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BBC

Bbc: Week of 7 21 14: French Blogger Fined Over Review's Google Search Placing

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the lawsuit against a blogger and why both Google and the judge in the case have found fault with the blogger's actions.
Article
BBC

Bbc: Saving Private Lynch Stroy 'Flawed'

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC correspondent John Kampfner discusses the capture and rescue of Jessica Lynch and the flaws that surround her story. (May 15, 2003)
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Other

U.s. Department of Defense: President Bush Proclaims End to Major Combat

For Students 9th - 10th
Kathleen T. Rhem analyzes President George W. Bush's announcement that the combat in Iraq has ceased. (May 1, 2003)
Website
University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Regulation of Fighting Words and Hate Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the constitutional conflict regarding the question of whether the first amendment limits the government's ability to regulate fighting words or hateful speech? This source contains background information and links to historical...
Article
BBC

Bbc: Israel Seizes Hamas Legislators

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the June 2006 Israeli efforts to obtain freedom for a captured soldier in Gaza.
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A&E Television

History.com: Was the Escape From Alcatraz Successful?

For Students 9th - 10th
A 2013 letter to the FBI, if real, suggests the Anglin brothers and Frank Morris survived one of the most daring and dangerous prison breaks of all time. It was one of the most ingenious prison breaks of all time -- if it worked. In...
PPT
BBC

Bbc: The Fall of Kabul

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show that shows different images of the fall of Kabul during the 2001 Afghanistan war. Gives a brief description with each image.
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CBS

Front Page: Iraq, March 21, 2003

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource has compiled a series of quotes from national and international sources concerning the invasion of Iraq by the United States and Britain. (March 21, 2003)
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BBC

Bbc: Insurgency in Iraq Intensifying

For Students 9th - 10th
Secretary of State Colin Powell reports that the United States is still planning elections for Iraq, but that violence in Iraq was escalating. 9/26/2004
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Curated OER

Iraqi Children Line Up for Fuel, Water From British Troops in Southern Iraq 2003

For Students 9th - 10th
With Operation Iraqi Freedom over, and Saddam Hussein ousted, many Iraqis are left without proper food, shelter, water, and healthcare. In order to change this, humanitarian assistance is necessary. This NPR site addresses the...
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Curated OER

Fighting for Water

For Students 9th - 10th
With Operation Iraqi Freedom over, and Saddam Hussein ousted, many Iraqis are left without proper food, shelter, water, and healthcare. In order to change this, humanitarian assistance is necessary. This NPR site addresses the...