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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Smoking Stinks

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the reasons kids start smoking, why it is bad for you, and how you can encourage your friends to quit in this article for kids. Includes a brief video. [1:39]
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Integrated Pest Management Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives general info on Integrated Pest Management. Along with news, IPM contacts, publications, and related links. Also lists various subject areas to look into.
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Other

On Science: Addicting Kids to Nicotine

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizing research found at the Mayo Clinic, this article explains why kids, who have only smoked a few cigarettes, "experience the same symptoms of nicotine addiction as adults who smoke heavily." Learn about how nicotine affects the...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Agriculture Rules the South

For Students 9th - 10th
The essay describes the devlopment of the Southern colonies as agricultural centers and the cultural aspects associated with rural, agricultural life.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The New South

For Students 9th - 10th
Could the American South be remade as an industrial economy like the North?
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: New South

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick four question comprehension check over the New South.
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The Washington Post

The Sherman Antitrust Act

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very short article, which briefly explains what a trust is and how a trust is formed. Included is a summary of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which prohibited the creation of trusts and monopolies in 1890.
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: The Biology Project: Chemicals and Human Health

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Arizona's Biology Project provides background information on toxic materials and the body's responses as well as interactive tutorials with assessment questions and an activity in which students can actually acquire and...
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Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Eastern Woodland Metal Pendants and Ornaments

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes and illustrates the transition from bone and other materials to metal gorgets and pendants made and worn by Native Americans.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Borracheras

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on binge drinking presents many facts about binge drinking and the consequences of it.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Heroin

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this chart from Kids Health as a quick reference to information about heroin. Find out how it is used, what it's called, where it comes from, and what it does to your body.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Missouri, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1904 of Missouri showing the capital of Jefferson City, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers. An inset map details St. Louis. "Missouri - Organized as a Territory in 1812; admitted to the statehood in 1821. Its lead...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Products of India (I), 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1912 of India, showing the major agricultural production regions for millets and pulses (grain crops), cotton, coffee, opium and tobacco. The map shows major cities, rivers, and terrain that effect cultivation and...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Economic Activity in India, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1915 of British India, showing principal economic products of the region at the time. The map is color-coded to show areas where tea, wheat, rice, opium, tobacco, jute, and cotton are grown, and areas of coal extraction....
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Manufacturing Areas, 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1907 of the United States showing the principal manufacturing areas in 1900. The star symbol in Ohio represents the mean center of manufacturing in the nation. Each symbol represents gross $25,000,000 or fraction more than...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Manufacturing Areas , 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the United States showing the principal manufacturing areas in 1900. The star symbol in Ohio represents the mean center of manufacturing in the nation. Each symbol represents gross $25,000,000 or fraction more than...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: United States Economic Regions, 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1912 of the United States showing the principal industries of the region. The map is color-coded to show the areas of fishing grounds, industrial centers, coal mining areas, petroleum fields, and iron ore fields. This map...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Economic Activity in North America, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1916 of North America showing the economic production areas of the region. This map is color-coded to show industrial districts, productive, and non-productive regions. The map shows the principal extraction areas for coal,...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Commercial Map: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
North American commercial activities including: major agricultural crops (barley, corn, wheat, coffee, tobacco, et cetera) and secondary agricultural crops (oranges, lumber, wine); primary mining extraction (coal, gold, silver,...
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Curated OER

Unesco: China: Fujian Tulou

For Students 9th - 10th
Fujian Tulou is a property of 46 buildings constructed between the 15th and 20th centuries over 120 km in south-west of Fujian province, inland from the Taiwan Strait. Set amongst rice, tea and tobacco fields the Tulou are earthen...
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Smoking Device in Two Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
A smoking device that is in two parts. There is the smoking tube, a large part of which is missing, and the tube for the coals and tobacco. Both parts have the remains of decoration.
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Curated OER

Neuroscience for Kids: Nicotine

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site learn about the dangers and effects associated with tobacco use and nicotine. Read about how nicotine effects the body and brain and how a nicotine addiction is very difficult to break.
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Curated OER

Neuroscience for Kids: Nicotine

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site learn about the dangers and effects associated with tobacco use and nicotine. Read about how nicotine effects the body and brain and how a nicotine addiction is very difficult to break.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pierre Lorillard

For Students 9th - 10th
Manufacturer of American tobacco and owner of a thoroughbred race horse.

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