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Cool Fire Technology: Supreme Court Decisions
A listing of the most significant Supreme Court cases in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with brief summaries of how they impacted on federalism.
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Librarius: "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer
This site details a chronology of Chaucer's life and the historical events that occurred during that time. It also has the Canterbury Tales with the Middle English and Modern English in a side-by-side format, and provides a Glossary for...
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Author's Calendar: Aleksandr Pushkin
This site offers a biographical look at Aleksandr Pushkin, the Russian 19th century author who many consider to be "His country's greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian Literature." At the bottom of the page you'll also find a...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Forever Free: 19th Century African American Legislators: 1880s Repression
This several page article recounts the black legislators in the Texas Congress and their attempts to address many issues affecting the African Americans in the state. Read about the Ku Klux Klan, convict leases, and segregation on railroads
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Shmoop: Labor in the Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was a period of terrible labor violence, as industrialists and workers fought for control of the workplace. Workers organized the first large American labor unions during the Gilded Age, while employers tried to stop the...
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Tds: Malta: People
Take a look at the people who live in Malta who have been influenced by many waves of cultures over the years. A chart gives some quick facts about the population. Information from the CIA World Fact Book.
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History for Kids: Medieval Armor
History for Kids presents article on the various components of armor in the Middle Ages. The site teaches about mail and plate armor and describes how they are made. Links to teacher resources includes worksheets, activities and quiz.
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History for Kids: Medieval Leather Armor
History for Kids presents a brief history of leather armor of the Middle Ages, including how it was made and who wore it. Teacher resources include activities, worksheets and quizzes.
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Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue and Frame Story
Read background information on The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue and Frame Story in this informative site that includes a look at the characters.
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Shmoop: T He Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale
Read and learn more about this fascinating tale in this comprehensive site about The Wife of Bath's Tale.
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University of Houston: An American Industrial Revolution Unit: Rise of Labor
Students learn about the history of the labor movement in Industrial America, including some of the major unions that emerged and the most well-known strikes. Next, they make connections to the role of unions today. They then work in...
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The Arthurian Legends Room/malory
Brief biography of Sir Thomas Malory. This Arthurian Legends Room Page also contains information on "Morte d'Arthur" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," as well as links to further information. The text is difficult to read due to the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1540
A colored outline map of Europe as it was in 1540, including the Holy Roman Empire, Lands of the Habsburgs, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Milan, the Lands of the German Knights of Livonia, and several other powers of the...
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Unesco: Bulgaria: Madara Rider
The Madara Rider, representing the figure of a knight triumphing over a lion, is carved into a 100-m-high cliff near the village of Madara in north-east Bulgaria. Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania: Terence v. Powderly House
Longtime home of Terence Vincent Powderly, a Knights of Labor leader.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Holy Grail
An illustration of angles and a knight surrounding the holy grail.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Krak Des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades. It was expanded between 1150 and 1250 and eventually housed a garrison of 2,000. The inner curtain wall is up to 100 feet thick at the base on the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Courtney
Known as the "knight of the spruce."
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Elizabeth Rodgers
Mrs. Rodgers was a delegate at the Knights of Labor convention at Richmond in 1887. She organized the first working women's union in Chicago and was president of the Eighth Ward Land League and also of the Daughters of Erin.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Francis Burnand
(1836-1917) Sir Francis Cowley Burnand was an editor of Punch, humorist, writer, and was knighted in 1902.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ignatius of Loyola
A Spanish knight who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lord Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban KC QC (22 January 1561 - 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. He is also known as a catalyst of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir James Lucas Yeo
Sir James Lucas Yeo KCB (7 October 1782 - 21 August 1818) was a British Naval commander who served in the War of 1812. He participated in several sea battles during the Napoleonic Wars, so successfully that he was made a post captain at...
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Sir William (Frederick) Herschel
(1738-1822) German astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781 and was appointed astronomer to King George III of England. He was knighted in 1816.
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