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|  | | | | | Arthur St. Clair: Letter to President George Washington: Indian Wars (ORC#: 14402) | | This resource would be a great addition to any lesson about the interatction among white settlers and Indians during the early years of American History. In this letter, Northwest Territory Governor Arthur St. Clair asks President George Washington to send troops from Virginia to the Ohio country to defend the settlements against American Indians |
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| | | | | Adena Celt (ORC#: 14576) | | This celt, a form of axe in which the blade is fitted into the handle rather than the handle being wrapped around the blade, was made by the Adena people. This image would be a great addition to any lesson depicting the social characteristics of early civilizations. |
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| | | | | Making Treaties and Weaving Wampum (ORC#: 14254) | | This is a lesson on the relationships built between Native Americans and early American government structures. Students are asked to create a timeline of the treaties made between Native American tribes and various governmental entities in the early history of the U.S. They are then introduced to Wampum Belts, and their significance to the tribes as historical records. Then, students are given a specific treaty with the corresponding Wampum belt that was created to represent it, and are asked to analyze the two items to identify correlations. The assessment is an essay in which students are instructed to compare and contrast the final activity. This lesson correlates to the above mentioned benchmark and indicator; however, it would also be an excellent resource to teach eighth grade people in societies benchmark B, indicator 3; Analyze how contact between the settlers and American Indians resulted in treaties, land acquisition and Indian removal. The Campfire Stories with George Catlin website is an excellent resource. |
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| | | | | State of the British and French Colonies in North America (ORC#: 14608) | | This content resource is comprised of 15 pages of text from the book titled, "State of the British and French Colonies in North America: with respect to number of people, forces, forts, Indians, trade and other advantages." The text of this excerpt is of two letters to a friend, is an early account of British and French conflicts in the Ohio Country. Though, the content in this resource reflects high expectations and would be interesting to most students in this age group, the outdated vocabulary used may cause confusion for readers. This resource will need to be adapted to meet the learning needs of each teacher's unique class of students. |
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| | | | | The Ohio Constitution (ORC#: 14778) | | The Ohio Constitution, written and accessible in full format, is the focus of this website. The content provided is directly aligned with the fourth grade standards, benchmarks and indicators with regard to explaining the constitution and the benefits for its citizens. This website gives users easy access to the full 72-page PDF version of the original and amended document, as well as quick links to specific articles and the preamble. Teachers will find information that students can easily view and access. Accessing this website will give teachers links to the Ohio House and Senate, Education Topics, and even a session video. |
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| | | | | Discover Ohio's Geography (ORC#: 14710) | | "Discover Ohio's Geography" is an interactive map created by Discover Ohio. Students can locate physical and human features on a map of Ohio. Fourth grade students will be able to navigate this source with ease. Access to computers is necessary to use this resource.
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| | | | | Ohio State Government (ORC#: 15297) | | Ohio State Government is a content resource providing extensive information about the history, the structure and the purpose of the government, and the current legislation in the state of Ohio. The site also includes information about voting, school funding, and even has a glossary of terms. This source easily fits the standards, is provided by the 127th Ohio General Assembly, and is presented in a manner that would hold students attention. A teacher could use this site in its entirety or simply focus on one aspect of Ohios history, government, or current processes. The information could also be easily modified to reach all levels of students. |
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| | | | | Ohio Indian Wars (ORC#: 14691) | | Teachers will find this content resource from the Ohio Historical Society helpful as a place to turn to for a brief summary of the Ohio Indian Wars. The article covers the years 1783 to 1843, spanning from the end of the American Revolution until the last Ohio Indian tribe gave up its claim to land. The text is written at a level which will prove difficult for most fourth graders, but teachers may adapt portions of the text for classroom use. This history of the Indian Wars is a good supplement to what is found in fourth grade textbooks and helps draw the big picture together in a concise manner. One nice feature is the way the related entries link on the right side of the page to navigate users to additional information on Ohio history.
