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The Great Plains in Midwestern Culture
Discusses the history of the people on the Great Plains, both the Native Americans and early settlers.
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International Institute for Sustainable Development: On the Great Plains
Information on the Great Plains of North America. Click on the 11 Key Issues for Great Plains Sustainability for information on important aspects that must be addressed in order to keep the Great Plains viable.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Challenges of the Great Plains Farmer
Students will work in groups of four to create presentations using their research on a particular farming invention that was created from (1837-1867) and also research specific elements about life on the Great Plains. Each group's...
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Great Plains Nature Center: Osage Orange
The Great Plains Nature Center provides an informational page on the Osage Orange tree. Also, they provide answers to following questions about the Osage Orange: are they edible?; how do you grow them?; do they repel insects?
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Montana State University: Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
"The Native Peoples of Northern Great Plains Digital Images Database includes photographs, paintings, ledger drawings, documents, serigraphs, and stereographs from 1874 through the 1940's."
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Great Plains Nature Center: Canada Goose
Here you can read all about Canadian Geese! Learn what they look like, what they sound like, what their behavior is, where they live, and more.
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Great Depression 1929 1932: The Depths of the Great Depression
Examines the challenges faced by the average American, by African Americans, and by farmers on the Great Plains during the Great Depression, and the government's response or lack thereof.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History; Crossing the Plains, 1865
Article offers the diaries of Sarah Raymond as she treks across the Great Plains. Describes the many hardships encountered on this long journey.
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Great Plains Nature Center: Flora and Fauna
A description of the animals and plants of the Great Plains. It also includes a map showing the extent of the plains.
University of Nebraska
Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial
"Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraskaexplores the development of towns and cities on the Great Plains through the lens of a murder case in the 1890s that evolved into a...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 4: Inventions and the Great Plains
Read and study the sources about inventions from the late 1800s. As you read the three sources, think about the effects that the inventions had on the American economy.
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An Introduction to North America's Native People: Plains Culture Area
A wonderful website from Cabrillo College on the Plains Indians can be found here. It gives an in-depth historical overview, profiles of numerous Plains tribes, the significance of the horse, and great information on their culture and...
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All About Shoes: Paths Across the Plains: Traditional Footwear From Great Plains
Lesson plans for two different grade levels discussing the footwear of the Plains Indians and the information one can gather from common items to find out about a culture.
The History Cat
The History Cat: War on the Great Plains: The Last Indian Wars
Learn how the 30-year Indian Wars started and about the battles that were fought over those years. Describes the emergence and growth of the Ghost Dance movement that was initially envisioned by a Paiute medicine man named Wovoka. White...
US Geological Survey
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
The Great Plains organization provides individuals, organizations, and governments with key information about the Great Plains environment through a resource pool of publications, reports, and government data.
PBS
Pbs: The Dust Bowl
You are about to embark on an experience that will show you what life was like on the southern Great Plains during the Dust Bowl. On your journey, you will learn about the changing market and weather conditions and be asked to make...
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: Tribes in Nebraska Give Up Lands in Treaties
Review this discourse of the many treaties enacted between the settlers and Native Americans during the development of the Great Plains, the problems that arose, and the creation of reservations.
Wessels Living History Farm
Wessels Living History Farm
The Wessels Living History Farm of York County, Nebraska, offers a look at what it was like to live on a Great Plains farm in the 1920s. The farm's attractive and well organized website includes interviews with people who remember life...
University of Virginia
America in the 1930s: The Plow That Broke the Plains
Read about iconic film The Plow that Broke the Plains regarding the Dust Bowl that ravaged the Great Plains and brought hardship to thousands of families.
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Ethnological Museum: Native Americans of the Plains
Part of a larger exhibition about Native Americans, this page gives visitors an up-close look at the Hidatsa and the Mandan, Native Americans of the Plains. Viewable are a decorated a buffalo skin and color etchings of tribal chiefs...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Great Plains and Front Ranges, 1911
A contour map of the boundaries of the Great Plains and Lewis front ranges of western Montana, showing the abrupt change in the topography. The heavy black line indicates the outcrop of the Lewis thrust plane.
Curated OER
University of Nebraska: Great Plains Rat Snake
The nonpoisonous Great Plains Rat Snake is sometimes called the Corn Snake. The University of Nebraska presents more information including a brief description and photo.
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Trans Mississippi and International Exposition: The Arapaho Tribe
Provides general information on the Arapaho tribe, the buffalo hunters of the Great Plains.