ORC Resource Types

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This World War II card game asked players, "Do you eat a Victory Diet every day?" and encouraged them to play the game to find out. The rules point out that the game does not count calories, since "lack of calories is not a common American diet deficiency." The U.S....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This photograph of Walter Wolksi and his family near a display of canned vegetables was taken during World War I. Wolski, an employee of the Inland Steel Company, grew the vegetables in his war garden and his wife canned them....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: William McKinley's Civil War diary details his service with Company E of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) at Camp Jackson (later Camp Chase) in Ohio and throughout Virginia. He mentions daily activities, including drill, visits, prayer meetings, and troop movements, from June to November of 1861....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This ration book was issued to Virginia K. Pooley of Toledo, Ohio during World War II....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This photograph documents the Ohio statehouse in Zanesville. The capital was moved from Chillicothe to Zanesville in 1810....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This photograph was taken from the John Rankin House near Ripley, Ohio. The house, located on a hill overlooking the Ohio River, provided Reverend John Rankin with a view into Kentucky....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: These content resources of seven stereoviews show the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers prior to their departure for Cuba during the Spanish American War....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: These images show the bedrock of Hancock County. These two examples of bedrock date from the Silurian Age (438-408 million years ago)....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: C.F. Volney traveled to America from France around 1795 to observe in detail the new nation's geography....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This wooden ballot box was first used in 1821 to elect township trustees for Paris Township, Union County. This ballot box represents a difference between authoritarian and democratic governments....