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The Story of Oil in Pennsylvania
"The most important oil well ever drilled was in the middle of quiet farm country in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859. For this was one of the first successful oil wells that was drilled for the sole purpose of finding oil. Known as the Drake Well, after "Colonel" Edwin Drake, the man responsible for the well, it began an international search for petroleum, and in many ways eventually changed the way we live:"
http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/pennsylvania/pennsylvania.html
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Global Connections - Oil Crisis: What Would You Do?
Explore the multiple dimensions of the role of oil in the economy and politics of both the U.S. and the Middle East. Evaluate the costs and benefits of maintaining U.S. dependence on oil and of developing alternative sources of energy.
Grade Level: High
Social Studies: Economics, Geography
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/educators/resource/lesson3.html
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Energy use and conservation
Research into the production,
consumption, and conservation of power:
http://www.researchmatters.harvard.edu/topic.php?topic_id=72
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Marketing and Distribution
While refining is a complex process, the goal is straightforward: to take crude oil, which is virtually unusable in its natural state, and transform it into the wide variety of petroleum products used for a variety of purposes such as heating homes, fueling vehicles and running industry. After the oil processing is completed, downstream activity involves the commercial side of getting the oil products to the market for distribution and consumer use. Most of the major companies involved in the midstream activity of transportation and storage are also the key players in refining, marketing and distribution activities.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/BERA/issue5/marketing.html
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Frontline - House of Saud
Explore the connection between recent acts of terrorism and United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and take a stand on the issue of whether terrorism drives U.S. foreign policy or vice versa.
Grade Level: High
Social Studies: Civics: Current Events/Issues, Civics: United States Government, Cultural Studies: Middle Eastern Studies
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/saud/
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When oil became black gold
Alison Frank explores the role of Austria-Hungary in early oil production
Alison Frank: 'I was taken aback by how unpredictable the development of energy sources has been through history."
http://www.researchmatters.harvard.edu/story.php?article_id=986
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PBS Mathline - Roll Out the Barrel
Apply mathematical modeling to solve a real-world problem in which a manufacturing company is given two options for storing oil barrels. Decide which size and shape of storage unit will provide the most inexpensive space to store the containers.
Grade Level: Middle
Math: Applied Mathematics, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Numbers and Operations
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Match to Standards
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/msmp/barrel/barrel_procedure.shtm
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Progressive Era to New Era
Automobiles in the Progressive and New Eras
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
FIll It Up, Sir?
The excerpt is from an oral history interview conducted by the WPA in August 1940, in Vermont, and now included in American Life Histories, 1936-1940. The person interviewed was Bill Maitland. What are this fellow's views about the automobile? Although he worked in a service station, what did he think of the work?
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/wpa:@field(DOCID+@lit(wpa338010107))
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Global Connections - Coup to Revolution: U.S. Foreign Policy
in Iran
Explore the relationship between the U.S. and Iran in the 1950s and 1970s. Extrapolate factors to be considered when shaping U.S. foreign policy using Iran as a case study.
Grade Level: High
Social Studies: Civics: United States Government, Cultural Studies: Middle Eastern Studies
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/educators/uspolicy/lesson2.html
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The History Channel Classroom
Study Guides
Empires of Industry
Black Gold
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/admin/study_guide/archives/thc_guide.0336.html
Tune In:
"Ancient Chinese burned it in lamps;
Crusaders used it to make "Greek Fire";
American settlers used it as an ointment.
But in the 1850s, a Canadian chemist
turned petroleum into kerosene--and the
need for oil exploded. See how the US
became so dependent on Black Gold
that it fought a war in the 1990s
to insure its flow." TVPG
"Gas--it makes a balloon go up,
cooks our food, and fills our lungs.
But this invisible state of matter does far more, and has a very visible impact on the world.
We follow natural gas from well tip to
stove top and trace its use from 3rd century BC Chinese salt producers to modern appliances.
Next, we investigate the most plentiful gas in the universe--hydrogen--which may also prove to be the most powerful.
We also experience the cryogenic world of industrial gasses--what they do and where they come from--as we travel to the British Oxygen Company's Braddock Air Separation Plant to see how they freeze millions of tons of oxygen and nitrogen.
And at the Bush Dome Helium Reserve in Texas, we learn why the US government sits atop 36-billion cubic feet of the stuff.
