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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Social Darwinism in the Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses Social Darwinism and the negative repercussions it had on society during the Gilded Age. Includes questions for students at end.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Ellis Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the story of Ellis Island, the first stop for immigrants arriving in New York City beginning in 1890. Describes the process would-be immigrants to America had to go through before being allowed to board a trans-Atlantic ship, the...
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Digital History

Digital History: Birmingham, Alabama: Bombingham

For Students 9th - 10th
The city that best exemplifies white resistance to integration and the tension and conflict of the civil rights movement is Birmingham, Alabama. Learn about events of and reactions to the civil rights movement of the early 1960s in...
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Digital History

Digital History: The War at Home

For Students 9th - 10th
By the middle of the 1960s, American public opinion was beginning to favor US withdrawal from the Vietnam War. After the Tet Offensive in 1968 and Nixon's secret bombings of Cambodia, the majority of Americans were calling for complete...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Concrete

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia entry about concrete that features pictures, diagrams, history and other information, as well as links to related topics.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Aleksandr Pushkin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a biographical look at Aleksandr Pushkin, the Russian 19th century author who many consider to be "His country's greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian Literature." At the bottom of the page you'll also find a...
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Alexander Pushkin

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about the life and career of Alexader Pushkin (Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin). This article overviews the struggles of the Russian people, which fueled Pushkin's writing and provides "related links" and "sources"...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Bald Soprano

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most frequently performed plays in France, The Bald Soprano, is analyzed in terms of plot, and themes in this informative site.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Chairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Written in 1952, The Chairs is analysed in depth in terms of character and themes in this interesting site.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Gale Sayers

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Gale Sayers, an American gridiron football player who in 1977 became the youngest player ever voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Though knee injuries shortened his career, Sayers...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Gene Lipscomb

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Gene Lipscomb, an American gridiron football player and larger-than-life "character" whose exploits helped make professional football the most popular sport in the United States during the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Larry Doby

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Larry Doby, an American baseball player, the second African-American player in the major leagues and the first in the American League when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Moses Malone

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Moses Malone, an American professional basketball player, who was the dominating center and premier offensive rebounder in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 1980s. He...
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270 To Win

270towin: 1920 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1920 won by Warren Harding in a landslide victory.
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270 To Win

270towin: 1912 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1912 won by Woodrow Wilson, the first election where the 48 states of the continental United States participated.
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270 To Win

270towin: 1904 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1904 won by Theodore Roosevelt by a large margin, the first "accidental" president to do so.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Sketch Map of the Russian Campaign, 1812

For Students 9th - 10th
A sketch map of Western Russia at the time of Napoleon's invasion in 1812. "The disastrous campaign which opened in June, 1812, was conducted on so vast a scale that a brief sketch can provide only the slightest conception of the...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Missouri: Field House

For Students 9th - 10th
This was the home of attorney Roswell Field, who represented slave Dred Scott in the U.S. Supreme Court case Scott v. Sandford (1857). Also the birthplace of Field's son, author Eugene Field, the house is currently known as the Eugene...
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Curated OER

Femme Au Perroquet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a biography, work samples, and links related to the Romantic French painter, Eugene Delacriox. Includes a couple pictures of some of his art.
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Curated OER

Paul en Arlequin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a biography, work samples, and links related to the Romantic French painter, Eugene Delacriox. Includes a couple pictures of some of his art.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Monte Cristo Cottage

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the Nobel prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Tao House

For Students 9th - 10th
America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill lived here from 1937 to 1944 while writing his final and most memorable plays: The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and A Moon for the Misbegotten.

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