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California Cultures

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: Calisphere - California Digital Library
Grade Level: Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract: California Cultures documents California's rich history of diversity and multicultural contributions. This collection including photographs, documents, newspaper clippings, political cartoons, works of art, oral histories, and other primary sources draws from Calispheres total content, and also features ... More »

Beyond Black History Month

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Humanities
Collection: LEARN NC Articles & More
Grade Level: Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract: Go beyond approaches that marginalize African American history by "shifting the lens" to look at events from new perspectives. Black History Month can be a wonderful celebration of the contributions that African Americans have made to American history and culture. All too often, however, those contributions ... More »

Farming in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Ancient Civil Engineering Problem

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: The Tech Museum of Innovation Design Challenges
Grade Level: Primary

Abstract: In this integrated, multi-day Design Challenge unit, students will explore simple machines, transportation of materials, and river systems using stream tables. They will discover the problems ancient farmers faced and design their own working models that will attempt to solve those unique problems (includes ... More »

Harvard Peabody Museum Zooarchaeology Laboratory Reference Collection

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: Open Context (Alexandria Archive Institute)
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: The Zooarchaeology Laboratory of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, was established in 1981 in order to facilitate the analysis of faunal remains from archaeological sites (also called Archaeozoology). Presently covering more than 850 square feet (79 square meters) on ... More »

Hippocampus

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Social Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
Collection: Hippocampus (MITE)
Grade Level: Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract: HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. HippoCampus was designed as part of Open Education Resources ... More »

Inauguration.

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Humanities
Collection: Many Pasts (CHNM/ASHP)
Grade Level: Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract: Huey Long, a senator and former governor of Louisiana, while initially a supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, became one of the most important critics of the New Deal during the Great Depression. To curb the power of the rich, Long proposed the Share Our Wealth Plan" that would redistribute ... More »

NASA KSNN Can a large number be subtracted from a smaller number?

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: NASA Kids Science News Network (NASA KSNN)
Grade Level: Primary

Abstract: Experiment with negative numbers and practice subtracting integers.

PLoS Biology

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Grade Level: Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract: PLoS Biology is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a non-profit organization committed to making scientific and medical literature a public resource. PLoS Biology is ranked in the top-tier of life science journals by The Institute for Scientific Information ... More »

" We Are Not Slaves": Female Shoe and Textile Workers in Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1860

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Humanities
Collection: Many Pasts (CHNM/ASHP)
Grade Level: Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract: On George Washington's birthday, 1860, the largest industrial strike to date in the United States started in Lynn, Massachusetts, a coastal town north of Boston. The efforts of the Lynn strikers encouraged shoe and textile workers--including many women--in the nearby town of Marblehead. In Marblehead, ... More »

Building for the Big One

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Type: Library or Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: The Tech Museum of Innovation Design Challenges
Grade Level: Primary

Abstract: Using this activity, students will learn about the effects of earthquakes and how various soil types react during an earthquake. This lesson gives students first-hand experience in making design decisions similar to those made in the real world.