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  • 3rd Grade Measuring Area
    Smith, Randi (promethean planet, 5/30/2009)
    Flipchart contains many opportunities and explanations for measuring area of regular and irregular figures by counting square units.
  • Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life Homepage
    National Museum of American History Staff (Smithsonian Institute, 1/15/2009)
    This online exhibition covers each major period of Lincoln's private and public life. Also included are the artifacts of Lincoln's life and assassination.
  • A More Perfect Union : Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution
    Jennifer Locke Jones - curator (Smithsonian, 00/00/2001)
    A primary source of images and stories of the Japanese Internment Camps.
  • Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and Balances
    Mary Edmonds (EDSITEment, 9/30/2010)
    Students use primary source documents to investigate the US system of checks and balances. They show clear demonstrations of how one branch of our government can check another.
  • Beijing
    Mukai, Gary (Stanford Project on International and Cross-Cultural Education, 8-May)
    Introduces students to the modern Chinese city of Beijing through its history, geography, and major attractions and sights. Students are able to click on the map to virtually tour this ancient city.
  • Bird Beaks
    Science NetLinks (Science NetLinks, AAAS, 9/5/2003)
    Students learn about how different bird beaks affect the type of food birds eat. There are pictures and descriptions available. Students will create their own bird and describe the appropriate habitat.
  • Bird in a Cage: Getting used to looking at one color can lead you to perceive an entirely different color.
    Exploratorium (The museum of science, art and human perception at the Palace of Fine Arts, 1994)
    Students can try an experiment where they learn that getting used to looking at one color can lead you to perceive an entirely different color. Goes well with Eric Carle's "Hello, Red Fox".
  • Capturing History
    Daniella Garran (ArtsEdge, The Kennedy Center, Thinkfinity, Verizon Foundation, 8/6/2011)
    Students use photographs, visual art, and do research to understand the political and economic reasons why African Americans migrated North between 1900 and World War II.
  • Civil War Interactive Map
    Unknown author (National Endowment for the Humanities, 2012-01-13)
    This is a North versus South comparison map of the following assets: railroads, slavery, free blacks, immigration, agriculture, cotton production, and industry.
  • Civil War Maps
    Unknown author (Edusitement, 2012-01-13)
    This is an interactive map with images and data from the Civil War.
  • Comparing WWI Posters Urging Americans to Conserve Food for the War Effort
    National Archives Education Team (Foundation for the National Archives, 2012-01-13)
    Students will speculate why the U.S. Food Administration created posters urging Americans to conserve wheat in multiple languages and what techniques the administration used to appeal to citizens.
  • Cost/Benefit Analysis: Three Gorges Dam
    Joyce Zimmer (Council for Economic Education, 5/24/2004)
    Students evaluate the costs/benefits of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River in China.
  • Cultural CSI - Destination: Somewhere in America (But Where?) PowerPoint
    Jack Hayes, Citrus High School (MERLOT, 3/1/2010)
    Lesson allows students to use their reasoning when identifying the Latin American country and city in which the photos were taken. It will help them become better at comparing and contrasting cultural values.
  • DNA From the Beginning
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1/1/2002)
    An animated tutorial on DNA, genes and heredity. The science behind each concept is explained using animations related to DNA topics, an image gallery, Video interviews, problems, biographies, and links related to DNA.
  • Drawing Political Cartoons
    Diane Dotson, Daniella Garran (ArtsEdge, The Kennedy Center, Thinkfinity, Verizon Foundation, 8/7/2011)
    Students analyze political cartoons from current and historical events to identify the bias of the cartoonist and the messages the cartoon tells of an event, subject, and issues of the day.
  • Earth's Physical Features -National GeoGraphic Education
    National GeoGraphic Society (National GeoGraphic, 2012-01-13)
    Satellite Image Gallery. A gallery of images from Geo Eye satellites of glaciers and glacially carved features around the globe.
  • Egypt
    Richard Hooker (Washington State University, 6/6/1999)
    A collection of primary Text documents, pictures, and diagrams describing Ancient Egyptian civilization.
  • El Tiepo en Chile
    Sra. Miele (7/3/2011)
    Present information used to discuss weather forecasts and patterns. Convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit and find out useful vocabulary to describe weather and climate.
  • Explo Exploring the USA and the world with cartograms
    Rick Hodges (Teachers.net, 27-Mar-09)
    The objective is to understand what a cartogram is and how to interpret information illustrated by one. Students manipulate the object depending on what country and related information they require.
  • FedVille
    The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 7/30/2008)
    An interactive game that improves financial literacy and introduces fundamentals of economics. Students choose a character and visit different buildings in the town of FedVille in order to explore how money is made/exchanged.