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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Eyes on the Prize: School Desegregation, 1957 1962

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a much larger site from PBS' American Experience's series, Eyes on the Prize, look through this multifaceted site that traces the resistance to implementing school desegregation ordered by the Supreme Court and shows the...
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Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center: Publications

For Students 9th - 10th
The Publications section of the website features newspapers, magazines, and souvenir pamphlets that reflect the activities of the Carlisle Indian School and its students. Many of the newspapers and magazines included here, such as The...
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The German Way: University Student Newspapers in German

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of links to university newspapers. Most are in the German language, with a few providing translation in English.
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School Journalism: Lesson Plans: An Introduction to Newspaper Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents a lesson plan that is designed for a block schedule that takes students through the basics of newspaper design and redesign of their school paper.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Haymarket Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
"Attention Workingmen! Mass Meeting Tonight, at 7:30." This pamphlet was distributed on May 4, 1886. Chicago had been simmering with labor disputes which culminated in a riot at Haymarket Square where eight officers were killed. Use this...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: John Peter Zenger Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive site from UMKC School of Law concerning the trial of John Peter Zenger. You can find just about any information you may need here, from the issues of The New York Weekly Journal to the trial record. Also of...
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A&E Television

History.com: After Wwii, Survivors of Nazi Horrors Found Community in Displaced Persons Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
Though the legacy of World War II Nazi death camps looms over Europe, a lesser-known camp network arose after the war with a diametrically opposed vision: to give traumatized populations a new lease on life. Established by the victorious...
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The Nevada Index

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This online "Reference Desk" provides links to libraries, newspapers, people, grants, maps, magazines, and a wealth of other state and national resources.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Women and Minorities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Although the colonial period produced several women writers of note, the revolutionary era did not further the work of women and minorities, despite the many schools, magazines, newspapers, and literary clubs that were springing up....
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Bernard Shaw

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bernard Shaw, an American television journalist and the first chief anchor for the Cable News Network (CNN). Shaw's childhood heroes included newsman Edward R. Murrow, whose television...

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