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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Moroccan Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Moroccan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Nepalese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nepalese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Nigerian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nigerian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Puerto Rican Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Puerto Rican Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Romanian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Romanian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Salvadoran Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Salvadoran Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Scottish and Scotch Irish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Scottish and Scotch-Irish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Sicilian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Sicilian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Sierra Leonean Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Sierra Leonean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: South African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of South African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Sri Lankan Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Sri Lankan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Syrian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Syrian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current and does not reflect the recent war in Syria.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Taiwanese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Taiwanese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Ukrainian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ukrainian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Uruguayan Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Uruguayan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Welsh Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Welsh Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Croatian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Croatian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: September 12: H. L. Mencken & Saint Mihiel Offensive

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and career of H.L. Mencken and an overview of the Saint-Mihiel Offensive, which began on September 12, 1918, in France. In addition, find links to other sites in the Library of Congress pertaining to the offensive in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Popular Culture and Mass Media in the 1950s

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 1950s, financial prosperity allowed young Americans to participate in a shared culture of rock and roll music, movies, and television.
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Other

Jews in America: Portal to Jewish American History

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete with music from Aaron Copland, the Center for Jewish History provides an interactive website that traces the history of Jews in the United States from 1654 until today. Authors provide a searchable gallery of photographs,...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Music, Slavery and the Civil War

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson could serve as the basis of a curriculum unit on slavery and/or the Civil War. Spirituals are analyzed, especially their cultural implications.
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Smithsonian Institution

Anacostia Museum: The Renaissance: Black Art of the Twenties

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an informative description of the "Black Arts of the Twenties," which was better known as the Harlem Renaissance. Learn about the culture, art, music, and writings of this period.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is over one hundred years old? Find out why this song has enjoyed lasting popularity. Includes an image of the artwork for the sheet music of this song.
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PBS

Pbs American Masters: Scientific American: Following Muddy's Trail

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a lesson plan on Muddy Waters focused on the American Masters documentary about him. Parallels the Great Migration with the growth of the blues music movement in America. Click on Muddy's name to access a detailed biography...