, some of the significant inventions that had a major impact, changes in transportation, the rise of labor unions, its spread to the United States, and the...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The British Empire Queen Victoria and Industrialization

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about British industrialization under the rule of Queen Victoria. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Private Sector: Transport and Warehouse

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers skills that may be needed to work in transport and warehouse industry.