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OpenStax

Open Stax: Politics in Gilded Age 1870 1900: Social and Labor Unrest in the 1890s

For Students 11th - 12th
Learn about the factors that helped the Populist Party gain followers and what caused it to lose them after the 1896 presidential election.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Politics in Gilded Age 1870 1900: Farmers' Revolt in the Populist Era

For Students 11th - 12th
Learn about the development of the farmers' protest movement in the 19th century, and how it evolved into a political movement.
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The Environmental Literacy Council

The Environmental Literacy Council: Changing Population Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about changing population structures. Links to other resources, data and maps, and classroom lesson plans on population aging.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Portugal's Seafaring Expertise Launched the Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 15th century, a small kingdom with a population of approximately 1 million launched the era of maritime exploration that would transform the world. Portugal turned to the boundless Atlantic Ocean as its only outlet to the wider...
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Texas Public Broadcasting

Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Age of Oil, Prohibition, Women's Suffrage 1901 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how oil has played a major role in the life and economy of Texas, shaping its population, economy, and environment.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Israeli Population Statistics Table

For Students 9th - 10th
A table sorting population demographics by religion, age, and urban centers.
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Other

Census Scope: Texas: Age Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents charts showing the age distribution by gender of the population of Texas in 1990 and 2000.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: The Gilded Age: The Populists

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the history of the Populist movement, its growth into a political party, and its later dissolution. Includes questions for students at end.
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Other

The Middle ages.net: The Black Death: Bubonic Plague

For Students 4th - 6th
Describes how the Bubonic Plague was brought to Italy from China in 1347, how quickly it spread, and the devastating impact it had on Europe's population. Includes links to lots more information.
Article
Missouri State University

Missouri State University: Lost World of Gilded Age Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive look at politics between 1876 and 1896 describes how the Republican Party functioned during this time and how the excesses in politics resulted in reform and the next era in politics, the Progressive Era. A very...
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Other

Administration on Aging: Key Indicators of Well Being

For Students 9th - 10th
This site reports on older Americans and how to tell what their health status is. A good site for preventative health care and to research geriatric health.
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BBC

Bbc: H2g2: The Neolithic Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A helpful summation of the key features of the agriculture revolution of the Neolithic Age: population growth, specialization, trade, security, government, and disease.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Populations, Biodiversity and Politics of Sustainability

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore the value of biodiversity, the impacts that humans are having on the Earth's biodiversity, and measures that can be taken to preserve biodiversity.
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Virginia Tech

Digital History Reader: Demographic Catastrophe: Native Population

For Students 9th - 10th
When Christopher Columbus discovered the New World he and his entourage brought with them not only the views of Europeans, but also diseases of Europeans. This was catastrophic to the natives in the Caribbean Islands and Meso-America as...
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Patronage and Populism: The Politics of the Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
The resources here, including letters, photographs, official documents, and maps, represent the exodus of African Americans from the South to the Great Plains in the late 1800s.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Age of Exploration: The Columbian Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at the exchanges that took place around the world after the Americas were discovered. This covered the gamut from diseases which wiped out 90% of the native peoples in North and South America, to farm animals, tools,...
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Other

Miniature Earth: Comparative Demographics Worldwide

For Students 9th - 10th
Miniature Earth reduces the world's population to 100 to underscore the dramatic differences in wealth, age, faith, education, environment, and health among people who live on this planet. An excellent apply-what-you-know site for...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 5: A New Order

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the impact of the Gilded Age upon new cultural and intellectual movements, expansion of foreign trade, and political debates over economic and social policies, as well as the impact of the rise of...
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Twenty Sixth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the text and a summary of the 26th Amendment (Reduction of Voting Age Qualification).
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: The Expansion of Democracy During the Jacksonian Era

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on how the character of American politics changed between the 1820s and 1850s as a result of growing popular participation. Complete set of resources including primary source material, teacher notes, vocabulary, and strategies for...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Yearning to Breathe Free Webisode 10

For Students 9th - 10th
This wonderful website, Freedom, a History of US, based on the series by Joy Hakim, presents the tenth webisode, Yearning to be Breathe Free. Through text, photographs, and audio segments you can get a good picture of the state of...
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Vassar College

Vassar College: 1896: Mary E. Lease

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
1896, A Website of Political Cartoons is an excellent site that includes a detailed biography and historical accounts from that time. Provides links to related subjects.
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Other

Texas.com: Texas Demographics

For Students 9th - 10th
Tables using 2000 U.S. Census Bureau data showing the makeup of the Texas population, and housing, economic, and education characteristics of Texas.
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Lyceum Books

Lyceum Books: Medieval British Society, 1066 1485 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Full-text of a chapter from a multivolume work on the history of the British people describes British society during the Middle Ages following the Norman Conquest. Find information about the population, social structure, medieval women,...

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