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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Documents of Italian Unification

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University, contains excerpts from some of the original documents formalizing Italian Unification.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Mussolini's War Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ibiblio.org site contains the text to Mussolini's war statement to the world on December 11, 1941.
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Florence and Tuscany

For Students 9th - 10th
The Galileo Project of Rice University describes Florence and Tuscany during the Renaissance period. Includes a tour of Renaissance Florence, as well as descriptions of daily life.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Santa Casa Di Loreto

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent overview from The New Advent of the religious significance, the history, and the current location of the Holy House. Includes details about its importance as a pilgrimage destination. Please note that ?The Catholic...
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Other

The Brothers Judd: A Bell for Adano (1944)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by The Brothers Judd. An independent reviewer comments on the plot and theme of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The review is brief, and readers are invited to comment on it.
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East of England Broadband Network

History's Heroes: Giovanni Falcone (1939 1992)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story on Giovanni Falcone who sacrificed his life fighting against the mafia. Find out who he was, what he did, his...
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Supremacy of Rome in Latium

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of the Roman monarchy, Rome had incorporated many cities into the Latin League, a military alliance. This was the beginning of Roman expansion into all of Italy.
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: The Military System

For Students 9th - 10th
The strength of the organization of the Roman army was the key to its success. Read about the composition of the army, Roman military strategy, and weaponry. The road system allowed the army to reach every part of Italy easily.
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Harvard University

Individual Rationality as a Useful Approximation

For Students 9th - 10th
Comments on Tversky's "Rational Theory and Constructive Choice," by Alvin E. Roth, Economics professor at Harvard. This paper was originally presented at the IEA Conference on "Rationality in Economics," IEA 16-18, 1993, Torino, Italy,...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: War and Uneasy Neutrality

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Roosevelt administration U.S. foreign policy and the challenge to remain neutral in an era of expansionist totalitarian regimes of Italy, Germany and Japan.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historic Site: Military Career

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibition details aspects of Eisenhower's military career, beginning with his days as a West Point cadet. Covers his campaigns in North Africa and Italy, his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, the Normandy invasion, and his...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology

For Students 9th - 10th
Website for the 2007 exhibit The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology at the Getty Museum. Describes how the discovery of three marble statues in Italy in the 1700s led to centuries of archaeological exploration in the area....
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Other

Birmingham Southern College: Organ History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides very useful information on the history of the organ, what the organ is, and how it works. The geographical tour features organs in England, Germany, Italy, and France and offers information and pictures.
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Time

World War Ii in Color: Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome

For Students 9th - 10th
See color photographs from Life Magazine of Allied troops traveling through Italy towards Rome in the Italian campaign near the end of World War II. Many of these photographs were not published in the magazine at the time. Each photo has...
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TES Global

Tes: Commedia Dell'arte Character Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show introduces the major stock characters in Commedia Dell'Arte, a form of theatre characterized by masked "types," improvised dialogue, and a cast of colorful stock characters which began...
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through this discussion of Franklin Roosevelt's attention to foreign policy during his several terms in office to "Confronting Germany and Japan" and "Descent into War." Here you will find out about the United States' position of...
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University of Pittsburgh

Cinderella

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Sixteen different versions of the Cinderella fairy tale from around the world. Some of the countries include: Norway, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Serbia, Denmark, and Vietnam.
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United Nations

Unesco: Interactive Map of the Cities Along the Silk Roads

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the locations of cities that participated in trade along the Silk Roads, stretching from Italy to Japan. Each red dot is provides information about the location and links to a UNESCO page with more in-depth information...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Ancient Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about ancient architecture and explore 360 degrees panoramas of buildings in Egypt, Greece, Portugal, Italy, and Sicily. Includes an interactive plan of a 3D reconstruction of the Parthenon, and features the project page for this...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Early Christian & Byzantine Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about architecture from the early Christian and Byzantine era, and explore 360 degrees panoramas of buildings in Turkey, Greece, and Italy. A church in Istanbul, the Kariye Camii, can also be explored through its architectural...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: Art in Renaissance England

For Students 9th - 10th
Topics available from this page include Medieval art, Renaissance art, Raphael: Italy comes to England, Later Renaissance art, Art in northern Europe, and Art in England. All of these topics are discussed in light of Shakespeare's life...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: The Northern Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Centered in Germany and the Netherlands during 1400 and 1500s, the northern European tradition of Gothic Art was greatly affected by the technical and philosophical advancements of the Renaissance in Italy. While less concerned with...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Twentieth Century Monsters

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides a detailed overview of America's involvement in World War II and the political movements lead by evil dictators that were sprouting up in countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy, and Japan.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Aeneid by Virgil

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the Latin epic poem Aeneid by Virgil that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

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