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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Strawberry Moon Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Strawberry Moon, a novel by Becky Citra, continues to follow the life of Ellie, a young girl living in Upper Canada in the 1830s. In this story, her strict grandmother has come to take her back to England and Ellie doesn't want to go....
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: Lee De Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of Lee de Forest who lived from 1873 to 1961. He was one of the most important inventors of radio and electronic technology, whose inventions touch everyday life.
Handout
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Mary Ann Adams Maverick

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Mary Maverick, who lived along the Texas frontier after the Texas Revolution. Her diaries of her life as a frontier woman provide firsthand accounts of historic events from that time.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Becoming Helen Keller

For Students 9th - 10th
Rediscover the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller (1880-1968), who was deaf and blind since childhood, used her celebrity and wit to advocate for social justice, particularly for women,...
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Other

Doing History/keeping the Past: Farmers and Ranchers of Colorado

For Students 4th - 8th
An essay on how farmers and ranchers lived and created communities in Colorado in the late nineteenth century. This was the period following the initial migrations of pioneers and homesteaders into the West.