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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Homestead Acts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Acts.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: The Last of the Sky Pirates

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Fifty years after Captain Twig severed the anchor chain securing the floating rock of Sanctaphrax to Undertown, all is not well in the great floating city or the urban sprawl of Undertown. Rook Barkwater is selected as a Librarian Knight...
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Graphic
Columbia University

The Song Dynasty in China (960 1279)

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the Song Dynasty that answers the question: "Does modernity begin with the Song dynasty?" Author discusses economic growth, commercialization, urbanization, and intellectual life while studying a 12th-century scroll.
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Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Tracking Income and Benefits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a case study about an urban family, students calculate monthly net income and explore how irregular income may make it challenging to manage monthly expenses.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Shona

For Students 9th - 10th
The Shona-speaking peoples comprise about 80 percent of the population of Zimbabwe, with significant groups in Mozambique. Most of what follows applies to the Shona in Zimbabwe, who have been extensively studied. There are now around...
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: What Interests You?

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics find out about possible careers in your future by selecting a job based on what school subject you like.
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...
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Website
Other

Modern World History: Introduction to the Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
The Industrial Revolution was the most profound historical event with consequences that changed every aspect of our society. Urbanization, environmental issues, social issues, and migration are just a few areas that changed as a result...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Communities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines the various types of communities and ties into the book The Little House by Virginia Burton. It features pictures from Google Earth and questions for Activotes.

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