Curated OER
Time Zones: Enrichment
In this time zones activity, students review the chart with the United States' time zones. Students use the time zone clocks to find the correct times in each problem.
ProCon
Daylight Savings Time
An entomologist named Geroge Vernon Hudson is credited with proposing Daylight Saving Time (DST) so he could better study his insects. Using the informative website, scholars read a brief introduction to the topic and then explore the...
Bully Free Systems
Bully Free Lesson Plans—Ninth Grade
"Bullying and Prejudice" and "Do You Cyber Bully," two lessons from a complete Bully Free program, serve as samples of the approach used in a unit designed to bring awareness to and to combat bullying. Each lesson asks class...
Smithsonian Institution
Cold War
The Cold War was not necessarily always cold in temperature, but the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union sure was frigid! Scholars read various passages, view exhibition graphics, and observe an artifact from the...
Curated OER
US Geography Crossword
In this 50 states worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle with facts about US geography. There are 22 words to fit in the puzzle, which has no word bank.
Bully Free Systems
Bully Free Lesson Plans—12th Grade
Two sample lessons from a curriculum unit on bullying provide high school seniors with an opportunity to assess their online and cell phone behavior and to consider how they can offer support to bullied students. Each plan includes an...
Curated OER
Delaware: Crossword Puzzle
In this United States history learning exercise, students use the 15 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to Delaware.
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Florida: Crossword Puzzle
In this United States history instructional activity, students use the 16 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to Florida.
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Indiana: Crossword Puzzle
In this United States history worksheet, students use the 15 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to Alabama.
Bully Free Systems
Bully Free Lesson Plans—10th Grade
Two lessons, "What Does Cyber Bullying Look Like?" and "Factors Influencing My Reporting the Bullying of Others," serve as examples of the 12 included in a Bully Free curriculum. Each plan includes discussion questions, an activity,...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Four Standard Time Zones Introduced
How and why did the United States come to have four time zones? Learn about how cities and railroad travel impacted the development of these zones. Includes video (requires RealPlayer).
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Did Trains Standardize Time in the United States?
This animated video explains the relationship between time zones and trains. If you live in the United States, you live in one of the standardized time zones. But these time zones have not always been around. In fact, it's a fairly...
Other
Time and date.com: The World Clock Time Zones
This website has a variety of time resources. You can find a major city and its time. If you click on that city it will give you lots of information.
Other
Time Zones for P Cs
This site from Time Zones for PCs provides a colorful, interactive maps of the United States and the world. Click on one of the starred cities to find out what time it is there.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Railroads in United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the railway network and connecting steamship lines. This map distinguishes the transcontinental railroads and secondary lines, and shows the standardized time zones used in 1910. The clock...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Standard Time in the United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the time zones as they were then established. Clock-symbols at the bottom of the map show the comparative times when it is noon in London. "Formerly every city used its own sun time, or local...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Commercial Map of the United States, 1872
A commercial map from 1872 of the United States showing the principal railroad and steamship routes in the region at the time. The map shows state boundaries and capitals, major cities and ports, submarine telegraph cables to Europe,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Standard Time Belts, 1903
A map from 1903 of the United States showing the time zones as they were then established. "The heavy dotted line shows the arbitrary divisions of time in the United States. The plus and minus marks on either side of the meridian lines...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Standard Time Belts, 1901
A map from 1901 of the United States showing the time zones as they were then established.
Curated OER
Time Zones for P Cs
This site from Time Zones for PCs provides a colorful, interactive maps of the United States and the world. Click on one of the starred cities to find out what time it is there.
Curated OER
Time Zones for P Cs
This site from Time Zones for PCs provides a colorful, interactive maps of the United States and the world. Click on one of the starred cities to find out what time it is there.
Curated OER
Time Zones for P Cs
This site from Time Zones for PCs provides a colorful, interactive maps of the United States and the world. Click on one of the starred cities to find out what time it is there.
Curated OER
Time Zones for P Cs
This site from Time Zones for PCs provides a colorful, interactive maps of the United States and the world. Click on one of the starred cities to find out what time it is there.
Curated OER
Time Zones for P Cs
This site from Time Zones for PCs provides a colorful, interactive maps of the United States and the world. Click on one of the starred cities to find out what time it is there.