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Internet Resources
Social Studies
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
- Dealing with Difficult Subjects in Primary Sources (Library of Congress Blog)
- Getting Started with Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
- Analysis Worksheets and Graphic Organizers for primary sources (Collection, Middle Tennessee State University)
- Primary Sources – An Introductory Guide (Seton Hall University)
- Teaching with Documents (National Archives)
- “Up Against Authentic History” (by Billy Tally, Center for Children & Technology)
- Using Primary Sources: A Quick Start Guide (Library of Congress)
Additional historical primary sources:
- Ohio Pioneers Virtual Exhibit by Marietta College
- Ohio Memory Collections
Timelines
Ohio’s Founding and Early Statehood Timeline by Ohio History Connection
Explore by Timeline by U.S. General Services Administration
Timeline (Artwork in historical contexts) by Smithsonian American Art Museum
U.S. History Primary Source Timeline by Library of Congress
Maps
- Evolution of United States County Boundaries (1650-1983)
Can be linked to migration; Animation by Ed Stephen
- The Growth and Distribution of American Cities: 1790 to 2000 (United Census Bureau)
- Land Transfers from Native Americans to Whites: 1775 – 1894 (California State University, Long Beach)
- Collections with Maps (Library of Congress)
o Use the Keyword search to locate maps by typing in words [Ohio] or phrases [Ohio River].
o Users may zoom in on maps or download.
- What Do Maps Show? Lesson plans by U.S. Geological Society
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Native and Indigenous Peoples Resources
General
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: Mounds of Knowledge
- Ohio’s Indigenous History is Part of Everyone’s History by Ohio History Connection
- One State – Many Nations: Native Americans of Ohio (PBS)
- Research Guidelines: American Indian History by Ohio History Day
- Teaching American Indian Heritage and History: Resources (Ohio History Connection)
- The Effects of Removal on American Indian Tribes, an essay from National Humanities Center
- Virtual Quest: Seeking Knowledge: Native People and Ohio (Ohio History Connection)
- Virtual Quest: Ohio Village (Ohio History Connection)
Frontier Wars / Indian Wars
American Indian Wars: Timeline by the History Channel
Indian Wars Campaigns by U.S. Army Center of Military History
Ohio Frontier Battles in the Northwest Indian War (Article) by Mike Ryan, Ohio’s Country Journal
Ohio’s Native American Wars by Touring Ohio
Ohio History Connection Resources
Places
Fort Recovery Museum and Monument
Events
Other Places, Events, and People resources of the Indian and Frontier Wars of the 1790s
A Short History of The Great Black Swamp in the Shores & Islands Ohio Region by Shores & Islands Ohio
Blue Jacket at WV Encyclopedia
Captain Pipe in “Kageshquanohel or Captain Pipe’s Dilemma” by Ohio University
“Congress Lands,” beginning on page 43 within The Official Ohio Lands Book by Dr. George W. Knepper
Cornstalk at e-WV, the West Virginia Encyclopedia
“Donation Tract,” beginning on page 29 within The Official Ohio Lands Book by Dr. George W. Knepper
Early Settlers and Incidents in Coshocton County by Ohio American History and Genealogy Project
Fort Defiance by Dr. Joshua Catalano, Clemson University
Fort Green Ville by Military History of the Great Lakes and Michigan Technological University
Fort Hamilton History by the Butler County Historical Society
Fort Harmar by Sons of the American Revolution, Marietta Chapter of the Ohio Society
Fort Harmar, Treaty of. by Tribal Treaties Database (Oklahoma State University)
Fort Loramie History by the Village of Fort Loramie
Fort Miamis in “Historical Overview of Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis” by the National Park Service
Fort Recovery, Siege of in “The Battle of the Wabash and the Battle of Fort Recovery,” by Christine K. Thompson, Erin A. Steinwachs, and Kevin C. Nolan in a A Cooperative Project with National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program.
Fort Steuben by The Old Fort Steuben Project, Inc.
Fort Washington by the American Battlefield Trust
Geo-History: The Coshocton Massacre by Pickerington Online
Girty, Simon by Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Great Black Swamp History by Sauder Village
Harmar, Josiah at armyhistory.org
Harmar’s Defeat and the Battle of Kiihkayonki in “The Mihši-maalhsa Wars – Part II – The Battle of Kiihkayonki,” from Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Heckewelder, John by Boston University
Kenton, Simon by the West Virginia Encyclopedia
Little Turtle at Ohio Supreme Court
Piqua (Battle of) in “The Proving Ground: Revolutionary Ohio,” by Kate Ebner Gruber for American Battlefield Trust
Proclamation of 1763 in “Proclamation Line of 1763,” from George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Presidential Library.
St. Clair, Arthur at American Battlefield Trust
St. Clair’s Defeat and the Battle of the Wabash in “St. Clair’s Campaign of 1791: A Defeat in the Wilderness That Helped Forge Today’s U.S. Army,” by Thomas E. Buffenbarger, U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Tarhe by the Wyandot Nation of Kansas
Tecumseh by the National Park Service
Tiffin, Edward by the National Governors Association
Treaty of Greenville (1795) in “Summer 1795: Treaty of Greenville creates an uneasy peace,” by Eric Hemenway, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians for the National Park Service
Wapakoneta (History of) by City of Wapakoneta
Wayne, “Mad” Anthony by the National Park Service
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Current Events Affecting Ohio
- Use local newspapers (print or online) and local news media.
- You may search for local news media by using Ohio News Media Association
- National news outlets can also be used if using search terms. Some have categories of recent news by state.
National Events / Government Sites
United States House of Representatives
Supreme Court of the United States
Media Literacy
- AllSides: Balanced News and Media Bias Ratings
- Common Sense Media: Education resources for digital citizenship, fact checking, and more
- News Literacy Project: Support student ability to determine credibility of information
Citizenship and Civil Discourse
- Citizenship & Participation (Grades 6-12) by iCivics
- Good Citizenship Lesson by Character Counts!
- Civil Discourse Toolkit for Middle School Teachers (by Sphere)
- Cultivating Civil Discourse in Your Middle School Classroom lesson (by Sphere)
- Elections and Civics by PBS
- KidCitizen (Grades K-5)
- Kids Voting Ohio
- Preserving Democracy by PBS