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Curated OER

Money Math Lessons for Life

For Teachers 7th - 9th
An outstanding instructional activity on financial literacy is here for you. Learners are presented with six scenarios, then compute the amount of savings they will have in their accounts. They complete a series of exercises designed to...
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Instructional Video4:29
Pentatonix

Evolution of Music - Pentatonix

For Students 4th - 12th
Explore music through the decades with an engaging video brought to you by the 5-part harmony acapella group, Pentatonix. Genuine musical talents sing through a variety of popular music from the 11th century to the 2010's. Artists...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Utopian Promise

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Scholars learn all about the Puritans in the third installment of a 16-part lesson series. After watching a video, they read and discuss biographies of Puritans and Quakers from American history, write journal entries and poetry, and...
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Activity
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Tale of the Tape

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can baseball and skeet-shooting be modeled mathematically? Sports lovers and young mathematicians learn how to use quadratic equations and systems of equations to model the flight paths of various objects.
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Activity
Curated OER

Prescient Grading

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do homework grades really determine test scores? Learn whether lines of best fit, correlation coefficients, and residuals can be used to determine test scores when given homework grades. (It would certainly save teachers time in grading...
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Instructional Video4:09
PBS

The Pilgrims: European Plague in Native New England, 1616-1619

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Before the Pilgrims' arrival to New England, a vicious plague swept across New England and wiped out over 50% of the Native American people from Maine to Massachusetts. Watch a video that examines this devastation and the role it played...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money Math

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students define human capital and income earning potential. In this algebra activity, students analyze the relationship between income and capital resources. They calculate tax rates and understand how to read a tax table.
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Worksheet
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ELLIS ISLAND: THE EARLY DAYS

For Students 6th - 7th
In this reading comprehension worksheet about the history of Ellis Island, students are given a 7-paragraph essay to read and 5 follow-up multiple-choice questions to answer.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Connecticut

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this Connecticut worksheet, learners read about the history of Connecticut and answer true and false questions about it. Students complete 10 true and false questions.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Mohegan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short description of the Native American tribe Mohegan.
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Culture, Traditions, and Celebrations, Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Various speakers discuss Native American culture, tradition, and celebrations, from the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut to the Forest County Potawatomi of Wisconsin. [4:42]
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Website
Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Splint Baskets of the Northeast

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive look at the splint baskets made by the Northeast Woodland Indians. See a slide show of the types of baskets, find out how they were made, and look at the many designs. Use the topic index on the left to navigate the site.
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Website
Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Pottery and Clay

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the Northeast Woodland Indians used clay to make pottery. From the index you can find out about the kinds of pottery, the development of shapes, the designs, and how the pottery was made.
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Treaties and Sovereignty, Part 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This performance tells a story about a Mohegan elder who teaches a farmer a lesson about respecting elders and avoiding violence in conflict resolution. [2:20]
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Tribal Relations, Part 6

For Students 9th - 10th
Sister Betty Jean of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut tells a story about the narcissistic Cornhusk Woman. [2:07]
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Website
Columbia University

The Pequot War

For Students 9th - 10th
Site includes brief essay on the Pequot War, timeline, maps of the battles and 17th century settlements, as well as link to Pequot Museum and Research Center.
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Website
Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Native Rings and Bracelets

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes different types of bracelets and rings worn by Native Americans, mainly in the New England area, during the 17th century. It also describes how they were made and the source of the metal used.
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Graphic
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pequod (Pequot) War, 1636 1638

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of southern Connecticut and Rhode Island showing the area of the Pequot War (1636-1638) between the allied Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies against the Pequot tribe. The map shows the territories of the Mohegans, Narragansetts,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Country East of the Mississippi, 1650

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of the country east of the Mississippi for the year 1650, forty-seven years after the settlement of Jamestown. This map shows early commencement of European settlement and the principal Native American tribal lands east...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Location of the Eastern Indian Tribes, 1600s

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of eastern North America showing the general areas of early contact between the Native Americans and European settlers. The map is divided by groups (Algonquians, Iroquoians, Siouans, and Muskhogeans) and the principal...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Early Settlements in New England and Distribution of the Indian Tribes, 1686

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Dominion of New England (1686), showing the early settlements and the general tribal lands of the Pawtuckets, Massachusetts, Wampanoags, Narragansets, Nipmucks, Pequods, and Mohegans. "New England, a collective name given to...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ct: Fort Shantok Archeological District

For Students 9th - 10th
Mohegan settlement and home of the seventeenth century sachem Uncas.

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