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Loc: Country Study: Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army....
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Library of Congress

Loc: Country Study: Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
A report on Ecuador from the Library of Congress "describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are...
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US National Archives

Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum: Interstate Highway System

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum come primary source documents concerning President Eisenhower's support for an interstate highway system which resulted in the Federal Highway Act. Find messages to Congress, letters to...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Religion in 18th Century America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress offers this detailed essay on the renewal of religious beliefs in 18th century America. It discusses deism, a tenet of Enlightenment, and the Great Awakening.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Nls for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Library Service provides a free program to provide braille and audio materials to those who need them. There is a national system of participating libraries.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Is Gps?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Where are you and where are you going? Visit this site and learn the discovery and purpose of GPS, Global Position Systems.
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US Government Publishing Office

U.s. Government Publishing Office: Federal Digital System

For Students 9th - 10th
The core mission of Keeping America Informed, dated to 1813 when Congress determined to make information regarding the work of the three branches of Government available to all Americans. The U.S Government Printing Office (GPO) provides...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Global Gateway: Cuneiform Tablets

For Students 9th - 10th
View clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient Sumerian pictographic writing system known as cuneiform and read about the ancient writing system.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Nepal: The Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This Library of Congress site offers information on the country of Nepal, including population, social system and values, religion, education, and health.