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Pbs Teachers: Advice and Consent: Supreme Court Nominations (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that explains the role of checks and balances in U.S. system of government. Students will describe the process of selecting justices for the Supreme Court, will examine past Supreme Court cases, and will discuss how the Supreme...
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Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Marbury v. Madison (1803)

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Supreme Court case that established the precedent for judicial review is detailed, with an abstract providing a concise summary and a record of the justices that sat on the court at that time.
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4 Law School: Marbury v. Madison

For Students 9th - 10th
This article breaks down the facts of the Marbury v. Madison case, and briefly summarizes the Justices' opinions.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1888 1969)

For Students 9th - 10th
Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1888-1969) graduated from the University of Chicago in 1910 and earned a Ph.D. degree from Chicago in 1915. She stayed at the university with an appointment as a research assistant until 1931 because, despite her...
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Photograph of Suzanne Tremblay

For Students 9th - 10th
This web profile of Bloc Quebecois MP Suzanne Tremblay is important because she was the first woman appointed Official Opposition House Leader in Canadian government on March 17, 1997. This role is an important job for a member of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: David Wooster

For Students 9th - 10th
David Wooster (March 2, 1710 - May 2, 1777) was an American general in the American Revolutionary War. In 1739 Wooster was a lieutenant of the guard-a-costa in the war between England and Spain. He commanded the regiment in Connecticut...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General David Hunter

For Students 9th - 10th
General Hunter, born in Washington, D. C., July 21st, 1802, died there, February 2nd, 1886, was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1822; appointed second lieutenant in the Fifth Infantry; promoted first lieutenant in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Edwin v. Sumner

For Students 9th - 10th
General Sumner, born in Boston Mass., January 30th, 1797, died in Syracuse, N. Y., March 21st, 1863, was educated at Milton (Mass.) Academy, and entered the army in 1819 as second lieutenant of infantry. In 1838 he was placed in command...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General George Stoneman

For Students 9th - 10th
General Stoneman, born in Busti, Chautauqua County, N. Y., August 8th, 1822, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1846, and entered the First Dragoons. In February, 1861, while in command of Fort Brown, Texas, he...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Gouverneur K. Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
General Warren, born in Cold Spring, N. Y., January 8th, 1830, died in Newport, R. I., August 8th, 1882, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1850, and assigned to the Topographical Engineers as brevet second...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rear Admiral James Alden

For Students 9th - 10th
Rear Admiral Alden, born in Portland, Me., March 31st, 1810, died in San Francisco, Cal., February 6th, 1877. He was appointed midshipman in 1828, and in that capacity accompanied the Wilkes Exploring Expedition around the world in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Guy Carleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir Guy Carleton, afterward Lord Dorchester, was Wolfe's quartermaster at the storming of Quebec, and was appointed a major in the British army in 1772. In 1774 he was constituted Captain-general and Governor of Quebec or Canada. He...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Librarians of Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the Library of Congress provides a brief discussion of Archibald MacLeish's appointment as Librarian of Congress. Scroll down through the discussions of other librarians to get to MacLeish.
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Overland Trail: The Mountain Man Rendevous

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the rendevous or appointed places for fur hunters (Indian and white) to meet and trade before the establishment of trading posts.
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Etc: Types of Colonial Governments, 1682 1730

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of three maps of the British colonies in North America showing the types of colonial governments between 1682, 1692, and 1730, and the shift from charter colonies electing their own governors to the colonies with councilors...
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Etc: Maps Etc: City of Mexico and Suburban Towns, 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
"The city [Mexico City] is in what is called the Federal District, covering an area of some four hundred and fifty square miles - the government of the district like the District of Columbia is directed, by the national legislature,...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Johanna Westerdijk (1883 1961)

For Students 9th - 10th
Botanist and plant pathologist Johanna Westerdijk (1883-1961) was one of the first women appointed as a professor in a Dutch university; she taught at the University of Utrecht from 1917 until 1952
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Anne S. Jones

For Students 9th - 10th
This photograph of Anne S. Jones was distributed in connection with her appointment in April 1965 as a research associate at the Institute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia, where her work focused on protein antigens and antibody...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Pauline Kirby

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1954, Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) had just been appointed Chief of the Nursing Service at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Kirby joined the ANC in 1926 and had served as the U.S. Army's assistant...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Selma Hayman

For Students 9th - 10th
When this photograph was distributed in 1965, Selma Hayman had just been appointed as a research associate at the Institute for Cancer Research
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Henry D. Clayton House

For Students 9th - 10th
This was the home of anti-trust legislator Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr. He was the author of the Clayton Antitrust Act, an act that prohibited particular types of conduct that were deemed to not be in the best interest of a competitive...
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Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader

For Students 9th - 10th
This BBC archive article from 2004 reports on the February election in Iran in which the conservatives won and have appointed a nonclerical speaker of the parliament.
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Salam Fayyad (File)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile on Salam Fayyad, appointed the prime minister of a temporary Palestinian government in 2007. Also provides links to related events.
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Women Are Not "Persons" According to Section 24 of the British North America Act

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original Supreme Court of Canada document that states that women are not eligible to be appointed to the Senate because they are not "persons".

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