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Country Studies US

Country Studies: South Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at South Africa from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: South Korea

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at South Korea from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: St. Kitts and Nevis

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at St. Kitts and Nevis from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: St. Lucia

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at St. Lucia from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Sudan

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Sudan from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Syria

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Syria from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Tajikistan

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Tajikistan from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990s.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Thailand

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Thailand from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Trinidad and Tobago

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Trinidad and Tobago from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Turkey

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Turkey from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Uganda

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Uganda from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: United Arab Emirates

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at United Arab Emirates from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Uzbekistan

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Uzbekistan from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: El Salvador

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at El Salvador from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Germany from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.
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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: Structural Changes in the Economy and Financial Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a speech given by Alan Greenspan December 5, 2000. It discusses the economic changes the United States had undergone in the 1990s. The reading is sophisticated, but some of the information is written to be accessible to...
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BBC

Bbc: The Killing of Kosovo

For Students 9th - 10th
he A guide to the acts of genocide which occurred in region of Kosovo during the late 1990s while NATO bombing was occurring. Provides a clickable map of Kosovo with documentation on the various acts of genocide.
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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: The Price of Oil [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A 193-page report that provides an exploration of human rights violations related to oil industries in Nigeria in the 1990s and of the role and responsibilities of the major oil companies. (Published January 1999)
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Economy of Russia

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a very thorough explanation of the Russian economy and its history from the 1990s. Discusses the currency, inflation rate, poverty level, exports, imports, public finances, historical background and economic reform in Russia.
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BBC

Bbc: Wounds That Refuse to Heal

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC offers a look back one decade later at the Timisoara Massacre and Romanian Revolution which ousted Nicolae Ceausescu. Describes reasons for the protests and massacres and explores the controversy surrounding the overthrow of...
Website
Other

Passport to Knowledge: Passport to Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit Antarctica, the most remote continent, through this site that covers the climate, animals, geography, and first-person accounts from visitors in the 1990s.
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Atomic Archive

Atomic Archive: Nuclear Test Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page includes an interactive Shockwave movie which allows visitors to explore the prevalence of global test sites for nuclear weapons from the mid 1940s to...
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Other

University of Delaware: Dept. Of Political Science: The Contract With America

For Students 9th - 10th
Newt Gingrich, as House Minority Whip, architect of the Contract With America, hoped to make the Republican Party more relevant in the 1990s. Find the text of the contract here including background material of why it was put forward.
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Legacy of Hope Foundation: Where Are the Children: Legacy of Residential Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of aboriginal children who attended residential schools in Canada from 1831 to the 1990s. Traces the implementation of government policies of forced assimilation, outcomes, and impacts. Includes video of residential school...

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