Finally, we look inside the colorful world of gas and neon lights." TVPG
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/admin/study_guide/archives/thc_guide.0336.html
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Built for Speed
Early Automobiles hit the Road
Cars terrified horses. People -- and horses -- died in horrible car crashes. The roar of gasoline engines was deafening. Politicians fought back with anti-car laws. One law required cars to stop at every intersection. The driver then had to "examine the roadway ahead and sound his horn vigorously. Then [shout] loudly or ring a gong" and "discharge a Roman candle, Vesuvius bomb or some other explosive device as final warning of his approach."
http://pbskids.org/wayback/tech1900/car2.html
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Who invented the automobile?
This question does not have a straightforward answer. The history of the automobile is very rich and dates back to the 15th century when Leonardo da Vinci was creating designs and models for transport vehicles.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/auto.html
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Extreme Oil
Exploring the Science of Oil
Grade level: High School
Science & Technology: Ecology, Energy
Social Studies: Transportation
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
from Thirteen/WNET New York's "Extreme Oil" series detail the exploration, refining and transportation of one of the world's most prized commodities: oil. The search for oil involves significantly more than simply digging a hole hoping for the proverbial "gusher." The technological advances and equipment used to find and extract oil is thoroughly examined in two areas of the world. Those locations would include Canada and Alaska.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/extremeoil/teachers/lp2.html
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U.S. History...Critical Thinking...Arts & Humanities
With three decades' worth of images, Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933, is an excellent resource for practicing chronological thinking by examining change over time. The collection also presents the opportunity to use images in fostering historical comprehension of immigration and diversity, and in practicing image-analysis and interpretation.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/chicago/thinking.html
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The Rise of Industrial America
Timeline Home Page Library of Congress
In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. Old industries expanded and many new ones, including petroleum refining, steel manufacturing, and electrical power, emerged. Railroads expanded significantly, bringing even remote parts of the country into a national market economy.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/riseind/riseof.html
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Old Zeke Perkins sold his hogs the other day,
the gosh-darned fool threw his money right away;
Rode into town, sittin' on a board,
Came home ridin' in a brand-new Ford!
"A Ford Song,"
Quartet or Chorus for Men's Voices,
A. Flivver, composer,
1918.
Automobile manufacturer Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on his family's farm in Dearborn, Michigan. From the time he was a young boy, Ford enjoyed tinkering with machines. Farm work and a job in a Detroit machine shop afforded him ample opportunities to experiment. He later worked as a part-time employee for the Westinghouse Engine Company. By 1896, Ford had constructed his first horseless carriage which he sold in order to finance work on an improved model.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul30.html
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Using Oral History
Student Lesson
Section 3: Analyzing Oral Histories
Primary Source Set C
Americans and the Automobile
NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT: Roy A. Morse, Sumner, Nebr.
Date and time of interview Oct. 19-20, 1938
MY FIRST AUTOMOBILE
I went to town one Saturday and automobiles were a curiosity in those days so one of the first things I heard when I arrived, was that my neighbor had bought a new automobile, so I goes to the garage and sure enough there was Andy-- my nearest neighbor in a new car, ... so I determined not to be outdone by my neighbors and especially Andy, I goes over to another garage to buy a car ... and as Andy had gotten a Ford I wanted some other kind, so he sold me a car and we got on the train to go get the car.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/oralhist/morse.html
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Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury
Theme 5: Impact of Taxes
Lesson 1: How Taxes Influence Behavior
Educational Standards
State and National Standards
Time Frame
One to four class periods
Curriculum Area(s)
• History/Social Studies
• Civics/Government
• Economics
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Technology
Purpose
To help students understand how taxes may influence the way people spend and save their money
Objectives
Students will be able to
• describe the purpose of the sin tax, the gasoline excise tax, and the luxury tax.
• explain how such taxes affect the behaviors and choices of taxpayers.
http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/jsp/whys/lp/IWT5L1lp.jsp
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A History of Taxation
TAX HISTORY CHRONOLOGY
Taxes are considered a problem by everyone. Not surprisingly, taxation problems date back to earliest recorded history.
http://www.taxworld.org/History/TaxHistory.htm
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Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
TITLE 10--Energy
CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SUBCHAPTER A--OIL
PART 212--MANDATORY PETROLEUM PRICE REGULATIONS
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title10/10cfr212_main_02.tpl
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Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
TITLE 15--Commerce and Foreign Trade
Subtitle B--REGULATIONS RELATING TO COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SUBCHAPTER C--EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
PART 754--SHORT SUPPLY CONTROLS
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title15/15cfr754_main_02.tpl
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William C. Bruce
Associate Dean and Professor
College of Education and Psychology
Phone: (903) 566-7048
E-mail: wbruce@uttyler.edu
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