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Oklahoma Historical Society

Ohs Research Center: Final Report of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find the final 188-page report of the Oklahoma Commission examining the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, issued in February, 2001. Included are several reports from 1921 as well as historical perspective and current...
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Curated OER

History Matters: Race and Racism at the 1886 Knights of Labor Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting excerpt from Terence Powderly's autobiography discusses the problems he encountered as head of the Knights of Labor in terms of race relations in the unions.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Space Race

For Students 9th - 10th
This set focuses on the Space Race during the mid-1950s and 1960s and examines the impact of the Space Race today. Includes a teacher's guide.
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Curated OER

History Matters: Recollection of 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
Walter White, who later became head of the NAACP, recalls witnessing the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots at age 13.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "After the Race" by James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
"After the Race" is a short story by the Irish author James Joyce. In it, we see the themes of money, status, class, politics, and paralysis.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Race as Community, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Articles illustrating how African Americans defined community according to perceptions of race. Links are provided to these works by George Schuyler, Langston Hughes, E. Franklin Frazier.
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Other

Halting the Arms Race: 1983 Uua General Resolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a 1983 statement by the Unitarian Universalist Association regarding the arms race. The statement is more specifically addressed to the U.S. Congress.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Reading: I Wish I Loved the Human Race

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete poem "I Wish I Loved the Human Race" by Sir Walter A. Raleigh.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Deucalion's Flood and the Creation of the New Human Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this Greek Mythology story of the destruction of the earth by flood. Try comparing it to the story of Noah's Ark from the Bible.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "An Accursed Race" by Elizabeth Gaskell

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the novella "An Accursed Race" by Elizabeth Gaskell; a historical essay that deals with the tragic history of the Cagots, a European group of people who lived in Western France and Northern Spain, whose existence was...
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Other

Saint John's University: Camptown Races

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is mandolin tablature for "Camptown Races," the minstrel song written by Stephen Foster.
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History Tools

History Tools: Thomas Jefferson on the African Race [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts from Thomas Jefferson's book, Notes on the State of Virginia, published in 1784, in which Jefferson discusses his views on the emancipation of young African slaves. Paragraph divisions have been added and spelling has been...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Race Problem, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem, an address, and a painting that illustrate black political struggle in late-nineteenth-century America. This series of resources characterize "the Negro Problem" as "a concrete test of the underlying principles of the great...
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Brown University

World War Ii: Diversity in American Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed and comprehensive picture of the social changes and events in the United States during World War II. Includes legislation and its effects, race riots, the position of women in the work force, African Americans and job...
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Other

State Library of Western Australia: The Apology Capture

For Students 9th - 10th
The government of Australia issued an official apology to the 'stolen generation' of mixed race children of that country. Recollections of life and treatment are shared in this article by those who suffered the most, the children. Taken...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Nuclear Proliferation

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of digital documents "on the history of nuclear proliferation, the arms race, and disarmament efforts".
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Soviet Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital archive of documents from the 1940s-1980s that relate to the nuclear weapons race in the Soviet Union. Included in archive are notes from the head of the Soviet atomic bomb project, Igor Kurchatov and documents related to...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Mary Beaumont

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Mary Beaumont including the full text of the short story "The Revenge of Her Race."
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Other

Jimmy Carter Library & Museum: State of the Union Address 1979

For Students 9th - 10th
President Carter, in his 1979 State of the Union Address, comments on SALT II and the arms race.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Racial Identity, Making of African American Identity: Vol 2, 1865 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from a novel and a short story that explore the phenomenon of passing. These works examine the self-judgment and scrutiny often invoked upon oneself as a result of belonging to more than one race.
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US Census Bureau

Census 2000 Briefs

For Students 9th - 10th
A page of a number of news briefs from the U.S. Census Bureau discussing Census 2000 results in population, race, housing, and much more. A nice source when studying American diversity.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Segregation Ordinances: Birmingham, Al

For Students 9th - 10th
This document from 1951 spells out Birmingham's segregation ordinances, the laws requiring the separation of the races.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Divisions: Black & White

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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NASA

Nasa: "Pravda" Press Release

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA provides the full text from the tersely worded "Pravda," the Russian national newspaper, that announced the successful launch of Sputnik.

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