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West Virginia in the Civil War: Broom of Destruction: Captain Blazer's Scouts

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at Richard Blazer and his men who made up the group of guerrilla fighters known as Blazer's Scouts. Read about their exploits and their attempts to stop Mosby's Rangers.
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Amistad Digital Resource: Jim Crow

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explores the Jim Crow system of racial exploitation which was a way of regimenting segregation in both political and cultural relations.
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Stockholm University: The Arctic Fox

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only does this comprehensive site present a wealth of factual information on the Arctic fox but also delves into exploitation of this animal in North America, Russia, Iceland, and Greenland.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Amelia Earhart

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Amelia Earhart in the National Portrait Gallery, finished after her first transatlantic flight. Read a brief description of Earhart's exploits in aviation.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Dilution Refrigerators

For Students 9th - 10th
Dilution fridges owe their cooling power to the incredible element helium. This animation illustrates how dil fridges exploit the element's properties to make things very, very cold.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Dc Motor

For Students 9th - 10th
Electric motors turn electricity into motion by exploiting electromagnetic induction.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Tape Recorder

For Students 9th - 10th
Two heads - or even three - are better than one when it comes to understanding how tape recorders exploit electromagnetic induction. This is a Java tutorial that explains how tape recorders reproduce sound.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 600 Bc 1599

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how humans discovered the magnetic lodestone as well as the attracting properties of amber. Advanced societies, in particular the Chinese and the Europeans, exploited the properties of magnets in compasses, a tool that makes...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Butch Cassidy

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource features an article on the life and exploits of the outlaw Butch Cassidy.
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San Jacinto Museum of History

San Jacinto Museum: Commanders in the Field: Sidney Sherman

For Students 9th - 10th
In this brief biography of Sidney Sherman from the San Jacinto Museum you read about his exploits in the Battle of San Jacinto. He is credited with the uttering the cry, "Remember the Alamo."
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PublicBookshelf Corporation

Our Country, Vol. I: Panfilo De Narvaez

For Students 9th - 10th
From a history book published in the late 19th century, this account of the exploits of Panfilo de Narvaez in the new world relies primarily on an account by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, upon his return to Spain.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Global Warming & Rising Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
Overuse of fossil fuels has exploited the threat of global warming on Earth. This article features the details of the threat and provides additional resources.
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National Marine Museum: Seas and Ships: Sir Francis Drake (1542 96)

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Sir Francis Drake. Read about his exploits as a raider of Spanish ships, circumnavigator of the globe, and hero in the battles against the Spanish Armada. Understand why his voyages increased the English claims in the New...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Tragedy of the Commons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Tragedy of the Commons is the mind set: "If I don't use the resources then someone else will." This is a simulation that allows young scholars to explore how the common usage of a potentially renewable resource can lead to its...
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United Nations

United Nations Cyber School Bus: 3 Plus U

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive exhibit follows three friends as they present information about child labor, forced labor, workers' rights, and organizations that are working to help workers. There is also information about where articles are made and...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Trust Buster

For Students 5th - 8th
Theodore Roosevelt, as a Progressive president, wanted government to work for all the people, not just the rich. See how he used legislation already in place, the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, to sue what he considered "bad" trusts in order to...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual tour of an exhibit about sweatshops in America, from 1820 to the present. The tour includes graphic images and text about sweatshops and their history.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Interspecific Competition: Definition, Examples

For Students 9th - 10th
Interspecific competition in an ecosystem is explained, along with the different ways it can manifest itself. Includes examples in different types of biomes.
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Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Child Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at child labor in industrialized England during Victorian times. Links are provided throughout the article for additional information on related subjects.
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Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Online Grooming

For Students 9th - 10th
Online grooming is when someone builds a relationship with a young person online because they want to trick or pressure them into doing something that may hurt or harm them. This site provides questions, answers, and tips about online...
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Digital History

Digital History: Zorro: Ficton and Fact

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the popularization of Zorro and his swashbuckling protection of the poor and weak. See the exploits of real life Zorros who lived in Spanish America.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Eagle, the Tiger, and the Shark

For Students 9th - 10th
A very brief discussion about how Napoleon's exploits in Europe affected American shipping and American sailors.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Beazley Archive: Apollo

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated dictionary entry for Apollo names the places usually associated with him and describes his lineage, the symbols associated with him, and some of his principal exploits.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Beazley Archive: Achilles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dictionary entry, illustrated with scenes of his adventures, focuses on the Trojan War exploits of Greek hero Achilles.

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