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Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Women in American History

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module on women in American history explores the changing roles for women in the 20th Century teaching us about Annie Oakley, Eleanor Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, and Clara Barton, among others. Multi-media resources, including...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Women in American History

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. you can follow brave-hearted women through a timeline of unbelievable "Herstory." Impressive site tracks the unsinkable American woman from Early American adventurers like Sacagawea and...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Women P Ioneers in American Memory

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is an online resource from the Library of Congress discussing Women Pioneers. Includes some audio and internal links for more information.
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Achievements of Women Scientists in American History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of profiles of American women who have made significant contributions to science.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History Unit: Period 7: 1890 1945: The Nineteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 7: 1890-1945 in American History. The Nineteenth Amendment is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Significant Women in Flight of the 20th Century Photos

For Students 9th - 10th
A number of women played significant roles in the history of aviation and flight during the 20th century. Meet them in this photo gallery and learn about their achievements.
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Other

The History Makers

For Students 9th - 10th
Thehistorymakers.com features the stories of African Americans who have succeeded and made achievements in the areas of art, business, education, law, politics, science, religion, and sports. There is a great timeline of African American...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History Period 6: 1865 1898: Reform in the Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Reform in the Gilded Age is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Women in the 1950s

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at what life was like for women in 1950s America. Examines the tension between the expectations of conformity and domesticity and an emerging discontent as many women chose to continue working after World War II. Meanwhile, African...
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame

For Students 9th - 10th
Women and men stood along side each other to form the United States. Use this resource to learn about different influential women in U.S. history.
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Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Women in the 1950's

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Were American housewives of the 1950's as happy as images depict them? This resource examines the women of the era closer to find out.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: 1968 Miss America Protest

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS article traces the history of the Miss America pageant protest by the New York Radical Women in 1968. The term "Bra burners," caught on due to this protest.
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US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: Media Curiosities

For Students 7th - 9th
With our 24-hour news cycle, we are used to media following politician's every move. For the first women in Congress, the media coverage was just as extensive for the early 1900's. They were a novelty and American's wanted to know their...
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Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: Famous American Women

For Students 9th - 10th
With this game, test your knowledge about famous women in American history.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The online exhibits of the National Women's History Museum celebrate women in a wide variety of venues and roles. These include exhibits such as "Women in Early Film," "First But Not the Last: Women Who Ran for President," and "Young and...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Women's History Month

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units which commemorate the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate the contribution...
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Purdue University

Woman Artists of the American West: Women in Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
A site by Peter Palmquist on Women photographers and the American Indian. There are biographies and images from thirteen women who were active during the latter part of the 19th century.
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: The American Revolution 1778 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of ongoing events of the Revolutionary War from 1778 to the war ending with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Includes a brief discussion on diplomacy, government and women of the Revolution.
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Other

Georgetown College: Introduction to American History: Progressivism (1900 1920)

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this page for a good overview of some general goals of Progressives. Material is presented in outline form and identifies major Progressive issues and attitudes.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Women's Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Such social reforms brought many women to a realization of their own unequal position in society. From colonial times, unmarried women had enjoyed many of the same legal rights as men, although custom required that they marry early. With...
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Other

The Baldwin Project: "American History Stories, Volume Ii": Daughters of Liberty

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Baldwin Project is a site which presents books from the past on the internet. This excerpt from American History Stories, Volume II by Mara L. Pratt provides a description of the Daughters of Liberty from a different point of view.
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Other

Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People's History

For Students 9th - 10th
A project designed for teachers using Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States to teach American history, but with broader applicability in any US history classroom where the role of working people, women, social movements and...
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Other

Lulac: Lulac History All for One and One for All

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the history of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), including why and how it was formed, efforts to unify Hispanic Americans, the discrimination faced by Mexican Americans, and the prominent role of women in the...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Anne Hutchinson: American Women's Movement

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This lesson focuses on the life and trials of Anne Hutchinson, who fought for the rights of women in mid-17th century New England.