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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Information Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition surveys the history of information technology and its relation to society from the origin of the telegraph to the present. Its emphasis is as much on social as technical change. This support page contains background...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Business in America: Paul Allen

For Students 9th - 10th
From an exhibit of hedcuts from the Wall Street Journal. Two dot-drawings of Paul Allen accompany a biography of this computer entrepreneur.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Robert Penn Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
A founding father of the New Criticism movement in literature, this is a brief biography of Robert Penn Warren featuring his poetic and fictitious contributions to the literary world. See "Robert Penn Warren Activities" for related...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Golding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Web English Teacher site provides a variety of resources to assist in the teaching of William Golding's works.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Rise and Fall of Newburgh Conspiracy

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a discussion of the economic reasons for the 1783 Newburgh Conspiracy, a plot by some of the officers in the Continental Army. The site summarizes the events of the conspiracy.
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Other

American National Biography: Jane Addams

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides extensive information about the life of social reformer and peace activist Jane Addams. Content includes information on her involvement with Hull House and much more.
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Other

The Register: Microsoft Gives Monopoly Robotic Legs

For Students 9th - 10th
This article argued that Microsoft was becoming a monopoly in the robotics industry by supplying software as a general platform that all forms of robotics could use. (June 20, 2006)
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about William Golding (1911-1993 CE), the author honored for his novels and a recipient of the 1983 Nobel Prize in literature. This website is organized into the following sections:...
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Other

Asia Education Foundation: For Students

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website from Curriculum Corporation provides a link to a virtual tour of Korea. Also, learn some Korean words and numbers, among other activities.
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Other

San Francisco Visitor Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
From the city and county of San Francisco, this site offers an image gallery, links to popular cultural activities, and a state-wide visitors guide.
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New York Times

New York Times: The New Team

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Up-to-date reports on the on-going mission of the Obama Transition Team to select candidates for key government posts. Click on "Interactive Graphic: The New Team" to watch how appointments are made.
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Other

Sccc: The Battle of Saratoga

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the events at the Battle of Saratoga, New York in the fall of 1777 ending with the surrender of the British forces under General Burgoyne. Be sure to click on the topics to the left to get more information.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Measuring Acceleration With Photogates Prelab

For Students 9th - 10th
This prelab was designed to allow students to practice finding the acceleration of an object using two photogates. It was meant to be used prior to using the photogates in real life.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Battle of Saratoga

For Students 5th - 8th
The weeks leading up to the Battle of Saratoga were filled with disaster for the British troops. Read about the problems General Burgoyne had, and find out how the Americans took advantage of those problems to deliver a stunning defeat...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Complexity and Vision: The Staff God at Chavin De Huantar & Beyond

For Students 9th - 10th
The artistic style seen in stone sculpture and architectural decoration at the temple site of Chavin de Huantar, in the Andean highlands of Peru, is deliberately complex, confusing, and esoteric. View pictures and descriptions of the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Q&a: Neuron Depolarization, Hyperpolarization, & Action Potentials

For Students 9th - 10th
Khan Academy answers a question about hyperpolarization and depolarization with a written explanation and links to helpful videos.
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A&E Television

History.com: 10 World Engineering Marvels

For Students 9th - 10th
These remarkable feats of design and construction transformed the ways that people travel, communicate and live. For thousands of years, mankind has engineered remarkable structures such as the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of...
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Curated OER

Lao Tzu Meets Yin Xi, the Guardian of the Gate of Tibet.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Chebucto Community Net provides a biography of Lao-tzu and short description of Taoism. Contrasts Taoism and Confucianism as well. Some black and white pictures accompany information.
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Curated OER

Lust, Greed, and Anger Are the Three Gates Leading Down to Hell.

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers descriptions and pictures painted by members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), illustrating the story of Arjuna and Krishna.
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Other

The Topkapi Palace Museum: Topkapi Sarayi

For Students 9th - 10th
Topkapi Palace was home to all the Ottoman sultans until the reign of Abdulmecid I (1839-1860), a period of nearly four centuries. The order for the construction of the Topkapi Palace on the Seraglio Point overlooking both Marmara and...
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BBC

Bbc News: In Pictures: Fall of Saigon

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides photograhs and narrative describing the fall of Saigon, Vietnam on 30 April 1975, when the last Marines were evacuated from the U.S. embassy roof and the incoming North Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the...
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The Stoa Consortium: Arch of Hadrian

For Students 9th - 10th
The Arch of Hadrian was erected in honor of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century A.D (and probably a little before 131/132 A.D. when we know Hadrian visited Athens). The arch was built over the line of an ancient road that led...
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A Short Pictorial History on Upper Ft. Garry

For Students 9th - 10th
Unfortunately only a gate remains of a once historic landmark, Upper Fort Garry. Site provides a great picture, narrative, and a clickable map that leads to more pictures.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Life's Little Questions: Frozen Droplets

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate the use of stroboscopic disks to study actions that are too fast for the naked eye, and construct a stroboscopic viewer to demonstrate how a gated view of dripping water may produce the illusion of "frozen" motion.

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