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Agriculture in the Classroom

Natl Agriculture in the Classroom: A Look at North Carolina Agriculture [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the agricultural industry in North Carolina. Find bulleted facts on the climate of North Carolina, its soil, farm animals, and crop production. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today 2004 Corn Crop Is a Bin Buster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this resource, students will examine and evaluate data on the corn harvest in the United States over the past several years. Using the USA TODAY Snapshot "2004 corn crop is a bin-buster," data from the USDA Statistics Service...
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University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Mapping History: Slave Crops in the American South: 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
This very interesting map shows the crops grown by slaves on plantations in pre-Civil War South.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Fresh From the Farm

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read about some of the products we get from farms. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
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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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Ireland Information

Agriculture (Ireland)

For Students 9th - 10th
The impact of agriculture on the Irish economy, and the main crops grown in Ireland.
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Other

Successful Farming: Agriculture Online

For Students 9th - 10th
From Successful Farming magazine, this site presents agriculture news and features for people who are professionals and those studying agriculture. Links to valuable, up-to-date information on topics such as crop news and weather patterns.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Hearths of Agriculture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two period lesson focuses on crop familiarity and its relationship to current agricultural production.
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Other

Soil Association: Food for Life Curriculum Pack [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A curriculum focusing on food production and consumerism.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Go Bananas: Introduction to Bananas

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The aims of this flipchart are to introduce the banana as a 'product' and 'crop' - not just as food. It can support a single lesson, or be part of a series of lessons about fair trade and food production.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Go Bananas: Fairtrade

For Students 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is the third in a series from Oxfam, and broadens the issues out from bananas to other food crops that are subject to Fair Trade agreements. It encourages the pupils to debate the issues...
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Agriculture in the Classroom

Kid's Zone: Agriculture in the Classroom: State Agriculture Facts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Want to know about agriculture in your state? Get all the facts from this Kid's Zone site. Each state has its own printable fact sheet. An excellent tool for homework or a state report. Acrobat Reader required. Links also available to...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Eve of the Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief review of how the nation changed from 1790 to the 1820s. See how the production of goods moved from the home to factories and read about the change in the way workers were compensated.
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The Newberry Library

Frontier to Heartland: Join the Women's Land Army

For Students 9th - 10th
See a recruitment poster encouraging women to join the Women's Land Army to help work the land and harvest crops in World War II.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Kikuyu

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kikuyu, a major ethnic group of Kenya, numbered about 4.4 million in 1987, accounting for about 20 percent of Kenya's population of 25 million.The Kikuyu were originally hunter-gatherers, but they gradually adopted horticultural...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Agriculture: Ranching in a Changing Land

For Students 4th - 8th
Looks at the history of agriculture in Texas, from the cattle drives of the past to the mechanization of food production today. One section discusses the major crops that are produced today, and the production and economic figures for each.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Farm Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is designed to be an introductory lesson for students learning about farms, animals and activities conducted as part of every day life on a farm. Built in Activprimary, this lesson is...
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Northern Arizona University

Land Use History of North America: Prehistoric Farming on the Colorado Plateau

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an overview of the Anasazi agricultural developments -- despite unfavorable environmental conditions -- which allowed for the formation of settlements and food sharing.
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Agri Food Trade Service: Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry Tipsheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a collection of "fact sheets" offering details on Canada's various industries: Brewery, Dairy, Distillery, Fish and Seafood, Egg, Fruit, Grains and Oilseeds, Honey, Poultry, Red Meat, and more.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....

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