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Library of Congress: Media Gallery | Women's Suffrage
Designed to support a study of women's suffrage in the United States, a primary source document set from the Library of Congress includes images, song sheets, articles, statistical documents, political cartoon, and audio recordings...
PBS
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - Women's Right to Vote (1920) and Resource Materials
A facsimile of the 19th Amendment, a transcript of the amendment, a photograph of a suffragist march, and a background information sheet that details the struggle to get the amendment passed comprise a packet of resource materials...
Curated OER
Washington, D.C. Map
Here is an outline map of Washington, DC. Some of the points of interest in the city are labeled, as are Maryland, Virginia and Arlington. There are plenty of important monuments and locations not identified, making for a good...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Is High in Multiunit Housing
Much has been written recently about the danger of secondhand smoke. Laws have been passed to limit that exposure in offices, transportation centers, and public areas. But what about apartment buildings, condos, public housing, and other...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults Infographic
Adult cigarette smoking has decreased in recent years, but it is still the number one cause of preventable disease and death in America. An infographic breaks cigarette smoking down by education level, geographical region, gender, race,...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Youth and Tobacco Use
There are a number of social, emotional, and physiological reasons why teenagers start smoking, and why they continue smoking into adulthood. Help class members understand why smoking begins in youth—and how to protect themselves from...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: United States
Features a detailed map of the United States with some basic facts. Click on each state name to get even a more detailed map and information.
US Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture: State Fact Sheets
State fact sheets provide information on population, income, education, employment, federal funds, organic agriculture, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, top commodities, and exports, for each state in the United States....
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fbi: Crime in the United States 2012: Table 43: Arrests by Race, 2012
Three tables of arrest statistics in the United States for 2012. The types of offenses committed are listed, and the ethnic information for the perpetrators. The first table shows all the data. The second one shows data for arrests of...
University of Nebraska
United States Drought Monitor
This interactive map of the United States provides an extensive overview of drought conditions. You can watch animations of drought patterns over different time intervals.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Arsenic in Ground Water in the United States
This page discusses the presence of arsenic (chemical symbol As) in ground water in the United States. Also provides many links to other sites about arsenic (especially in drinking water.)
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Indomitable Spirits: Prohibition in the United States
Exhibition explores prohibition in the United States from the passing of the 18th Amendment in 1919 up to the passing of the 21st Amendment which ended prohibition in 1933
NOAA
Noaa: Esrl: United States Climate Page
A "clickable" map of the US that allows you to find information about a state's or city's climate and climate history.
NOAA
Noaa: Esrl: United States Climate Page
A "clickable" map of the US that allows you to find information about a state's or city's climate and climate history.
University of Texas at Austin
Ut Library Online: Historical Maps of the United States
This extensive collection of Historical United States maps from the University of Texas Library Online cover early inhabitants, exploration and settlement, territorial growth, military history, and later historical maps. These maps are...
Other
Mapping United States Military Installations
How do you measure a military footprint? In people? Dollars? Space? This website is an ongoing attempt to map one aspect of that question- by visualizing the location of United States military installations.
Library of Congress
Loc: Primary Sources by State
An interactive map to search for extensive collections of primary sources for each of the United States.
University of California
Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: United States [Pdf]
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of the United States.
Other
Guttmacher Institute: An Overview of Abortion in the United States
Prepared by the Guttmacher Institute, this overview of abortion in America is presented in two different formats including a.pdf file and a PowerPoint chart/graph presentation. Topics include unintended pregnancy and abortion, who has...
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Atlas of the Historical Geography of United States
Review America's history with over 700 individual maps that address a broad range of issues with this atlas. This atlas maps a variety of historical topics: "exploration and settlement of the continent, the location of colleges and...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Nations
A photographic account of the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's role as the first woman to represent the United States as a delegate to the United Nations.
US Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau: Quick Facts: Virginia
At this site from the U.S. Census Bureau you can discover facts about Virginia from the results of the census. Quickfacts includes numbers on population, business, and geography.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Reconstruction State by State
Select any US state to learn about how the Civil War affected the agriculture and economy of that state.
Other
Us flag.org: Standard Proportions for the United States Flag
What are the standard proportions for the United States Flag? This website gives a detailed picture of the official flag dimensions.
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