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San Jacinto Museum of History

San Jacinto Museum: Revolution: Weapons

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the San Jacinto Museum has pictures and some descriptions of weapons used by both the Mexicans and Americans in the Texas Revolution. Click on the blue words to take you to additional information.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "In Times of Peril" by G. A. Henty

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the book "In Times of Peril" by G. A. Henty. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: The "Boston Tea Party"

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article hits the high points of the Boston Tea Party-the reason, those involved, and England's response.
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PBS

Pbs Liberty!: The Boston Tea Party

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides brief information about the Boston Tea Party, and the Edenton Ladies Tea Party. Use this site to learn about these events and discover why they are infamous events in American history. A video clip is also included.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: The Battle of Plassey

For Students 2nd - 8th
Overview of the Battle of Plassey and why it was important.
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Curated OER

Etc: N America Illustrating the Conquest of Canada and War of Indep, 1757 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern North America illustrating the Conquest of Canada and the War of Independence (1757-1783). The map shows major cities of the time, major river ways, topography and political boundaries. The map is color-coded to show the...
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Curated OER

Portrait Showing Edmund Burke

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Queen Victoria

For Students 9th - 10th
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India of the British Raj until her death. Her...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Congo State, 1893

For Students 9th - 10th
Map showing the location of the Congo State within the African continent, with the equator and Congo River indicated. The Congo State, controlled by Leopold II of Belgium, was established in 1885 as a corporate state similar to the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Political Map of Asia, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1919 of Asia showing the political boundaries at the time. This map shows the extent of the Russian and Ottoman empires in Asia, the British possessions of India, Straits Settlements on the Malay Peninsula, northern Borneo,...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Comparative Areas of the United States and Other Countries, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of the United States used to illustrate the comparative area sizes of the states to other countries in the world. The map shows state and territory boundaries at the time (Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hyder Ali

For Students 9th - 10th
The most formidible enemy whom the British encountered in India was Hyder Ali Khan, a soldier of fortune, who rose by his talents to sovereign power. He was born at Dinavelly, in the province of Mysore; and, after some military service...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Robert Clive

For Students 9th - 10th
Lord Clive was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
A British author and poet, born in India. He is best known for the children's story The Jungle Book.

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