Interactive Map: Segregation Continues to Be NJ’s State of the State - NJ Spotlight
4th Grade Social Studies
The Erie Canal — The Original Economic Stimulous Plan
Teachers looking to build their content knowledge before teaching an Erie Canal lesson can find a quick 10 minute here that will serve them well. This article can also be used by 9th grade US I teachers to have student's read.
Little short of madness...(Quotation) | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
The Erie Canal | National Geographic Society
Maps and other materials for possible incorporation to the Erie Canal DBQ
ThingLink - west quoddy lighthouse
Mount Washington - New Hampshire Magazine
Size, name and history of the second stop on the train tour
200 years on the Erie Canal - YouTube
8 minute segment from CBS morning news
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey. | Library of Congress
Maps of Chatham from 1921
York, PA Factory Tours | Harley-Davidson - YouTube
Tired of showing students those old assembly line videos that haven't been accurate since the Harding Administration? This four minute video from Harled-Davidson shows how much of today's manufacturing is facilitated by robots and machinery. This is a much more engaging factory video for students
Elementary Students Talk About Slavery and Race Relations - YouTube
NJDEP | Climate Change | NJ Climate Data
The 2020 New Jersey Specific Report on climate change is a current event primary source for real NJ data on climate change
NEW JERSEY: 2020 Census
Preservation and Perseverance in the Patches: A Woman’s Role in Coal County – Luzerne County Historical Society
Interactive Maps
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | Separate Is NOT Equal -
8 minute video describing Brown v Board case
New Jersey’s Segregated Schools Trends and Paths Forward
Follow up to the report of 2013. To make their segregation lessons authentic, teachers should share the existence of this report and the issue of segregation in New Jersey today
One Man's Remorse for Ridiculing the Little Rock Nine | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN - YouTube
This 5 minute video is especially helpful to younger students in that it shows the power of hope, redemption and forgivenss
Southeast - LibGuides at University of Wisconsin System School Library Education Consortium
Link collection from the University of Wisconsin
Plessy V. Ferguson - YouTube
Minute and a half video describing the case that established "separate but equal"
Ag Day - ORANGE FFA
Students at high schools in North Carolina take classes in agriculture, showing other students what they are learning at a full-school "AG Day" event. NJ students would be surprised to see the chain saw competition. Include this as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odLEGMM1jAQ and the AG FFA program page https://orangeffa.weebly.com/
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross | Ruby Bridges Interview, School Integration | PBS - YouTube
Louis Gates and Ruby Bridges in a three minute video talk about her first days of school
CommonLit | Stephen Bishop: Cave Explorer | Free Reading Passages and Literacy Resources
CommonLit | The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing | Free Reading Passages and Literacy Resources
Hurricane Katrina | Civic Online Reasoning
" reliable information about the effects of Hurricane Katrina."
Explore the Southern States of America - YouTube
The Cedars Plantation - Natchez
13688 River Rd. Hwy 553, Natchez, MS 39120
Mississippi SP Cedar Grove Place
Prejudices | Anne Frank House | Explained - YouTube
2:45 minute video with excellent graphics and script describing the natural judgements we all have, and how prejudices can harm us and others. Using the "questions" framing, it does not preach. 4th and 5th grade students will have trouble with vocabulary, but this video provides an effective way to introduce the concept
Reedy Creek Improvement District
Few students and teachers would identify this form of government in Florida, though they all know the biggest business in town, The Walt Disney Company
Interactive forest map
TCI's southeast section focuses on paper products and the lumber industry. This interactive map can be the basis for a map skills lesson - having student determine the distribution of timber growth and removal