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| | | | | Maps of Ohio (ORC#: 14707) | | This content resource, Maps of Ohio, is provided by World Wide Atlas. This site gives teachers access to highway, physical and county maps of Ohio. By clicking on View as GIF image under Highway Map, teachers are given a highway map of all major interstates and roads in Ohio. The second link requires a Micromedia Flash Player and a link is provided to get the installation free. Students unfamiliar with the location of cities and towns in Ohio can use the flash-based highway map to find any city or town and zoom in and out by using the tools provided at the top of the map. The physical map shows three different color elevations and all rivers and major bodies of water. All counties are labeled on the county map. This site also includes blank outlines of highway, political, physical and county maps that would have a variety of useful applications, including assessment purposes. Some of the links on this site can only be used by registered users or require the installation of Micromedia Flash Player, however the basic maps on this site would be excellent resources for third and fourth grade teachers. |
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| | | | | Ohio Railroad Map (ORC#: 14600) | | This railroad map, prepared under the direction of J.C. Moons, state commissioner of railroads and telegraphs and published by the state, shows railroads and electric railways operating in Ohio in 1903. Also identified are towns, county seats, canals, coal lands, tunnels, telegraph companies, express companies, state and county institutions and hospitals, industrial schools, and universities. |
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| | | | | Early Woodland Knife (ORC#: 14574) | | This Early Woodland Knife presented in this content resource is typical of those made by the Adena people. This visual would be a good addition to any unit teaching about early American civilization. |
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| | | | | Forests of Ohio (ORC#: 14725) | | Forests of Ohio" is s resource from The Ohio State University. This resource can be used by teachers or students to locate forest and geological regions on a map of Ohio.
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| | | | | The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (ORC#: 15631) | | This engaging lesson plan resource focuses on the early industrial period of American history and will help students realize the role that canals played in western expansion and the evolution of transportation. The lesson begins with this question and a photograph: What kind of boat is this? What type of waterway do you think the boat was meant to travel on? |
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| | | | | Midwestern Regional Climate Center : Ohio (ORC#: 14693) | | This content resource, Midwestern Regional Climate Center: Ohio, is developed by the Regional Climate Center. It provides comprehensive data on temperature, precipitation, snow and growing seasons by individual counties. The home page for Ohio has a map of Ohio divided by counties. By placing the mouse over a county, the name of the county appears and by clicking on the county or typing the name of the county below the map, you will have access to the information on the topics above. This resource is user friendly and is a helpful tool for teachers in identifying and describing the climate of any county in Ohio. This resource also has links to other states in the midwest and their comprehensive data as well. (author/pb) |
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| | | | | USA : Ohio (ORC#: 14702) | | This interactive resource provides online data for every Ohio city, town or village with a population of more than 15,000. The resource cites the U.S. Census Bureau is its source for the data. Census data for 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2005 is organized by alphabetical order and size. The resource also provides additional information, such as population density and change. (author/pb/vm) |
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| | | | | John Mercer Langston Photograph : Civil Rights Movement (ORC#: 14419) | | This photograph is a portrait of John Mercer Langston, an Ohio African American lawyer, educational administrator, and congressman. He was a leader in the anti-slavery and African American rights movements, and was also sympathetic to the temperance and women's rights causes. This resource would enhance any lesson about the abolitionist movement and the contributions of African Americans. (author,vm) |
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| | | | | Native Peoples of North America (ORC#: 15906) | | This Cabrillo College website offers middle level apropriate information about the Hopewell Civiization, including major characteristics, architecture, burial practices, exchange systems, life styles, sociopolitical organizations. |
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| | | | | Ohio Prehistory (ORC#: 15908) | | This resource from Fort Ancient and the Ohio Historical Society provides detailed information on various prehistoric groups in Ohio, including Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Early, Middle and Late Woodland, Late Prehistoric and Historic. An artifact is shown for each group. |
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| | | | | Changes in Ohio Environments (ORC#: 14722) | | In this lesson from the Ohio Department of Education, students identify ways that people have affected the physical environment of Ohio. Students work in cooperative groups to conduct research about different environments in Ohio and human interactions with those environments. |
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| | | | | Massacre Game (ORC#: 15926) | | In this interactive game, students participate in a mission to uncover the truth about the Boston Massacre. Participants have access to trial notes with eyewitness accounts, an image scrutinizer that allows close examination of the different historical images of the event, an interactive timeline and additional information about the trial. |
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| | | | | Teaching Columbus: Colonization to Independence (ORC#: 15927) | | This is a web-based resource center for teaching about Columbus, Ohio past and present. The resource includes Columbus history web projects, primary source collections, a digital archive of historic sites and landmarks, lessons and links on neighborhoods throughout the city, interdisciplinary thematic teaching resources, and student projects. |
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 | | | | | Prehistoric People | | A collection of lessons and other resources about Ohio''s prehistoric people. |
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