931 Harriet Beecher Stowe Engraving Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 5 Professional Commentary: Author Harriet Beecher Stowe, shown in this engraving, wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin after a visit to abolitionist John Rankin's home in Ripley, Ohio. This resource could be used when introducing the text of Stowe's book.... 932 Life Among the Indians Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 4 Professional Commentary: Reverend James Finley, a Wyandot missionary appointed by the Methodist Episcopal Church, successfully converted over half of the Wyandot people in present-day Wyandot County to Christianity. These selections from his autobiography Life Among the Indians detail the removal of the Wyandots from Ohio and the division of their lands.... 933 Jacob D. Cox Proclamation Adopting a New Seal for Ohio Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 4 Professional Commentary: This proclamation, signed by Governor Jacob D. Cox, contains an impression of the new seal of the state of Ohio.... 934 Pike County Morgan's Raid Compensation Claim Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 3 Professional Commentary: Mary Clay of Chillicothe, Ohio submitted this claim to the Pike County Probate Court in 1872, asking for reparations of $130 for a horse used by the militia in Pike County to repel Morgan's Raiders. This content resource exemplifies two major functions of local governments, to settle disputers and protect the rights fo individuals.... 935 Scioto River Flood Letter Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 5 Professional Commentary: A woman identified only as "Louisa" wrote this letter to her cousin in Cincinnati telling her about the Scioto River flood of 1884. The letter was written over the course of nine days and documents the writer's observations of the flood.... 936 Elias Tetirick Interview Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 5 Professional Commentary: In this interview, Wilbur H. Siebert recorded the recollections of Elias Tetirick (1819-1901).... 937 Society of Separatists of Zoar Girls Photographs Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 3 Professional Commentary: These two photographs show children of the Society of Separatists of Zoar. The Society of Separatists of Zoar were a group of German religious dissenters who immigrated to Ohio in 1817.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 4 Professional Commentary: Prior to 1901, Ohio did not have an official flag. This particular design, however, created by architect John Eisenmann, attracted the attention of Ohio's House of Representatives.... 939 Ohio Flag House Bill No. 213 Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 4 Professional Commentary: House Bill No. 213, shown here, was sponsored by Speaker of the House William S.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 4 Professional Commentary: This item is the patent for the Ohio state flag issued by the United States Patent Office to John Eisenmann of Cleveland, Ohio.... |