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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 378: Women in the Academy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the struggles of scientific women to become recognized as the intellectual equals of men. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 824: Scopes Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
In this transcript of a radio broadcast, we learn about the Scopes Trial of 1925, which pitted creationists against evolutionists.
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 435: Hedy Lamarr, Inventor

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the remarkable actress Hedy Lamarr who, together with composer George Antheil, invented a technology that used frequency hopping to improve the effectiveness of Allied torpedoes during WWII. Their invention was not put into...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 423: Terman and Silicon Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Frederick Terman, a Stanford University professor, who was largely responsible for the growth of Silicon Valley in California. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1532: Typewriters

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of the lowly typewriter in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Strength of Native American Music (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan about analyzing and discussing the relationship between Native American music, culture, and history in which students learn how music can be a tool for cultural survival. Requires access to an episode from "American Roots...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Gospel Music Meets a Wide Audience (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that identifies some of the leading figures in post-World War II gospel music. Young scholars compare the differences in style and approach of several gospel musicians and analyze how music has different meanings in different...
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Azadi Afghan Radio

For Students 9th - 10th
Azadi Afghan Radio is an Afghan radio broadcast through the Web. Content also includes written news, a variety of audio interviews, and specials.
Activity
Stanford University

Riverwalk Jazz: Speakeasies, Flappers, and Red Hot Jazz: Music of Prohibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Script of a radio broadcast about Prohibition and Jazz Age America comments on black market bootlegging, jazz music, speakeasies, flappers, and women`s suffrage.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Mister Rogers Dies at Age 74

For Students 9th - 10th
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a daily news broadcast on PBS, offers an insightful look into the life and accomplishments of Fred Rogers.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Blink (Lesson Plans About Hate Crimes)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans about the nature of hate crimes can be found at this P.O.V. site. Students identify elements that make up a hate crime and try to determine what motivates those who commit them. They also analyze how hate crimes are...
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Iowa Public Television (Iptv): Explore More

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore More is an online and broadcast series engages students in problems they can relate to, provides compelling content for investigation and gives students opportunities to form their own points of view on contemporary issues such...
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Dallas Cowboys Official Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Page offers news, team info, broadcast info, and pictures of the famous Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
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Azadi Afghan Radio

For Students 9th - 10th
Azadi Afghan Radio is an Afghan radio broadcast through the Web. Content also includes written news, a variety of audio interviews, and specials.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: American Sports in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about the history of sports in the 1920s, a time when sporting events were broadcast live across the nation and sports stars were idolized. Provides a list of famous athletes.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 383: Wooden Clocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the impact of the humble wooden clock on life for a frontier farming family in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 43: Amerigo Vespucci

For Students 9th - 10th
Why aren't we called Columbians instead of Americans? Here's an easy-to-read explanation of how America got its name from the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Fulton's Battery Catamaran

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Fulton's steamboat and its influence on subsequent military warships. Interesting, anecdotal and well-written. Includes some biographical information. (Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast...
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Writers and Editors

For Students 9th - 10th
This is from the U.S. Occupational Outlook Handbook. It provides a profile of the writing and editing careers, including information on working conditions, employment opportunities, qualifications, job outlook, and earnings.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Walter Cronkite on Npr

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the latest of Walter Cronkite's oral essays for NPR, in which he comments on events in recent history such as the Vietnam War, the U-2 crisis, and so on.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Nellie's Milestones

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Nellie's first job and her trip around the world.
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San State Francisco University: Newsworx (1001 Words)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
View the media-rich work of teams of student journalists assigned to produce high-interest feature stories using pictures, audio, and words. Learn how to tell a story well by thinking critically about the different choices made by each...
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Remembering Charles Kuralt

For Students 9th - 10th
A site promoting a biography of Charles Kuralt. Beyond the hype on the book you can find lots of great short pieces by Kuralt, a number of photographs, and some biographical information in the "Foreword." The timeline is also helpful.
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Edward R. Murrow

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Edward R. Murrow with details on his contentious relationship with Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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