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A&E Television

History.com: How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
For 30 years, Northern Ireland was scarred by a period of deadly sectarian violence known as "the Troubles." This explosive era was fraught with car bombings, riots and revenge killings that ran from the late 1960s through the late...
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Stair Galleries: Pop, Neo Pop and Post Pop

For Students 9th - 10th
This article shows the connection between Pop Art of the 1960s and the Neo-Pop and Post-Pop movements of the 1980s, 1990s, and into the 21st century.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: The Opioid Epidemic in America Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Opioid use has been declared a national health emergency as overdose deaths from abusing opioids such as oxycodone, morphine and heroin, have skyrocketed in recent years. This class of drugs was once used only to treat severe pain...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: Period 9: 1980 Present

For Students 9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource provides a table of contents with notes for several sections of AP US History: Period 9: 1980-present.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Gemini Artist Workshop 1966 1996

For Students 9th - 10th
An invaluable site showing works and discussing artists who were part of the Gemini Artist Workshop. Artist include David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Nancy Kienholz and over 50 others.
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BBC

Bbc News: The Balance of Power in South Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A short report on how the use of a short range missile by Pakistan may have upset the balance of power between India and Pakistan.
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A&E Television

History.com: A Timeline of Us Cuba Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
The United States and Cuba share a long, complex history -- first as allies and trade partners, and later as bitter ideological enemies. This timeline shows how closely entwined America and Cuba have been over the last two centuries.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Armenia

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough look at Armenia 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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Digital History

Digital History: Collapse of Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s ushered in by Mikhail Gorbachev and his reforms.
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What Is Celtic Music?

For Students 9th - 10th
Defining Celtic music, this site breaks down its history into Ancient Times, the 19th century and then by the 1970s and 1990s. Includes links to other sites about Celtic music.
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Joseph Rowntree Fdn:geographical Variations in Unemployment & Non Employment

For Students 9th - 10th
This PDF resource explains the difference between unemployment and inactivity in Great Britain and the geographical and regional patterns involved in each. The focus is on trends in the 1980s and 1990s. (Published April 30, 1998)
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Food Pyramid

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart helps students learn about the food pyramid introduced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the 1990s. [Set aside in 2005 by MyPyramid, which itself was set aside in 2011 by MyPlate.]
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Arizona Shrew

For Students 4th - 8th
The Arizona Shrew was at first found only in Arizona, but it is now known to occur in New Mexico and northern Mexico as well. Until the 1990s, only about 22 specimens had ever been collected. Learn more about the Sorex arizonae, more...
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Moby Games: Shelley Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This Moby Games site provides a hyperlinked list to this programmer's games, which includes the Putt-Putt airplane games enjoyed by children during the 1990s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Sean Combs

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Sean Combs, an American rapper, record producer, and clothing designer, who founded an entertainment empire in the 1990s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Out Kast

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features OutKast, an American rap duo, formed in 1992, that put Atlanta, Ga., on the hip-hop map in the 1990s and redefined the G-Funk (a variation of gangsta rap) and Dirty South (often profane...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Beyonce

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History features Beyonce, an American singer-songwriter and actress who achieved fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B group Destiny's Child and then launched a...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Roy Jones, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Roy Jones, Jr., an American boxer who became only the second light heavyweight champion to win a heavyweight title. For several years beginning in the late 1990s, he was widely considered...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., an American attorney, civil rights leader, business consultant, and influential power broker. Although he never held political office, Jordan served as a key adviser...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: R. Kelly

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features R. Kelly, an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who became one of the best-selling rhythm-and-blues (R&B) artists of the 1990s and early 21st century....
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Jay Z

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Jay Z, an American rapper and entrepreneur, one of the most influential figures in hip-hop in the 1990s and early 21st century.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Kanye West

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Kanye West, an American producer and rapper who parlayed his production success in the late 1990s and early 2000s into a career as a popular, critically acclaimed solo artist.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Mariah Carey

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Mariah Carey, an American pop singer, noted for her remarkable vocal range. She was one of the most successful female performers of the 1990s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Nas

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Nas, an American rapper and songwriter who became a dominant voice in 1990s East Coast hip-hop. Nas built a reputation as an expressive chronicler of inner-city street life.

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