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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Jimmy Carter: The Mistreatment of Women Is the Number One

For Students 9th - 10th
With his signature resolve, former US President Jimmy Carter dives into three unexpected reasons why the mistreatment of women and girls continues in so many manifestations in so many parts of the world, both developed and developing.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Rosalynn Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2001 for her work in advocating mental health, Rosalynn Carter is the wife of former U.S. president, Jimmy Carter. Here you can read about her early life and work as first lady both of...
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National First Ladies' Library

National First Ladies' Library: Rosalynn Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical essay on Rosalynn Carter, wife of President Jimmy Carter. Delves into her early years, her family and marriage, the White House years, and her later life.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Jimmy Carter's inaugural address given on January 20, 1977.
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Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image: 1980 Reagan vs. Carter vs. Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
"Are you better off today than you were four years ago?"View presidential campaign advertisement from the 1980electionthat included the slogans"The Time Is Now for Strong Leadership" and "Re-Elect President Carter on November 4"....
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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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University of Groningen

American History: Presidents: State of the Union 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the State of the Union Address given by former President Jimmy Carter can be found at this resource.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: The Carter Years

For Students 9th - 10th
This site on the Carter years discusses how elected to the presidency because of his status as a "Washington outsider," Jimmy Carter failed to pull the country out of its economic quagmire and spent just one term as president.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Carter's Pardon

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a look back on the aftermatch of the Vietnam War. Some thoughts from experts on the issue of Jimmy Carter's pardon of Vietnam draft dodgers.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Jimmy Carter.
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Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the quotes of former President Jimmy Carter.
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: James Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a picture of James Earl Carter the 39th President of the United States. AmericanPresident.org leads us through his early life to the present. President Carter still serves as a key humanitarian in the world today.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Carter Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of the domestic and foreign policy challenges and accomplishments of the Carter administration.
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CNN

Cnn: Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights of both debates between J. Carter and R. Reagan, including date, location, moderator, and format.
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Other

Jimmy Carter Library: The Hostage Crisis in Iran

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of the events in the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Links to primary source documents are available at the bottom of the page.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery explores the facets of presidential actions toward the Cold War. Click on Jimmy Carter to watch a short video where he expresses his support for human rights across the world. The end of the video shows the...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Inter Korean Dialogue, 1977 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents obtained from the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Romanian archives on efforts to revive the inter-Korean dialogue and to begin a trilateral dialogue between the U.S., South Korea, and North...
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Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image: 1976 Carter vs. Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
View presidential campaign advertisement from the 1976 election that included the slogans "Leadership for a Change" and "He's Making Us Proud Again". Features video clips, information about the candidates, and election results.
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Curated OER

Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site on the Carter years discusses how elected to the presidency because of his status as a "Washington outsider," Jimmy Carter failed to pull the country out of its economic quagmire and spent just one term as president.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917 2002)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biogrpahical material on the life and work of Cyrus Vance, a U.S. diplomat and Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter. Vance is known for his attempts to negotiate with other countries, focussing on human rights in his efforts...
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Digital History

Digital History: No Islands of Stability

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a source on the relationship between Carter/the US and Iran. Provides background information on the friendship between the US and Iran, the revolution in Iran, and the Iran hostage crisis that ended Carter's presidency.
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Other

A&sp: Avoiding the Burden the Carter Doctrine in Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Air and Space Power contains a wealth of information on the Carter Doctrine. Information is very long and in-depth and covers a wide range of topics, but is very pertinent to Carter's doctrine.
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Digital History

Digital History: Foreign Policy Triumphs

For Students 9th - 10th
The Camp David Accords and the Panama Canal Treaty are two of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy achievements are discussed in this web-article.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical sketch of America's thirty-ninth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.

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