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Curated OER

Urban Geography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 28 short answer questions about urban geography. The reading that students should refer to in order to answer the questions is not included.    
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Curated OER

Sorting the Loyalist Documents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students organize the Canadian Loyalist primary source documents and add more information to their primary source document concept maps.
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Curated OER

Class Penny Quilt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore penny quilts made in the late 1700s through the early 1800s. They identify significant events from their lives and create their own class penny quilt displaying this information.
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Curated OER

Censusmania

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand how the census can reveal information about people and history. They create their own census.
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Curated OER

What is Credit?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to a guest speaker discuss credit, and what lenders look for when approving loans. They investigate savings and loans, banks, credit unions and finance companies to find out what A.P.R. they charge for certain items.
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Curated OER

Cruising the Caribbean

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create four postcards that illustrate an island on the Caribbean.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Leadership and Government

For Teachers 3rd
A comprehensive learning module on government and how countries get their leaders that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Bill of Rights in Action: Puritan Ma: Theocracy or Democracy? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource study of the Bill of Rights examines governance by looking at three cases in history for comparison to analyze the concepts of theocracy and democracy in governing. Includes questions for discussion and small group activity.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Types of Market Oriented Environmental Tools

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the three main types of market-oriented regulation, including pollution charges, marketable permits, and better-defined property rights
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Other

Bringing History Home: Environmental History

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This 2nd grade unit introduces children to the history of environmental protection in the U.S. Beginning with three types of environment - mountain, grass plain and forest - the lessons explore some of the natural resources found in...
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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: National Versus State Government Federalism

For Students 3rd - 5th
Gives the difference between the two different types of federalism in the United States government.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The Constitution: Counter Revolution or National Salvation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using primary texts and prior study of Colonial America and the Revolution, students examine "what type of government would best represent the ideals of the American Revolution." Worksheets, discussions, and role-playing within this...