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Welcome to the Great River Road: Mississippi River
Educational information on the Mississippi River can be found under Mississippi River Facts. Clicking on that heading provides facts on the history and people as well as all the factoids requested from students doing reports.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Mississippi River
From Wikipedia find a very comprehensive entry that includes the history, geography, navigation, communities, cities and notable bridges along the Mississippi River.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Identifying Fossils: Exploring the Mississippi River Bluffs
Students investigate fossils found in the Decorah Shale found in the Mississippi River bluffs. They will determine the name and description of the most common fossils. They will also determine how old the fossils are and what the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Taming the Mississippi
At 2,300 miles long, the Mississippi River is the second longest river in North America. People have tried to control the flow of the river to prevent floods and keep it flowing towards port cities. This can lead to loss of land in the...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
This ebook shares the memoir of Mark Twain. The memoir provides insights into the author's experiences when he worked as a piliot on a steamboat that traveled along the Mississippi River. The author begin with a history of the...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: All Star River Explorers
An interactive site to teach students how rivers are formed, how they change, and why they are important. Cross-curricular activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, and art, some of which include worksheets to download,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Mississippi River
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the Mississippi River and how to read Maps.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Mississippi River Facts
Explores the discovery of the Mississippi River, historic landmarks, features and uses, and other interesting facts.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Mississippi River
Great way to explore the River, unless you're on a boat, of course! Click on sections of the site to discover the culture and history of the River. You can even become a Junior Ranger of the Mississippi.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Mississippi River / Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force
Learn about the task force formed to help the public understand the causes and effects of eutrophication in the Gulf of Mexico.
PBS
Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Rivers of Destiny
Journey to four major river systems - the Mississippi, Amazon, Jordan and Mekong rivers - and take a look at the challenges happening to the people whose livelihood hinges around them.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Mississippi River Delta
Briefly explore the geography and history, meet the wildlife, and understand the conditions threatening Coastal Louisiana.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Ancient Architects of the Mississippi
Read about the Moundbuilders of the Mississippian culture who lived and traded along the Mississippi River before the advent of the white man.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Fatal Flood
This resource is a companion site to a documentary about a major flooding of the Mississippi River in 1927, where in Greenville, Mississippi, efforts to contain the river pitted the majority black population against an aristocratic...
US National Archives
Our Documents: The Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
A fantastic site from the Our Documents group that allows visitors to see an original copy of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty of 1803. This treaty allowed the United States to purchase a tract of land west of the Mississippi River that was...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Rivers and Streams
The Evergreen Project profiles the natural history of rivers and streams. Topics include watersheds, how a stream becomes a river, erosion, water pollution, and the like.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Reversing the Chicago River [Pdf]
"Reversing the Chicago River" is a one page, nonfiction passage about how the leaders of Chicago reversed the polluted Chicago River so that it emptied into the Mississippi River instead of the lake. It is followed by questions which...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Sediment Deposition Let the River Run
Disappearing Wetlands: Examine changes in sediment deposition at locations along the Mississippi River using data collected at two stations by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
PBS
River of Song
The lure of the Mississippi. What is it about this River that draws people to it? This exhibit is devoted to just that - the music of the river and the people that sing about it.
Other
Us Genealogy Network: Steamboating on the Mississippi
Use this site to learn factual information about the early days of steamboating on the Mississippi River and in St. Louis. You can also read an actual account from a steamboat Captain, view photos and listen to the song "Steamboat Bill."
University of North Carolina
Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi
Here, read Mark Twain's (1835-1910 CE) book, "Life on the Mississippi," which was originally published in 1883. Download two HTML versions of the text: one providing links to images in the original text and one with images included.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Meanders in the Mississippi River, 1916
A map from 1916 of the vicinity of Vicksburg showing typical river meandering of the Mississippi River, including remnant river beds and oxbow lakes (Eagle Lake).
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: The Mississippi River Route of Hennepin, 1697
A facsimile of a portion of the map created in 1697 describing the exploration and discoveries of Father Louis Hennepin in New France and Along the Mississippi. The map shows the region from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico along...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Mighty Mississippi
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson about basics of river systems and vocabulary - ends with a pop quiz. Some math involved for fun and science too.
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