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Read Works

Read Works: Immigration Famous Immigrants

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A chart with information about several famous people who immigrated to the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Industrial Revolution & Immigration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson has notes covering the American Industrial Revolution and famous leaders of the industrial age. Also includes the need for immigrants to supply the factories with workers.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a resource about the state of Utah. Includes images and articles on everything from geology to famous people in the state.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Triangle Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Film and special features on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911. Features include a timeline of the deadliest workplace accidents, biographies of famous women of the time, and primary resources of the coverage of the fire. For...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Yearning to Breathe Free: Muckrakers and Activism [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that leads learners through an examination of the role of muckrakers in the development of investigative journalism. Students work to identify...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Who Am I?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use the reveal tool and the paint bucket to review famous men of the Industrial Revolution, geography, immigration, etc.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: O. E. Rolvaag House

For Students 9th - 10th
From 1912 until his death, this was the residence of Ole Edvart Rolvaag (1876-1931), Norwegian immigrant and the first American novelist to give a true accounting of the psychological cost of pioneering on the farmer's frontier. His...

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