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US Department of State

U.s. Dept. Of State: 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
The 2018 report on human rights practices in Spain includes information on topics of concern related to human rights such as government corruption; violence against women, children, persons with disabilities, and national/racial/ethnic...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Oil and Politics in Nigeria

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a May 2010 examination of the impact of oil production on politics in Nigeria. Also provides reports on the major ethnic groups, important leaders, religious diversity, and an archive of related PBS...
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University of Pennsylvania

African Studies Center: East Africa Living Encyclopedia: Kenya

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides extensive information about the country of Kenya, including aspects such as the economy, government, religion, history, human rights, sports, geography, transportation, and much more.
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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Asia Overview 1999

For Students 9th - 10th
This site deals with the human rights issues of religious and ethnic conflict that have occurred in Indonesia and throughout Asia in the late 1990s, particularly in East Timor. Article also includes information about US-Taliban relations...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Auschwitz: Surprising Beginnings (Episode Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to the teaching resource developed to accompany the first episode in the six-part documentary on Auschwitz ("Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State") broadcast by PBS. Find a discussion guide for clarifying how and when the Nazis...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Digital Center: Feeding America

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital database of American cookbooks from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries provides insights into the social history of Americans across three centuries through a consideration of women's labor in the household,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nyamwezi and Sukuma

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nyamwezi and Sukuma are two closely related ethnic groups that live mostly in the region to the south of Lake Victoria in west-central Tanzania. Beliefs in a High God are widely held but involve no special cult. Belief in witchcraft...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Ethnolinguistic Groups of China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...

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