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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Coltsville Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
Original designated solely to encompass Armsmear, the home of arms maker Samuel Colt, this historic district was expanded in 1988 to include the Colt Armory, as well as worker housing and Colt Park.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Ida Tarbell House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the muckraking journalist and author Ida Tarbell.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: James Dwight Dana House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Yale geologist James Dwight Dana, designed by Henry Austin.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: L. A. Dunton

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic fishing schooner and one of the last sail-powered fishing vessels built.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Silas Deane House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Silas Deane, member of the Continental Congress and America's first diplomat.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Litchfield Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-preserved late 18th-early 19th century New England town that was the state's first historic district.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: William Williams House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Henry Barnard House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of educator instrumental in the development of the American public school system.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Joseph Webb House

For Students 9th - 10th
Site of the 1781 American Revolutionary War conference between General George Washington and French General Rochambeau.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Portland Brownstone Quarries

For Students 9th - 10th
These quarries, active since 1690, were the source of vast quantities of brownstone for New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, other urban areas' buildings.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Yale Bowl

For Students 9th - 10th
Bowl stadium, model for Rose Bowl and others. Home of the Bulldogs and The Game.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Nautilus (Uss)

For Students 9th - 10th
The world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Kimberly Mansion

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Abby and Julia Smith, suffragists who successfully fought the town of Glastonbury on the issue of taxation without representation.
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Hartford Web Publishing

Hartford Black History Project: Citizens of Color: Black Society After Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the history of the African American community in Hartford, Connecticut, in terms of the migration of former slaves to the city right after the end of the Civil War. Also discusses a second wave of migration as African Americans...
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University of Groningen

American History: Documents: New England Articles of Confederation 1643

For Students 9th - 10th
View the complete text of the New England Articles of Confederation 1643, an alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven.
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The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford: A Colonial Family and Community

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to be historical detectives. Using primary documents, they uncover information about the life and community of the Daggetts of northeastern Connecticut in the 1700s.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Robert D. Ballard, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Robert Ballard, a trained marine geologist who is famous for discovering the Titanic as well as his work in oceanic research. Today, he is resident of the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut; Scientist Emeritus...
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at Mark Twain and many of his novels. "Innocents Abroad", "Tom Sawyer", "Huck Finn", "Connecticut Yankee", and "Pudd'nhead Wilson" are covered. Links are available to the full texts, illustrations, advertising and...
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People of Connecticut: Charles Goodyear

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site you can read about Charles Goodyear. This man invented the vulcanization of rubber in 1844.
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People of Connecticut: Samuel Colt

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography about the maker of the pistol with a revolving cylinder.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Vicinity of New Haven and Hartford, 1858

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1858 of the vicinity of Hartford on the Connecticut River. The map covers central Connecticut from Hartford south to New Haven, Litchfield to Bolton, and the Long Island Sound coastline from Fairfield to Saybrook.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Norwich, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A road map of the vicinity of Norwich Connecticut from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing the Thames and Shetucket rivers, bridges, major roads, railroads and stations, parks, and major landmarks of the area.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Haven, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of the city and harbor of New Haven, Connecticut on Long Island Sound, about seventy-five miles northeast from New York City, and thirty-four southwest from Hartford.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Haven, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A road map of southern Connecticut in the vicinity of New Haven from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), keyed to show the best auto routes, other auto routes, unreported roads, railroads, and canals.

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