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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The Great Debate: Internationalists vs. Isolationists

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This great lesson plan from EDSITEment uses primary sources, an interactive timeline, and guiding questions to examine the debate in the United States over the merits of isolationism vs. internationalism after the passage of the...
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BBC

Bbc News: Labour's Centenary

For Students 9th - 10th
From 2000, this site examines the work of Great Britain's Labour party in the 20th century, including interviews with many government leaders who look back at the party's history and forward to the party's future.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Becoming American: The British Atlantic Colonies, 1690 1763

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents on how the political relationship between the colonies and Great Britain changed from 1690 to 1763 and how the colonists responded.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Mandate

For Students 9th - 10th
In July 1922, recognizing "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine," Great Britain was called upon to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine-Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). This...
Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: The Jay Treaty, 1794 (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the Jay Treaty of 1794. A great resource at looking at the specific problems between the new United States and Great Britain.
Primary
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: The Anglo Russian Entente

For Students 9th - 10th
An original document, the agreement between Great Britain and Russia establishing the Triple Entente.
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BBC

Bbc: News: Labour's Centenary: A History of Labour

For Students 9th - 10th
British Broadcasting Corporation gives the history of the Labour Party in Great Britain. Includes audio clips from BBC broadcasts.
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National Archives (UK)

Nalc: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
The tension between Great Britain, United States, and the Soviet Union at end of World War II is surveyed with an excellent presentation with many links and images, a time line, glossary, and archive.
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Digital History

Digital History: Munich: Anatomy of a Crisis [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent lesson plan lays out the framework of the lead-up to World War II in Europe. It covers the problem the support of Czechoslovakia caused Great Britain and France, the policy of appeasement exercised by Prime Minister...
Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Women Miners in English Coal Pits

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed essay, written in 1842, on women and girl miners' working conditions in Great Britain. Includes the personal accounts of two women miners.
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US National Archives

Nara: Prologue Magazine: War of 1812: Stoking the Fires

For Students 9th - 10th
According to this very interesting article, it seems that the United States was just as culpable as Great Britain when it came to impressing sailors to serve on their ships. Read about the story of Charles Davis, a British citizen, who...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the Library of Congress links directly to a chronology of events leading to the declaration of independence from Great Britain, the drafting of the document, and Jefferson's vison as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
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Other

Mollusca

For Students 9th - 10th
A general description of mollusca and some discussion of those found in the waters of Great Britain.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Germany's Invasion of Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to four documents in which Adolph Hitler justifies his invasion of Poland and his response to Great Britain's objection to that act. Very interesting reading.
Primary
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Documents on the Grand Alliance

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of transcripts from meetings between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain during World War II in their efforts to defeat Germany and Japan.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Eid: 1918 Influenza Pandemic

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive discussion of the influenza pandemic of 1918. Read about the investigation into the virus that caused the flu, where did the flu begin, and why did it sicken so many young adults. There are charts showing the incidence of...
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US Department of State

U.s. Department of State: Atlantic Charter

For Students 9th - 10th
This article published by the US Department of State's Office of the Historian discusses the significance of the Atlantic Charter. In it Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill agreed on a broad statement of war aims for Great Britain...
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: The Trent Affair, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain at the beginning of the Civil War, why it was important to the North and South, and how it was resolved.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
The struggle for territory between the European countries led to the French and Indian War. This war had far-reaching consequences for the colonists and Great Britain. Discover reasons the war began and how the end of this war eventually...
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Confronting the National Debt: Aftermath of the French and Indian War

For Students 11th - 12th
This section of a chapter on "Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests" discusses the status of Great Britain's North American colonies in the years directly following the French and Indian War, describes the size and scope of the British...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Slaves and the Courts, 1740 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of historical primary documents tells the story of the trials, cases, and correspondence of slaves and the courts of the United States and Great Britain.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Slaves and the Courts

For Students 9th - 10th
Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 contains just over a hundred pamphlets and books (published between 1772 and 1889) concerning the difficult and troubling experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and...
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Other

National Portrait Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
The home on the web of Great Britain's National Portrait Gallery is a repository of the likenesses of famous British men and women. Portraits stretch back in time into the the sixteenth century and run right up to the present. Includes...
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Victorian Age Topics in Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses four controversies that concerned the Victorians: evolution, industrialism, what the Victorians called "The Woman Question," and Great Britain's identity as an imperial power. Includes multiple-choice quiz and...

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