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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Market Crashes

For Students 5th - 8th
Although not the only cause for the Great Depression, the stock market crash in October 1929, showed the weakness of the American economy in a concrete way. Read about how the stock market values were run up by speculation, and how it...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: West African Society at the Point of European Contact

For Students 5th - 8th
Prior to European contact, western Africa's powerful kingdoms supported the arts, technology, and thriving economies. Read about the areas from which slaves were transported before the transatlantic trade began.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Rebuilding the Old Order

For Students 5th - 8th
Reconstruction in the South engendered corruption, greed, a poor economy, and a backlash against the idea of allowing freed slaves to take part in political and civic life. Read about the formation of paramilitary groups who attempted to...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Sinking Deeper and Deeper

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the creeping descent into depression in the United States upon the crash of the stock market. Find out how the economy collapsed, and how that affected employment and the lives of millions.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Life in Colonial America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson presents an explanation about who the early colonists were and why they came to America. Students will explore their lives and the economy by navigating the Internet. Students will conclude the lesson by completing a WebQuest...
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State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Energy Sources: Energy From Urban Waste

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses landfill gas recovery programs in Texas and the benefits that this renewable energy resource has for the environment and the economy.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Colonial Society and Culture the Consumer Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the development of the eighteenth century Atlantic economy allowing American colonists access to British goods leading to a consumer revolution and made printed materials available (novels, magazines, pamphlets).
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Geographyiq

Geography Iq: Mongolia: Relations With u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the history on the relationship between the U.S. and Mongolia.
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Other

U.s. Interstate Highway System: 40 Year Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an analysis of the US interstate highway system. Includes information on the impact of the interstate highway system on the economy, safety, quality of life, and national defense.
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Other

Msn: Money: Stocks

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers free access to stock quotes on a daily basis. There are other analytical information such as bearish/bullish trends of the stock .
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Southern Argument for Slavery

For Students 5th - 8th
In order to convince oneself that owning another was defensible, Southerners aruged that there were economic, religious, historical, and legal reaons that slavery was a good thing. Read about some of these justifications in more detail,...
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Other

City History of Wilmington, Delaware

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of Wilmington, Delaware, and the growth of industry in that city.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Moldova

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress offers an extensive site with all kinds of information on Moldova. Included is a country profile, historical background, culture, and many more subjects.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Tea Party Activists Protest Taxes, Big Government

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tea Party movement was organized in February 2009, in protest to Obama's stimulus package. This article discusses the movement's link to the original Boston Tea Party, personalities identified with the the movement and their aims....
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Flappers

For Students 5th - 8th
The liberation of women as expressed by the flappers of the 1920s was in stark contrast to the actions of women in the Victorian Age. Read about how flappers expressed their freedom in fashion, employment, and leisure activities.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Gilded Age

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
The United States had an industrial resurgence after the Civil War. Read about the growth of big business in many areas and the men associated with these businesses. See also the people who did not prosper during this time and evaluate...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Economic Crisis of the 1780s

For Students 5th - 8th
Find out how massive debt and trade restrictions threatened the very existence of the new United States. See how debt affected the central and state governments as well as the average citizen.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Middle Colonies

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the geographic position of the Middle Colonies and the diversity that made those colonies a crossroads of ideas.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Southern Colonies: Creating the Carolinas

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the founding of the Carolina colony as a place of plantations and aristocrats. See how the farmers in the northern part of Carolina chafed at the control of the rich in the south and split off into North and South Carolina in...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Republicans vs. Democrats

For Students 5th - 8th
A review of Bill Clinton's domestic policies and scandals in his two terms of office. Focus is on the rancor of the Republicans against Clinton.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking: Smuggling

For Students 5th - 8th
The economic theory of mercantilism led to wholesale smuggling by the American colonists. Read about why the idea of mercantilism was so abhorrent to the colonists, and look at the attempts the British made to make the colonists obey....
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Cotton and African American Life

For Students 6th - 8th
But for the invention of the cotton gin, slavery perhaps would have died out in the United States in the early 19th century. Read about why technological advances caused the spread of slavery in the South and read about how slaves clung...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Writing Roulette: Walmart Sells Everything!!!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
As a part of the study of Economics, the students will cooperatively write an essay using terms associated with the basics of economics. In cooperative learning groups of four students will use a word list and prior knowledge to...
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Political Resources on the Net

Political Resources: Azerbaijan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the political aspects of the country, Azerbaijan. Includes many, many useful links.

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