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US National Archives

Nara: Leaders in Crisis: Pres. Harry Truman: First Meeting With Joseph Stalin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a portion of President Truman's diary where he reflected on his first meeting with Soviet Marshall Joseph Stalin just before the conference at Potsdam. In addition, there are photographs of Truman with Stalin and the desk Truman...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of the u.s: New Deal

For Students 6th - 8th
Read about Franklin Roosevelt's background, his political experience before he was elected president in 1932, and his actions to help the people of the United States in the grips of the Great Depression.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Vicente Fox Elected

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcripted story on the election of Vicente Fox. He was the first person who wasn't an Institutional Revolutionary Party member to be elected President of Mexico in seventy years.
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iCivics

I Civics: Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-instructional activity examines the Supreme Court case that pitted the interests of government economic projects against the religious rights of American Indians. Students learn about the religious protections of the First...
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CNN

Cnn: Transcript of Saddam Proceeding

For Students 9th - 10th
The actual transcript of the verbal interactions between Saddam Hussein and the judge on July 1, 2004 at his first appearance in Court. He claims to be the president of Iraq.

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