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Poverty Threshold by Individual and Family Characteristics, 2003
NPR takes a look at hunger in America and explores the reasons behind it. In question and answer form, discussions include housing costs, poverty, food insecurity, and the many other growing problems the poor face.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Louis Xiv
The age of Louis XIV. during the reign of Louis XIV, the son and successor of Louis XIII (1643-1715), which lasted over seventy years, France was the leading nation of Europe. In some respects it was a brilliant period. The magnificence...
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Guide to Japan: Buddhism
This site gives a brief overview of this Eastern religion and describes its many important characteristics.
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Guide to Japan: Buddhism
This site gives a brief overview of this Eastern religion and describes its many important characteristics.
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The Mineral Gallery: Emerald
A brief physical description of emeralds from an online database about minerals. Provides information about history, characteristics, color, and use.
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Tufts University: Pankration
This site from Tufts University presents this ancient game that was a combination of wrestling and boxing, including its origin, equipment, and rules. Describes as the characteristics of a good pankratist.
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Living Lakes: Lake Baikal
Provides a thorough look at the biological and geological characteristics of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Includes wonderful pictures.
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Guam: Phylum Platyhelminthes, or Flatworms
High school level description of the phylum Platyhelminthes, or flatworms, including characteristics, reproduction, and class.
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Guam: Phylum Platyhelminthes, or Flatworms
High school level description of the phylum Platyhelminthes, or flatworms, including characteristics, reproduction, and class.
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Spirit of St. Louis
Site offers "general dimensions, specifications, weight characteristics, and man hours required to build the aircraft." Also gives individual thumbnail images "of the technical preparation of the airplane."
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Spirit of St. Louis
Site offers "general dimensions, specifications, weight characteristics, and man hours required to build the aircraft." Also gives individual thumbnail images "of the technical preparation of the airplane."
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Spirit of St. Louis
Site offers "general dimensions, specifications, weight characteristics, and man hours required to build the aircraft." Also gives individual thumbnail images "of the technical preparation of the airplane."
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Wax Frog
The Exploratorium museum in San Francisco provides this exhibit companion site that features information about frogs including their habitats, characteristics, calls, and much more. Instructions are included for making a rainstick.
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Frog With Crown
The Exploratorium museum in San Francisco provides this exhibit companion site that features information about frogs including their habitats, characteristics, calls, and much more. Instructions are included for making a rainstick.
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Reed Frog
The Exploratorium museum in San Francisco provides this exhibit companion site that features information about frogs including their habitats, characteristics, calls, and much more. Instructions are included for making a rainstick.
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Another Reed Frog
The Exploratorium museum in San Francisco provides this exhibit companion site that features information about frogs including their habitats, characteristics, calls, and much more. Instructions are included for making a rainstick.
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Ar Kive: Narwhal (Monodon Monoceros)
Famous for its unicorn-like single tusk, narwhals have inspired legends in many cultures and are still revered across the world. The smooth, white tusk is normally found only on males and is the result of extreme growth of the left...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Bear Valley Region, 1911
A map of a portion of the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear Lake in 1911. The map is based on the USGS San Gorgonio quadrangle, with contour intervals of 500 feet. "Bear Valley and the adjacent country exhibit the subdued relief...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vegetation in Europe, 1898
A map showing Vegetation in Europe as of 1898. "The great agricultural regions are (1) the northern lowland from the Atlantic eastward through southern Russia, and (2) the broad fertile valleys of the Danube, the Po, the Rhone, and the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Distribution of Native Americans, 1500
A map from 1906 of North America central Canada to northern Mexico showing the distribution and territories of the Native Americans around 1500. The boundaries are based on linguistic stock and not tribal territories. "Anthropologists of...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Mean Average Temperatures in North America, 1906
A map from 1906 of North America showing the mean annual isotherms of the region given in degrees Fahrenheit. "The climate of North America naturally varies greatly, depending on latitude, the general atmospheric circulation or direction...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Washington, 1904
A map from 1904 of Washington showing the capital, Olympia, principal cities and towns, Indian reservations, railroads, mountains, rivers, and coastal features. "Washington - Organized as a Territory in 1853. Admitted to statehood in...
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