Curated OER
Folly or Fortune?
In this listening selection worksheet, 9th graders read and listen to the story 'Folly or Fortune' by Lois Miner Huey to improve their listening skills.
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Steamers Lesson 1: Design and Construction
Students examine the use of steamboats in North Carolina. In groups, they design and contruct their own small models of steamboats using simple materials. They test their models in water and share how they were built and why. They...
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Steamers Lesson 1: Background Information
Students discover the use of steamboats in North Carolina. After reading background information, they take notes on their reading and participate in a class discussion. They complete a KWL chart and share what they have gathered in small...
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Great Seal of Arkansas
Students identify the state seal of Arkansas and the emblems associated with the seal. They use a Venn diagram to compare the national seal with the state seal.
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Lesson 1: Design a Transportation Stamp
Students, in groups, research a certain form of transportation that has affected Maine's economic and cultural development. They write a persuasive letter that uses the research to support an argument.
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Steamers Lesson 1: Routes
Pupils are introduced to the useage of steamboats in North Carolina. In groups, they research the routes of steamers and discover how they were used. They draw an illustrated map and a timeline of the routes. As a class, they discuss...
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Wyoming Challenge
In this Wyoming worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about Wyoming's history. Students answer 10 questions about Wyoming's history.
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Ping!
Seventh graders study side-scan sonar and discover how it can be used to locate objects underwater. They complete a sonar simulation activity in which they create and map mystery landscapes inside shoeboxes.
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Homeschooling
In this homeschooling website, parents are provided with a variety of tools and articles for varying ages and lessons. Parents can browse topics, activities, and support groups.
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Second Quiz on Combining Sentences
In this combining sentences worksheet, students combine four or five sentences into less sentences. Students combine 6 sets of sentences.
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Walt Disney
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Walt Disney and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Natural Wonders
In this natural wonders worksheet, student unscramble words, using lyrics to a song titled "Natural Wonders." An answer key is included on page 3. No song link is given.
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Letters to Home
Seventh graders research historical events and everyday life in Texas in 1836-1837. They write a letter using Mr. Mitchell's perspective.
Other
Virtual Online Steamboat Museum: Steamboat Museum
This resource was created to help save the Delta Queen, the magnificent steamboat that still makes her way up and down the rivers. There are hundreds of photos and stories, collections, and research links available to the steamboat...
Other
Arabia Steamboat Story
The story of the Arabia is tragic; however, the adventure of the rediscovery of the steamboat is fascinating. Take a glimpse back in time at the cargo brought back to life: French perfume, guns, bottles, buttons, and bells; all items...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Steamboat Indiana's Last Voyage
The 'Indiana' steamboat sank in Lake Erie in the mid-1800's. The story of the ship is told through artifacts and maps.
Other
Montana History and Prehistory: Steamboating on the Missouri River
Traveling West was never easy! Here is a good description of the many ways people traveled. Of particular note is the paragraph on the steamboat crews.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Steamboats
In North Carolina, the concept of travel by steamboat was first introduced in 1815, when Archibald D. Murphey chaired a legislative committee on inland navigation. The first steamboat entered the state in 1818 when the New Bern Steamboat...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Inventing the Riverboat
A discussion of Robert Fulton's and Henry Shreve's contribution to the evolution of the steamboat. Includes photos of early steamboats and some biographical information on Fulton. (Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated...
Digital History
Digital History: The Sections [Pdf]
Soon after the end of the Revolutionary War, the characteristics of the various parts of the new United States established themselves. Find out about the sectionalism, economy, and needs in the country in the early 1800s--the...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1338: The Last Masts
Read about the history of the steamboat and the difficult transition that led to the eventual relinquishing of a ship's sails. This article is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Robert Fulton
This website contains biographical information about Robert Fulton, including the events leading up to his design of the first successful steamboat.
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 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.