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Essential Questions in American History | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - 0 views

www.gilderlehrman.org/...ial-questions-american-history Colonial Period American Culture First Americans
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  • Adam Blumer on 18 Jun 12
     
    A list of essential questions by US History unit, with a short presentation on one question from a scholar in video form.
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NewsCurrents, Current Events for Kids, Classroom Current Events - 0 views

www.newscurrents.com/...index.html current events
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    Has a weekly Current Events News Quiz, updated every Monday
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Cagle Post - 0 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 19 Jun 12
     
    Collection of the best and most popular political cartoons from around the US
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WOOD-RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Current Issues Curriculum - 0 views

www.wood-ridgeschools.org/...ci.pdf current events
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  • Kate Harrigan on 19 Jun 12
     
    NJ school district's Current Issues class course description. Some interesting topics/ideas for class. Geared toward what looks like 12th grade, but some def. overlap
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Advertising and Male Violence - Lesson | MediaSmarts - 0 views

mediasmarts.ca/...ising-and-male-violence-lesson current events
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  • Kate Harrigan on 19 Jun 12
     
    Interesting topic about whether there is a link between advertising and violence in men
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Bias in News Sources - Lesson | MediaSmarts - 0 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 19 Jun 12
     
    Lesson on bias in news sources. could be an interesting way of looking at the presidential election coverage
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Making Informed Decisions & Critical Thinking . NOW Classroom . NOW | PBS - 1 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 19 Jun 12
     
    Interesting quotes and lesson on how to teach critical thinking and making informed decisions/opinions
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Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 19 Jun 12
     
    NYTimes site on topics that are debatable and have opposing viewpoints shared by variety of voices. Interesting, wide ranging topics.
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The Oregon Trail: 1843 Map - 0 views

www.historyglobe.com/...otmap1.htm Westward Expansion
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    A basic, but clear map of the Oregon Trail
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Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Alabama Literacy Test - 0 views

www.crmvet.org/lithome.htm literacy tests reconstruction
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  • Kate Harrigan on 13 Apr 10
     
    Literacy Tests history
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What Makes Us Moral - A to Z Health Guide 2007 - TIME - 0 views

www.time.com/...5055_1685076_1686619-1,00.html current events
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  • Adam Blumer on 30 Apr 10
     
    could be used in FH as identity or in later times in terms of little or big steps, but an interesting article about how morality deveops.
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - 0 views

ddickerson.igc.org/protocols.html
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  • Adam Blumer on 11 May 10
     
    A site focused on the Protocols--- has commentary as well as the actual text.
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Female Workers of Lowell, The Harbinger 1836 - 0 views

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    Magazine report on the conditions of workers in Lowell mills. note the early date, 1836
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A New England Girlhood, Lucy Larcom (1835) - 0 views

www.learner.org/...larcom.html Lowell Mills
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  • Kate Harrigan on 14 May 10
     
    excerpt from Lucy Larcom's book A New England Girlhood. Gets at some of the harsh rules/expectations of girls.
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Questions About Lowell Mill Girls - 0 views

www.library.csi.cuny.edu/...queslowe.html Lowell Mills
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  • Kate Harrigan on 14 May 10
     
    Questions to go along with some of the primary sources on this sight
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HFwH | Eli Whitney - The Cotton Gin: Inventors - 0 views

www.havefunwithhistory.com/...cottonGin.html whitney; industrial revolution
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  • Kate Harrigan on 24 Jun 10
     
    Interesting video showing a quick reenactment of Whitney's Cotton Gin
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Cotton Classroom: A Very Effective Social Studies Lesson Plan - 0 views

www.cottonclassroom.com/videoofcottonbeingcleaned.html industrial revolution; whitney;
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  • Kate Harrigan on 24 Jun 10
     
    This is an AWESOME clip demonstrating how cotton was cleaned by hand. This would be an awesome preview to why the cotton gin was such a huge improvement on the cotton industry.
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American Experience | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | Black Legislators | PBS - 0 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 11 Apr 10
     
    Request by African Americans in a small Georgian town for federal troops to help protect them from violent white neighbors
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American Experience | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | Access to Learning | PBS - 0 views

www.pbs.org/...ps_highgate.html reconstruction
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  • Kate Harrigan on 11 Apr 10
     
    Primary Source from African American female recounting her experiences related to education in the South for former slaves.
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Oregon_Trail_Map.jpg 1000×431 pixels - 0 views

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  • Adam Blumer on 09 Feb 10
     
    A more detailed Oregon trail map
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