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Loc: Legacy of French Canadian Immigrants in New England

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Designed by American Memory Fellows Linda Hamel and Linda Hedrirck, this site explores the settlements of French Canadians in New England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provides teachers complete lesson plans for 8...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Americans and Canadians Celebrate Labor Day?

For Students 9th - 10th
In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City's Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: War of 1812

For Students 9th - 10th
As the country prepared for yet another war with Britain, the United States suffered from internal divisions. While the South and West favored war, New York and New England opposed it because it interfered with their commerce. The...
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Galileo Educational Network: What Stories Do We Have to Tell?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The teacher of this Grade 1/2 class won the 2006 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History for this project. Students explored the history of grain elevators in Alberta and connected their disappearance on the...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Literature of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Had history taken a different turn, the United States easily could have been a part of the great Spanish or French overseas empires. Its present inhabitants might speak Spanish and form one nation with Mexico, or speak French and be...
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The Korean War: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains in-depth information about the Korean War. Includes links to Korean War maps, a Korean War timeline, sites discussing the battles of the war, weapons used in the Korean War, and a photo documentary of the war.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Bull's Eye Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Bull's Eye by Sarah N. Harvey is about a girl's discovery that her aunt was really her birth mother. She runs away to learn the truth about her family history and has many experiences, both good and bad. In the end, she and the aunt who...
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International Boundary Commission

For Students 9th - 10th
International Boundary Commission website provides pictures and information on its history, purpose and function as a bi-national organization. Under the 1960 International Boundary Commission Act, the Commission's work is described as...
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Manitoba Model Forest Network: Sustainable Forest Management (Grade 11) [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This 167-page Science unit on forest management looks at the different ways humans have managed Manitoba forests throughout history. It explains the ways we harvest our forests, the products they provide us with, and what the future...
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Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: The Peopling of America Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of immigration timeline, which discusses and illustrates periods of U.S. immigration history, pre-1790 through 2000.
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University of Prince Edward Island

The Canal Era in Canada: The Maritimes in the Canal Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through to find information about canals in the United States and Canada during their development, particularly how it reduced transport time of products.
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Italians in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an overview of the history of Italian immigration to Canada accompanied by historical photographs, letters and news clippings. One section is devoted to the life of Fortunato "Lucky" Rao, an Italian labour leader with the...
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Curated OER

Italians in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an overview of the history of Italian immigration to Canada accompanied by historical photographs, letters and news clippings. One section is devoted to the life of Fortunato "Lucky" Rao, an Italian labour leader with the...

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