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Aerotrain Engine
Resource Type: imageide@s
Subject Areas: Social Studies
In 1955, General Electro-Motive Division built three Aerotrain locomotives. The train was introduced when U.S. passenger train revenues were declining due to airline and...
Last updated: 11/13/09

Jazz In America, Lesson Plan 1
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies, Music Education
Appropriate for Grades: Seventh, Eighth, Ninth
Jazz was born in the United States. Jazz is really the best music to represent America because: It is partly planned and partly spontaneous;...
Last updated: 11/12/09

The Spirit of Ancient Colombian Gold
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies, World Languages
Appropriate for Grades: Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
This bilingual exhibit guide (in Spanish and English) was created to accompany an exhibit of over 280 Colombian gold items from the Museo del...
Last updated: 11/12/09

United States Fast Facts
Resource Type: Student Site
Subject Areas: Social Studies, Information and Technology Literacy
Appropriate for Grades: Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
This is an excellent site for students who are in need of information on the United States. There is an alphabetized list of states...
Last updated: 11/12/09

Write Letters to Commemorate 9/11
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Appropriate for Grades: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
In this lesson students commemorate the 9/11 anniversary by writing letters to fire, police, or emergency medical personnel in their communities or to the...
Last updated: 11/12/09

An Immigration Graph
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Appropriate for Grades: Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
Students practice reading and understanding information in a table; and, converting the 1899 and 1924 imigration information to graph form.
Last updated: 11/04/09

Martin Luther King Jr.: A Fact or Opinion Activity
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Appropriate for Grades: Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
Students discuss the difference between fact and opinion, read or listen to a brief biography of Martin Luther King Jr. Then students complete the...
Last updated: 11/04/09

A Flag Divided
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Appropriate for Grades: Kindergarten, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth
In this lesson, students learn about the flags of the Union and Confederacy, explore the symbolism of those flags, and create flags of their...
Last updated: 11/02/09

Barrage Balloon, Parris Island, S.C.
Resource Type: imageide@s
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Barrage balloons were a form of anti-aircraft defense during World War II. Heavy metal cables tethered the balloons to the ground and were designed...
Last updated: 10/27/09

Plymouth Rock
Resource Type: imageide@s
Subject Areas: Social Studies
The settlers officially disembarked on December 21, 1620. It is traditionally said that the Pilgrims first set foot in America at the site of...
Last updated: 10/27/09

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