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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Expore Pa History: Pa and the Great Depression: Public Works and Organized Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at how the Great Depression affected Pennsylvania. See how New Deal legislation brought relief to the unemployed in Pennsylvania after 1936.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Addie Wyatt

For Students 9th - 10th
An intriguing biography on the contributions and experiences of Reverend Addie Wyatt during the Civil Rights and Women's Movements.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Growth of Government Intervention

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the changing federal government role as it increased involvement and intervention in business and social welfare in the 1900s.
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Other

Expatica: Political Parties in the Netherlands

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions of the make-up and political views of the ten most significant political parties in the Netherlands.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: "Morning in America"

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the mood of the United States people in 1980, and see how Ronald Reagan's agenda reflected that mood.
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Read Works

Read Works: On Hallowed Ground

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about several Civil War sites that are slowly disappearing due to modern industry. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Jesse Jackson: 1984 Democratic National Convention Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [6:21] of Jesse Jackson's address to the 1984 Democratic National Convention on July 18, 1984, in San Francisco, California.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Jesse Jackson: 1988 Democratic National Convention Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and video [5:40] of Jesse Jackson's speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention on July 19, 1988, at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Black Past

Black Past: Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. (1941 )

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a profile of Jesse Jackson and his efforts in the civil rights movement.
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Other

Cain: The Northern Ireland Troubles

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed history from the University of Ulster of the troubles in Northern Ireland with extensive hyperlinking.
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Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain

Si Spain: Independent Canary Island Group

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of this coalition. Historical description of the party ends in 1993.
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Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain

Si Spain: Convergencia Y Union

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of this coalition. Historical description of the party ends in 1993.
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel: Christian Democrat/christian Socialist Free Democrat

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the background of the Christian Democratics and Christian Socialist-Free Democratic Coalition which slowly led to peace between East and West Germany by the mid-1980's.
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Plasmacoalition: What Is Plasma

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Coalition for Plasma Science, gives a nice introduction to the 4th state of matter.
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Plasmacoalition: The First State of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Coalition for Plasma Science provides a short, interesting paper outlining the relative importance or precedence of plasma compared to the other states of matter.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: M. Carl Holman

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features M. Carl Holman, an American civil rights leader, president of the National Urban Coalition (1971-88), who promoted the need for a mutual partnership between industry and government to...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Gipper

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical history of President Ronald Reagan.
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Gulf War Debriefing Book

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides information on the players, the military systems, a summary of the war, a timeline, and more.
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1936: Roosevelt Defeats Landon

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the 1936 election in which Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Alfred Landon for the presidency.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Viet Cong Program, 1962

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Fordham University's Modern History Sourcebook provides the Viet Cong Party Program from 1962. Includes a list of ten goals that are to be accomplished by the people's revolutionary party of Vietnam.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Cheetahs

For Students 1st - 8th
What are cheetahs? Kids find out about the big cat that is the fastest of the land mammals and lives in Africa.
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Curated OER

Etc: Europe During Napoleon's Campaigns, 1796 1815

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Europe at the time of Napoleon and his campaigns (1796-1815), showing the political boundaries at the time, and the routes of The First Italian Campaign with the battle sites of Lodi and Arcole, and the Treaty of Campo Formio...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Napoleon's Campaign, 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of France at the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition (1812-1814) between the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and the coalition forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, and several German States,...
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Etc: Sketch Map of Military Campaigns in France, 1792 1815

For Students 9th - 10th
This map of France and neighboring Low Countries depicts various areas where military campaigns took place during the French Revolutionary Wars with the First Coalition (between 1792-1795) and the Napoleonic Wars with the Seventh and...

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