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Indiana Historical Society: Billy Sunday Collection [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a brief biographical sketch of Billy Sunday, a popular evangelist and social activist in the early 1900s.
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Dough Loudenback: The Black Dispatch: Roscoe Dunjee

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the career of African American journalist Roscoe Dunjee, founder of the early 1900's newspaper The Black Dispatch.
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University of Washington

Northwest Imagery: The Photography of Edward and Asahel Curtis

For Students 9th - 10th
Edward and Asahel Curtis provide wonderful insight into Washington State in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Edward provides us his perceived traditions of North American Indians and Asahel photographed Washington's natural resources...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Immigration

For Teachers 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the analysis of documentary photos, discusses immigration to the USA in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Booker T. Washington and w.e.b. Du Bois

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart compares and contrasts the African American leaders of the late 1800's and early 1900's. It includes Venn Diagrams, quotes, pictures, and poetry.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Rose O' the River by Kate Douglas Wiggin

For Students 5th - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This early 1900's work, Rose O' the River, was written by Kate Douglas Wiggin, the author famously known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
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University of California

Ucla: Popular American Music

For Students 9th - 10th
See images and find out about the original sheet music from the early 1900's. Famous songs such as "Dapper Dan", "Down the River", and more. You can search for music by title or author.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: History of Textiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning in the early 1900's textile production became predominant in the Southeast where labor and raw materials were cheap. Since the 1950's however, the textile and apparel industries have followed the general trend of all...
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Seymour Brody

Jewish Heroes in America: Samuel Gompers

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about this former president of The American Federation of Labor, who was a leader in the labor movement in the early 1900s.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Tale of Tommy Fox by Arthur Scott Bailey

For Students 2nd - 4th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Arthur Scott Bailey's book titled The Tale of Tommy Fox. This book is the third book from "The Sleepy-Time Tales" series and was published in the early 1900s.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum

For Students 3rd - 7th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This L. Frank Baum work, The Sea Fairies, from the early 1900s, was a follow-up series to books in the Oz series.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum

For Students 3rd - 6th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This L. Frank Baum work, The Scarecrow of Oz, from the early 1900s is the ninth book from his Oz series.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Rover Boys on the Ocean by Edward Stratemeyer

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Rover Boys on the Ocean, the second book from the late 1800's through the early 1900's series, "The Rover Boys." This book is from the first series...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes by Edward Stratemeyer

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes, the fifth book from the late 1800's through the early 1900's series, "The Rover Boys." This book is from the first series...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Rover Boys at School by Edward Stratemeyer

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Rover Boys at School, the first book from the late 1800's through the early 1900's series, "The Rover Boys." This book is from the first series written...
Primary
PublicBookshelf Corporation

Public Book Shelf: The North Carolina Regulators

For Students 9th - 10th
PublicBookShelf.com offers an excerpt from "The Great Republic by the Master Historians," a book published in the early 1900s that covers the history of the United States. Excerpt provides the reasons behind the Regulators revolt in 1771.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Bert Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Bert Williams, black comic actor of early 1900s.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience : America 1900 : People & Events

For Students 9th - 10th
Browse famous people and events of the 1900s, including Susan B. Anthony, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and J.P. Morgan.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Froggy Forecasting: How Frog Health Predicts Pond Health

For Students 6th - 8th
Have you ever heard the expression "a canary in a coal mine"? In the 1900s and earlier, coal miners brought canaries with them into the mines to act as early warning signals. The canaries were very sensitive to low levels of dangerous...
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Other

Frustrated Nationalism in Yugoslavia: From Liberal to Communist Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the politics in Yugoslavia from the early through the late 1900s. Examines the rise and fall of Communism and the country itself.
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Other

U.s. History Images: Native American Tribes

For Students 9th - 10th
Published images from the mid-1800s to the early part of the 1900s depicting Native Americans from tribes all over the United States.
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Other

American National Biography Online: Eleanor Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the United States, social reformer, politician, and diplomat of the early- to mid-1900s.
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Scott Alexander

Red Hot jazz.com: Tom Brown's "Jass" Band

For Students 9th - 10th
Stop here at RedHotJazz.com for some early history of Dixieland jazz, dating to the early 1900's and one of the first known jazz bands.
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Curated OER

Red Hot jazz.com: Tom Brown's "Jass" Band

For Students 9th - 10th
Stop here at RedHotJazz.com for some early history of Dixieland jazz, dating to the early 1900's and one of the first known jazz bands.

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