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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Run-off Race

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create wetland models in pans and use them to experiment to see how plants help slow the flow of runoff water and keep our waterways clean.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Utah American Indian and non-Indian Conflicts

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine Utah's struggle for statehood. They study the relationship between American Indian and non-Indians during the Utah Territorial period and determine that the process of statehood involving cultures, and ideas left...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Investigation Into Our Community

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine maps of Palmer, Massachusetts and practice giving directions. As a class, they discuss how it changed from a farming community to more industrial. To end the lesson plan, they take pictures of the community to show how...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Multiple Meaning Words

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this multiple meaning word worksheet, students connect lines between three columns to match words with multiple meanings to two correct definitions.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: The Nation Expands

For Students 9th - 10th
After examining a map showing the expansion of the United States, click to read about each addition to the country and see where that addition is. Play Expansion Concentration to test your skills.
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Lesson Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry: Historical Geography of Transportation: Map 10: United States, 1835

For Teachers K - 1st
Lessons K-12 examining the role of transportation systems in the development and settlement of the lands between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: From Sea to Shining Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
A great interactive map that reinforces your knowledge of the geographic features of the United States. Begin by reading general information on reading maps, then play the game.
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Unit Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Where Rivers Meet the Sea

For Students 6th - 8th
A complete learning module where students watch an introductory video, take an estuary quiz, learn about landforms related to the environment, and use maps and real-time data to study estuary ecosystems in the United States.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: United States Geography: Rivers

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the major rivers of the United States including the Mississippi, Missouri, Rio Grande, Colorado, and the Hudson. Geography of the US.
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Primary
Curated OER

National Park Service: National Historic Landmark Nomination: Bonanza Farm [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site you will find the application to the National Park Service to include the Bagg Bonanza Farm as a National Landmark. The first part describes what is found on the land now, but if you'll scroll through the history of...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Early United States, 1790

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States in 1790 showing the territorial claims of the states at the time, and the British and Spanish possessions and territory disputes. The map shows the frontier lines or extent of settlement from the coast of Maine...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States in 1800 showing the territorial claims of the states at the time, the British and French possessions, and territory disputes. The map shows the frontier lines or extent of settlement from the coast of Maine to...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Early Territory of the United States, 1783 1863

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the early United States west of the Mississippi River, showing the original territory after the Treaty of Paris 1783, the territory northwest of the Ohio River, the territory south of the Ohio River, the Mississippi Territory...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Mountains, Plains, Rivers, Isothermal Lines of the United States, 1873

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1873 of the United States showing the physical features of mountain systems, plateaus, basins, plains, rivers, lakes, and coastal features, with elevations given for prominent peaks given in feet above sea level. The map is...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1790

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the early United States in 1790 showing the boundary established west to the Mississippi River, and is keyed to show undefined or disputed boundaries, boundaries of States and territories, and boundaries not settled. The map...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States in 1800 showing the original thirteen states with the additions of Vermont (1791), Kentucky (1792), and Tennessee (1796), the State claims to western lands by South Carolina and Georgia, the extent of the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: The Territory of the United States, 1845 1886

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1886 of the United States showing the territories ceded by Mexico and the acquisition of Alaska. The map is color-coded to show the possessions of the United States, Great Britain, and Mexico at the time, and the Mexican...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Political Acquistitions of the United States, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of the United States showing the territorial acquisitions from the original States and Northwest Territory in 1783 to the Gadsden Purchase south of the Gila River in 1853. The map shows state capitals and major cities,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The United States at the Close of the Revolution, 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States at the close of the American Revolutionary War (1783) showing the newly formed States, and their claims to the lands west of the Allegheny Mountains to the Mississippi River. The map notes that the territory...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Original Territory of the United States, 1783 1790

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States showing the territorial growth from 1783 to 1790. The map is color-coded to show the original territory after the American Revolutionary War, the Northwest Territory north of the Ohio River in 1787, the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States of America, 1883

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1883 of the 'lower forty-eight’ United States showing state boundaries and state capitals, major cities and towns, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. The map shows Yellowstone National Park, the first in...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1899 of the United States showing the physical features of the area, including mountain systems and highlands, plateaus, basins, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. This map also shows the six conventional state...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: United States and Confederate States, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and Confederate States in 1861. The map is color-coded to show Free Union States, Slave Union States, Confederate States seceding before April 15, 1861, Confederate States seceding after April 15, 1861,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1890

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1890 of the United States showing the territorial expansion from the original Thirteen Colonies to the states and territories of 1890. This map shows state capitals, railroads, lakes, and rivers. The map is color-coded to show...

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