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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Early Virginia River Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the waterways in Virginia that colonists used to expand their way of life, especially for tobacco sales.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Colonial Period

For Students 9th - 10th
The early settlers to the New World began to map strategy for their own system of government. This site details that strategy and what kinds of events spawned the idea of representative government.
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Other

Hillcrest: England and Its Colonies [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
A textbook chapter about England and its relationship to its American colonies. Included are maps and map questions, study help, and assessments.
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Other

James River Plantations: Westover Plantation

For Students 9th - 10th
William Byrd built Westover, his plantation home. Here you can view photographs of it and learn of some details of interest.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Teaching With Historic Places: When Rice Was King

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan teaching the rice culture of Georgetown County, South Carolina in the 1700's.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northeast China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
"Northeast China - the provinces of Heilungkiang, Kirin, and Liaoning - is the most important region of the country and a nationally significant and still-developing center of agricultural production. Most of the Northeast remained...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Ethnolinguistic Groups of China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...