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PBS

Pbs: Events in the West: 1800 1820

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site on the development and history of the American West. In timeline fashion, this page details the events leading up to the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It continues with information about...
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Curated OER

Old Fashioned Love / Kruchenykh and Larionov

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian artists and poets working during a turbulent decade in Russian history, the 1910s, produced books that combined visuals with short poems as an expression of their uncertainty about Russia's past, present, and future.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Southeastern Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
Equipped for a subterranean life, the Southeastern Pocket Gopher's muscular front legs, thick-set front body, massive claws on its front feet, small eyes and ears, and incisors protruding beyond the lips are obvious adaptations to life...
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Other

Fifties Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s. Learn about the cars, tv shows, music, fashion, pop history, slang, and celebrities of those eras.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Statue of Khufu Iam and His Wife

For Students 9th - 10th
Khufu-iam and his wife are shown seated on a backless seat. They wear the fashionable garments of their period. Khufu-iam's wife rests her right arm on his right shoulder, a common pose in Ancient Egyptian statuary that shows strong...
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Curated OER

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilmann Timeline of Art History: Coco Chanel

For Students 9th - 10th
Coco Chanel day ensemble - little black dress.
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Black Past

Black Past: Gordon Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
Gordon Parks was a force in many fields, particularly photojournalism, as you will read in this encyclopedia entry.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The American Spy in Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a fun and innovative lesson that will allow learners to travel through history in a most unique fashion. Through Internet research and video conferencing students will get a real blast from the past. Learners will hold on to...