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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Settlement [Pdf]
"Settlement" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about natural gas, its uses, and how it gets to homes. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining main idea and...
My Hero Project
My Hero: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Use this resource to learn about why Laura Ingalls Wilder is a writer hero and learn about her life as pioneer girl in the late 1800s.
Curated OER
Gabriel Dumont, a Legendary Life.
A greater Canadian than Riel? According to many, Gabriel Dumont deserved much more recognition. He grew up seeing the buffalo and open prairies, a land without boundaries, and then all the changes that came. He fought with Riel, and died...
Curated OER
Graphical Element: Henry Kelsey on the Prairies
This site has information about Henry Kelsey's life and expeditions. It is designed for ages 9-12. It is a companion site to one designed for the general public.
Education Development Center
Center for Children and Technology: Picturing Modern America
Collection of visual resources designed to engage learners in historical thinking; that is, learning to think like historians. Activities and visuals focus on a forty-year period in American history, from 1880 to 1920, making relevant a...
BBC
Bbc Nature Wildfacts: Coyote
Use this site to see these great photos of coyotes and learn more about them from the accompanying fact sheet.
University of California
Ucmp: The World's Biomes
The University of California Museum of Paleontology hosts this site devoted to the study of the earth's biomes, which are the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and adaptations of organisms to...
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: The Magnificent Abersons
Bob and Jane Aberson were Dutch immigrant farmers to the Manitoba prairies. Jane Aberson wrote a column in a Dutch newspaper for 30 years, describing the hardships and joys of farming life on the prairies. Her columns influenced many...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Powering Up Rural Manitoba
The spread of hydroelectric power across the Manitoba prairies and its impact on rural communities is profiled. Archival photographs, the introduction of new electrical appliances, and the major changes to rural life are included.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Things to Do at Home
Families can come together through games designed to make history something fun and integral to family life. Build a sod house like prairie settlers did in the 1800s. Go back in time to visit five families that lived in the same house...
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Wetlands
Did you know that wetlands are frequently used as resting stops for migrating birds? This is just one of the many interesting facts found within this educational resource. This site features information on the characteristics, types,...
Other
K 3 Learning Pages: Web Resources Farm
Come and check out this awesome farm resource site. Students and teachers will benefit from this compilation of materials.
Other
Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Toursim: Margaret Laurence House
Margaret Laurence lived in this house as a child and it is now a heritage site. Five of her novels used this area of the prairies as a backdrop. There is a brief synopsis of her life in addition to a picture of the house here.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Western Pocket Gopher
As is the case with a number of pocket gopher species, most aspects of the Western Pocket Gopher's life have not yet been studied. This Pocket Gopher lives in rich volcanic soils of alpine meadows and small glacial prairies, west of the...
Curated OER
Major General Frederick Middleton, Dumont's Foe at the Battle of Batoche.
A greater Canadian than Riel? According to many, Gabriel Dumont deserved much more recognition. He grew up seeing the buffalo and open prairies, a land without boundaries, and then all the changes that came. He fought with Riel, and died...
Curated OER
South Saskatchewan River, Where Dumont Operated a Ferry
A greater Canadian than Riel? According to many, Gabriel Dumont deserved much more recognition. He grew up seeing the buffalo and open prairies, a land without boundaries, and then all the changes that came. He fought with Riel, and died...
Curated OER
Dumont Is Buried in the Batoche Cemetery With Metis Who Died in the Fighting.
A greater Canadian than Riel? According to many, Gabriel Dumont deserved much more recognition. He grew up seeing the buffalo and open prairies, a land without boundaries, and then all the changes that came. He fought with Riel, and died...
Curated OER
Unesco: Spain: Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
Ibiza provides an excellent example of the interaction between the marine and coastal ecosystems. The dense prairies of oceanic Posidonia (seagrass), an important endemic species found only in the Mediterranean basin, contain and support...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 - November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven volume France and England in North America.