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Pbs: p.o.v. Flag Wars (Economic Competition Between Two Social Classes)

For Students 9th - 10th
A case study in different points of view about the process of gentrification. Explore what happens when new residents move into an older African-American neighborhood. Where realtors and buyers see run-down homes in need of...
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Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: Urban Political Leaders: 1800s Early 1900s

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives a description of political machines and their three parts that make up the machines. Also discusses what these political machines did and talks of their decline in the 20th century.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Classify and Infer When I Read [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site contains links to two graphic organizers to guide and assess the understanding of nonfiction text in science and social studies.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Classify and Summarize Information [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
This learning module contains a link to graphic organizers that will help students categorize content and comprehend short and extended texts. The graphic organizers are designed to be applied to reading nonfiction passages in science...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Period 6: 1865 1898

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] AP U.S. History study guide on the social, cultural, economic and political changes that occurred during the period of American expansion, industrialization, and urban migration, 1865-1898. Learning...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Compare and Contrast [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource is a poster that includes cues that will help students compare and contrast information. These questions can be applied to fiction and nonfiction passages.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Classify Facts and Opinions [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students will find three lessons about facts and opinions in this learning module. The following topics are linked in the module: contrast and evaluate fact and opinion; classify facts and opinions; and locate and classify facts.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Identify Important Info When I Read [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Links to self-assessment activities for content area fluency activities are found on this resource. Students will read, time themselves, and record facts. Students will improve their reading rates and levels of comprehension.
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Metrocosm: The Shape of the Us Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Using cartograms, compare the GDP's of rural and urban areas in the Unites States. View the 10 largest metro areas by GDP and see how the US compares to the United Kingdom in terms of GDP.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 15: The Changing American Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The rise of American cities between 1865 and 1900 was spawned by the industrial revolution. Technological advancements in industry and transportation fathered the enormous growth of large cities across the United States. This led to the...
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Lyndon B. Johnson ascended to the presidency after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. With a year to go until the election of 1964, LBJ appropriated Kennedy's "New Frontier" and transformed this agenda into his "Great Society."
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Settlement Houses in the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore settlement houses during the Progressive Era.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Electrifying America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection of primary sources explores the introduction of electric power to the United States.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The New Woman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Woman ideal.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Patronage/populism: Politics of Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the politics of the Gilded Age.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Great Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Great Migration.
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Pbs Learning Media: When Miners Strike: West Virginia Coal Mining Labor History

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore coal mining and labor in West Virginia.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Panama Canal

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection uses primary sources to explore the construction of the Panama Canal.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Populist Movement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Populist Movement.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Homestead Strike

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Strike.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Homestead Acts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Acts.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: What Interests You?

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics find out about possible careers in your future by selecting a job based on what school subject you like.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...

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