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Mex Connect

Mex Connect: Mexico's Historical Figures: A Chronological Listing

For Students 9th - 10th
List and description of Mexican historic figures, in chronological order. The biographies are informative and complete.
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A&E Television

History.com: The States

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn unique facts about each American state. You can also read a more in-depth history of each state, watch videos and play a game about all the states.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the culture of Mexico. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion, politics, etc....
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A&E Television

History.com: New Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a detailed look at the state of New Mexico! From its earliest history and peoples, to present day facts which include population, climate, geography, plants and animals, economy, government, cultural life, sports and recreation,...
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Ocean Oil: Offshore Petroleum

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on offshore oil. Some of the topics covered include the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, oil exploration and oil reserves, oil drilling, and the history of oil and gas.
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Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: The Story of Texas: Ch. 5: A Growing Sense of Separateness [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A teacher guide designed to support a visit to the Bullock Museum, but can be used on its own using available resources. Includes information, discussion questions, activities, and worksheets. The module looks at Texas in the 1820s and...
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InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographia: Mexico Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the magical world of Mexico. Learn about the history and culture of this diverse country as well as tour the country through pictures.
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Other

Inside Mexico: Culture and Traditions

For Students 4th - 8th
Covers a wide variety of cultures and traditions of Mexico, including food, recipes, art, music, history, festivals and holidays. Some of the material is in both English and Spanish.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Age of Exploration: The Spanish Conquest of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Lengthy description of the life of Hernan Cortes, the Spanish conquistador who brought down the Aztec Empire in Mexico. How this came to be is explained, with many details of the sophistication of Aztec civilization.
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Other

San Antonio Express News: History of Slavery Unique but Not 'Brief'

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a commentary of how Texas' slave history involves Spain, Mexico and the United States. Depending on who was in charge, there was always a mix of pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists in Texas, leading to a contentious struggle for...
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: Texas From American Settlement to Annexation 1820 1845

For Students 9th - 10th
Article in which the author takes us through the history of Texas from the time Americans arrived and settled in the area to annexation, and finally, war with Mexico over the territory. With photographs and links to related resources.
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Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies

Famsi: Ceramic Sequence of Piedras Negras, Guatemala (2003)

For Students 9th - 10th
Report offers history of the production of ceramic pieces from 500 B.C. to 900 A.D. Photographs document each cultural phase and work. Readers can download this PDF at the bottom of the page.
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Association of Religion Data Archives

Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about religion in Mexico, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
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Curated OER

History Matters: Wilson and Lansing on the u.s. Invasion of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Secretary of State Robert Lansing's letter to President Woodrow Wilson urging the President to avoid the term "intervention" to characterize the U.S. 1916 invasion of Mexico to capture the revolutionary Pancho Villa.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Mexican American Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the events from the first arrival of the Spanish that led to the adoption of Catholicism as the dominant religion of Mexico.
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Digital History

Digital History: European Colonization North of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Although settlements by other northern European countries are mentioned, the primary focus of this article is on English settlements and the types of immigrants who came to the New World from England.
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Other

History of the World the Aztecs

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Aztec civilization, beginning with their travel to the valley of Mexico and ending with the conquest of the Spanish over them. Includes information about agriculture, travel, communication, war, religion, and human...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian: Ancient Mexican Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Ancient Mexican history of art and the influences that their daily lives and culture had on the art. View many pieces from the Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the Age of Exploration by looking at Christopher Columbus, the Columbian Exchange, the explorer Zheng He, the conquest of Mexico, and pirates who roamed the Caribbean.
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NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Oil Spill the Rest of the Story

For Students 6th - 8th
Watch this report on the BP oil spill of 2010, one of the most devastating oil spills in the history of the United States. Learn about not only the effects of a point source pollution event like the oil spill, but also about the many...
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A&E Television

History.com: Deb Haaland, Us Interior Secretary, on How She's Influenced by History

For Students 9th - 10th
In early 2021, Deb Haaland was sworn in as the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, making her the first Native American cabinet secretary in the history of the United States. A tribal member of the Laguna Pueblo, she was...
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Other

Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of the history of the Texas Rangers beginning in 1821 with Mexico's Independence from Spain and covering the years up until the present day. The information can also be downloaded in PDF format.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The Cultures and Histories of the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit of a vast array of documents, artifacts, and maps detailing cultures in the Americas including the indigenous groups as well as Europeans after contact. From the Library of Congress.
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Geographic

Mexico Government Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This homepage provides links to a wide variety of information concerning Mexico's government, including constitutional history, the three branches of the government, the party system, the electoral process, and more.

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