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Digital History

Digital History: The Old South: Images and Realities

For Students 9th - 10th
First read the plantation legend about life in the South. The remainder of the article refutes the legend, explains the differences in many facets of the South, and emphasizes the importance of the Southern agricultural output to the...
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Wiche: Western State College Tuition Agreements

For Students 9th - 10th
The WICHE serves the 15 Western state region of the United States through assisting students in getting affordable access to educational programs of study.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Southeast Region

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart, created for third grade students studying the various regions of the United States, contains information and Internet links for each state in the southeast region. A crossword puzzle...
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Curated OER

Etc: Territorial Development of the United States, 1783 1889

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1889 of North America showing the expansion in the region of the United States from the original Thirteen Colonies at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 to the time the map was made, around 1889, before the territories...
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Regional and World Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Maps of major areas of the world can be downloaded here. The maps have excellent detail and are in color.
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National Weather Service

National Weather Service:climate Prediction Center: Daily Precipitation Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Find real-time daily precipitation analysis for the United States, Mexico, and South America as well as accumulated precipitation maps for the past 30 or 90 days.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of South America in 1898. The map shows capitals and major cities, railroads, terrain, rivers, and coastal features, and includes an insert map of the Isthmus of Panama. "The chief industries in South America are herding,...
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Oneworld.net

For Students 9th - 10th
Oneworld.net is an internet based news source providing the latest news from around the world. They represent over 1600 organizations that promote human rights awareness.
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University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: Places and Production

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson from the University of Omaha, "Young scholars calculate United States GDP and GDP per capita, use a choropleth map to acquire information, and create choropleth maps of GDP per capita in South America. They identify...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Jaguar

For Students 4th - 8th
Once native to the southwestern United States, breeding populations of Jaguars no longer exist in the region, and populations in Central and South America have become very small. Only in parts of the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Howard W. Odum

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Howard W. Odum, an American sociologist who was a specialist in the social problems of the southern United States and a pioneer of sociological education in the South. He worked to replace...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The map includes an inset map of Cuba and the Isthmus of Nicaragua. "The surface of the Rocky Mountain highland in Mexico is quite similar to that of the great plateau...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of North America, Central America, and northern South America at the end of the American Revolutionary War (1783). The map is color-coded to show the territory of the United States at the time, British possessions in Canada,...
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Unesco: Canada: Rideau Canal

For Students 9th - 10th
The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when...