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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers information on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's policies and structures, official documents, press releases, speeches and publications. Click the "Welcome to NATO" button (in the left-hand toolbar) to gain...
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Abraham Lincoln Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a wonderful resource for everything you need on Abraham Lincoln! The site contains the text to many of his writings and speeches, many pictures, profiles and biographies, information on places associated with Lincoln, plus...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Supreme Court Ends Ban on Sale of Violent Video Games

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the Supreme Court ending a ban on the sale of violent video games. There are also links to other related items such as a classroom activity and information about the revolution of video games.
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Patton Museum Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to information about the museum, this site provides a brief biography of General Patton and his speech to the Third Army after the invasion of Normandy, as well as interactive learning materials.
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Liberty

For Students 9th - 10th
Liberty is an organisation that was formed seventy-five years ago to champion liberty in all sorts of social contexts. The site has information about many of the current issues - ASBOs, asylum, street cameras and so on - with media links...
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Civil Rights Movement Veterans

For Students 9th - 10th
Remembrances of Civil Rights Movement workers who were active in the 1960s and '70s. Excellent site to gauge the impact of the movement on the workers themselves. Information about the Movement with eyewitness stories, poetry,...
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Weak Analogy

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides alternate names for the concept, a definition, examples, and explanation of the examples. The author is a former college professor, so the information can be trusted.
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 20 Writing Mistakes Even Native Speakers Make (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This GrammarCheck infographic provides tips for fixing common writing mistakes. Information on errors related to homophones, apostrophes, commas, participles, and sentence structure are included.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes information on the Supreme Court case, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. The case involves the First Amendment rights of high school students and the publishing of their high school newspaper.
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Dictionaries and Indexes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on using dictionaries and indexes. Included are a video about why using these tools is important, fact sheets and worksheets about using them, quizzes on the information presented, and a dictionary game. The...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Tips From the Insiders

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This resource gives six great pointers for creating your speech. It highlights including your information withing stories and andectotes in order to maintain the audience's attention.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this section of a textbook, students learn different techniques for writing an introduction. It provides links to information on the following topics: the role of an introduction, getting attention and interest, establishing...
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The History Place

The History Place: Patrick Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the full text of Patrick Henry's moving speech, "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!" Content also includes background information on the circumstances facing the American colonists at the time.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Adlai Stevenson: Accepting Democratic Presidential Nomination

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the CSPAN video of Adlai Stevenson's acceptance of the 1952 Democratic Presidential nomination speech which was delivered on July 26, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Office of Public Sector Information: Human Rights Act 1998

For Students 9th - 10th
The Human Rights Act 1998 is published online including an interactive contents list, allowing you to go straight to particular sections.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Common Words With Multiple Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains common words with multiple meanings: some similar and some very different meanings and the impact of parts of speech on meaning. It discusses six common words with their multiple meanings and different parts of...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
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Lectric Law Library

'Lectric Law Library: New York Times v. United States

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1971 leaking of the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times led to a Supreme Court case in which the government took the newspaper to court over publishing classified information about Vietnam War policy.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Joseph Burstyn, Inc. V. Wilson (1952)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the Joseph Burstyn v. Wilson Supreme Court case.
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Rcfp: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-profit organization collects instances of First Amendment and Freedom of Information cases throughout the United States and reports on the facts and outcomes. An interesting cross section from this section of our law.
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Article 19: Promoting Freedom of Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses right to information and freedom of expression issues. Bright, colorful, nicely designed with many resources.
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Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Dennis vs. United States

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief summary of Dennis v. United States, a First Amendment case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1951 involving limits to the freedom of speech. Includes portraits of the justices on the court of the time and information about how...
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Morino Institute: Promise of a New Communications Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This speech outlines the nature of the communications revolution, establishes a framework for the most important challenges that must be addressed and proposes an Agenda for Action for individuals and groups to take advantage of the...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Managing Q&a

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on answering questions after or during an informative speech including how to prepare for Q&A by anticipating questions and practicing with a friend or colleague and methods of receiving and answering the questions.

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