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Curated OER

Cartogram of the Great Compromise

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create cartograms of populations during 1790.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sectionalism, Popular Sovereignty, and Secession

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine sequence of national events that resulted in the Civil War by using primary sources, and creating timelines and maps.
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US National Archives

National Archives: Congress Debates the Fate of the Nation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use a copy of the Wilmot Proviso and a map used by President Polk in an address to Congress to debate whether territory acquired through the Mexican War should be free or slave states. This debate in Congress served as a...