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Curated OER

Bluebirds Project - Life Cycles

For Students 4th - 8th
In this bluebirds worksheet, students complete a table and answer short answer questions about the life cycle of bluebirds. Students complete 1 chart and answer 5 questions.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Touring Turn of the Century America

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains thousands of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company and gives viewers the opportunity to explore America from the period of 1880 to 1920. Images include rural America, city life, men and women at work,...
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Yellow Fever Cause Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
You have probably never heard of anyone you know having Yellow Fever. But in the early 1900s, it was mysterious as well as deadly. How was it transmitted? What did people do to try to prevent getting sick? Read the story at this site.
Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: A Streetcar City: Washington, d.c. 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
American cities in the 19th century were walking cities-most residents worked and shopped close to where they lived. But as electric streetcar (trolley) systems were built in the 1880s, 1890s, and early 1900s, cities expanded. Many white...
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: The Modern Dances and How to Dance Them: The Castle Walk

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the history of a dance callled the Castle Walk, which was popular in the early 1900's. Includes information on the orgins of the dance, as well as text and images from a dance manual of the period.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Change Reflected in Thought and Writing

For Students 11th - 12th
American writers and intellectuals played an important role in articulating the changes taking place in Industrial America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn about some of the prominent writers, scientists, and philosophers at that...
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Brazil: Relations With the u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down to "United States" to read about the entire history of U.S.-Brazil relations. This article covers this subject from the early 1900s to the present. Browse the "Forward" and "Back" buttons for info about Brazil's foreign...
Activity
Seymour Brody

Jewish Heroes in America: Samuel Gompers

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about this former president of The American Federation of Labor, who was a leader in the labor movement in the early 1900s.
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: America 1900: The Film & More

For Students 9th - 10th
The program transcript is organized into four chronological sections and the series introduction. Throughout the transcript are enhancements which give more information on that particular person or event. The four parts are: Introduction...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: John Smith, Leader of Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the life of John Smith, and his relationship with Pocahontas, who supposedly saved his life. Features a portrait, a photograph of the John Smith Memorial, and a fresco from the early 1900's.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: America From the Great Depression to World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the documentation of a nation through photographs from the FSA-OWI that spanned the years of 1935-1945. You can choose to view either black and white or color images. Find pictures by a keyword search of the collection or browse...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Boy Scouts in Southern Waters by G. Harvey Ralphson

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, Boy Scouts in Southern Waters, was written by G. Harvey Ralphson, one of the first American Boy Scouts Masters. Published in the early 1900s, this is the...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Boy Scouts on Motorcycles by G. Harvey Ralphson

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, Boy Scouts on Motorcycles, was written by G. Harvey Ralphson, one of the first American Boy Scouts Masters. Published in the early 1900s, this is the fourth...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Boy Scouts in Mexico by G. Harvey Ralphson

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, Boy Scouts in Mexico, was written by G. Harvey Ralphson, one of the first American Boy Scouts Masters. Published in the early 1900s, this is the first book...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Welcome to All?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson is designed to be taught after an introduction to immigration history or as a culminating activity. This is a hands-on, technology-based lesson that relates a student's individual immigration history to the boom of...
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience : America 1900 : People & Events

For Students 9th - 10th
Browse famous people and events of the 1900s, including Susan B. Anthony, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and J.P. Morgan.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Brown, View of the Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

For Students 9th - 10th
The falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Grafton Tyler Brown depicts the Grand Canyon, the one found at Yellowstone in Wyoming. Grafton Brown was one of the first African-American artists to depict scenes of the West. View...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: You Decide: Washington or Du Bois?

For Students 9th - 10th
During the early Progressive Era, two leaders dominated the debate over the best course for racial advancement in America. Who had the better vision for improving the conditions of African Americans in the early 1900s, Booker T....

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