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US Navy

Navy Department Library: Battle for Iwo Jima, 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief description of the Battle for Iwo Jima along with the commanders involved, the troops who fought, and a description of the raising of the famous flag on the island. Be sure to investigate the hyperlinks to related...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Web Guides: Baseball Resources at the Library of Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd. Get the scoop on the history of baseball provided by the Library of Congress. View old baseball cards, historical baseball moments, and bibliographies for baseball researchers are...
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Our Country's Good

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "Our Country's Good" by Timberlake Wertenbaker and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Nineteen Eighty Four

For Students 9th - 10th
"Nineteen-Eighty-Four" is a novel published by George Orwell in 1949. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: 'Musee Des Beaux Arts'

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read an overview of the poem 'Musee des Beaux Arts' by W.H. Auden and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Anthem for Doomed Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
'Anthem for Doomed Youth' is a poem by the British poet Wilfred Owen, drafted at Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh in 1917. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century People: Beryl Gilroy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of Beryl Gilroy's impact on 20th Century literature and view additional resources such as related articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century People: e.m. Forster

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of E.M. Forster's impact on 20th Century literature and view additional resources such as related articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: A Taste of Honey

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of "A Taste of Honey" by Shelagh Delaney and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century People: j.b. Priestley

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of J.B. Priestley's impact on 20th Century theater and view additional resources such as related articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century People: Wilfred Owen

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of Wilfred Owen's impact on 20th Century war poetry and view additional resources such as related articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: A Room of One's Own

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of an essay by Virginia Woolf titled "A Room of One's Own" and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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Other

Nat. Library of Nz: Digital Content Finding, Evaluating, Using and Creating It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is directed at teachers and teacher-librarians. It provides helpful information and links to resources for developing digital literacy skills in a school. Many of the suggestions can be passed on to students to help them find,...
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Seasonal Upwelling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on the process of upwelling. Inquiry-based exploration of seasonal upwelling includes marine food webs, food production in the ocean, wind-driven ocean currents, and seasonal changes in biotic and abiotic...
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Georgetown University

Georgetown Law Library: u.s. Supreme Court Nominations

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhaustive web site from Georgetown University that contains a large number of resources for researching U.S. Supreme Court nominations. The nomination and confirmation process, biographies and bibliographical information are...
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Other

Library of Congress: Civil War Faces

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of well over 1,000 photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers from the Civil War, as well as some family members. Each photo is accompanied by a caption. Click on the 'Show more' link at the top of the page for additional...
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Dissent and Democracy in Modern American History

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning resource in which students examine primary source material for a look at the forms of dissent in U.S. history and the role dissent plays in a representative democracy. Questions for consideration are included.
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Mapping Chicago and the Midwest, 1688 to 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning resource uses maps to tell the early history of Chicago and the Midwest and explores how nations use maps to secure control of a region.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: The Birthday Party

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "The Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Oh What a Lovely War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "Oh What a Lovely War" directed by Joan Littlewood and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Empire of the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
"Empire of the Sun" is a semi-autobiographical novel by the British writer J.G. Ballard. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Loot

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "Loot" by Joe Orton and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Look Back in Anger

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Betrayal

For Students 9th - 10th
Harold Pinter's 1978 play 'Betrayal' employs a reverse-chronological structure to tell the story of an extra-marital affair. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.

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