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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1840: Irish and German Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
Famine and political revolution in Europe led millions of Irish and German citizens to immigrate to America in the mid-nineteenth century.
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George Mason University

Problems With Markets: Week 12: Problems With Regulation

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource outlines different economic and political options, and focuses on the problems associated with government ownership and socialism. Good background for a paper.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Ukrainian Famine

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress gives an account of Stalin's systematic elimination of Ukrainian nationalism and forced collectivization that resulted in the loss of millions of lives from 1932-1933.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Life in the Sahara (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in which students share prior knowledge and conduct research about the location, people, and animals of the Sahara region of Africa. Involves the creation of a project about the geography of the Sahara and how desertification...