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

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Colonial Period American Culture First Americans

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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

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current events

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Has a weekly Current Events News Quiz, updated every Monday

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PoliticalCartoons

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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

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current events

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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

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current events

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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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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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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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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

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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

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literacy tests reconstruction

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Literacy Tests history

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What Makes Us Moral - A to Z Health Guide 2007 - TIME - 0 views

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current events

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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

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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

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Lowell Mills

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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

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Lowell Mills

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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

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whitney; industrial revolution

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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

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industrial revolution; whitney;

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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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reconstruction

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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

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reconstruction

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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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A more detailed Oregon trail map

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Soc. Studies Gr. 8

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

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Cagle Post - 0 views

WOOD-RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Current Issues Curriculum - 0 views

Advertising and Male Violence - Lesson | MediaSmarts - 0 views

Bias in News Sources - Lesson | MediaSmarts - 0 views

Making Informed Decisions & Critical Thinking . NOW Classroom . NOW | PBS - 1 views

Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views

The Oregon Trail: 1843 Map - 0 views

Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Alabama Literacy Test - 0 views

What Makes Us Moral - A to Z Health Guide 2007 - TIME - 0 views

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - 0 views

Female Workers of Lowell, The Harbinger 1836 - 0 views

A New England Girlhood, Lucy Larcom (1835) - 0 views

Questions About Lowell Mill Girls - 0 views

HFwH | Eli Whitney - The Cotton Gin: Inventors - 0 views

Cotton Classroom: A Very Effective Social Studies Lesson Plan - 0 views

American Experience | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | Black Legislators | PBS - 0 views

American Experience | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | Access to Learning | PBS - 0 views

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