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Read Works

Read Works: Massive Monument: The Crazy Horse Memorial

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a sculpture in memory of Crazy Horse. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
Unit Plan
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Augustus Saint Gaudens: The Shaw Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
National Gallery of Art provides a close look and explanation of this famous monumental artwork. Includes art activities for every age and links for further learning.
Website
Other

Beirut Memorial Online: u.s. Embassy Bombing

For Students 9th - 10th
A bulleted list of facts about the US Embassy bombing in Beirut. Also contains good before and after photos of the Embassy, as well as links to photos of President and Mrs. Reagan honoring the victims.
Article
Space.com

Space: Nasa to Celebrate John Glenn's Legacy With Memorial Service Today

For Students 9th - 10th
Famed astronaut, John Glenn, passed away on December 8, 2016. He laid in state in Columbus, Ohio. He is remembered by many, especially those involved with the space program.
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Illinois Labor History Society: The Haymarket and Its Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a description of the Haymarket Tragedy, and also includes many related topics.
PPT
Maine Historical Society

Maine Memory Network: Exhibit: A Day for Remembering

For Students 9th - 10th
Using historically significant documents and images the celebration of Memorial Day is traced from the late 1800s on.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Shrady and Casey, Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
The dramatic monument to Ulysses S. Grant in front of the U.S. Capitol Building speaks to both the valor and the horror of the Civil war. View pictures of the monument made by Henry Merwin Shrady and read about its details in this essay.
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Other

National Ww Ii Museum New Orleans: My Memorial Day

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at Memorial Day and why it is celebrated. Find a PDF file with facts on Memorial Day and ten ways to observe it.
Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The November 1938 Pogroms

For Students 9th - 10th
From the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum, this resource describes the anti-semitic pogroms, or race riots, in Germany on Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) in November of 1938.
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Other

Tesla Memorial Society: About Tesla

For Students 9th - 10th
While somewhat disorganized, the Tesla Memorial Society of New York chronicles the accomplishments of Nikola Tesla by posting historical photographs and documents of significance. Some time lined information of his accomplishments are...
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Other

Walther Nernst Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Walther Nernst (1846-1941) discovered the Third Law of Thermodynamics and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920 in recognition of his work in thermochemistry. Find out more at this memorial website dedicated to the German scientist.
Website
Other

The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Searchable index of all the names listed on the Vietnam Wall as well as links to art, photos, and other related sites.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Einsatzgruppen and Other Ss and Police Units

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the use of the Einsatzgruppen by the Nazis, especially in the Soviet Union, to commit mass murder in their effort to defeat the Soviet Union in World War II.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jewish Population of Europe in 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing in statistical form the devastating effects of the Holocaust on the Jewish population and the flight of Jewish refugees during and after World War II in post-war Europe.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Story of Raphael Lemkin

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Jew who emigrated to the U.S. at the beginning of World War II. As a lawyer and scholar, he documented Nazi atrocities and coined the word "genocide."
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Rwanda: The First Genocide Conviction

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the genocide of the Tutsi population in Rwanda and the prosecution of Jean-Paul Akayesu for genocide.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Chelmno

For Students 9th - 10th
The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides a detailed article on Chelmno, an extermination camp located in Poland, describing the location, facilities, and extermination methods. Includes a collection of photos, a timeline, and links to related...
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Hardships

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the hardships children faced in trying to hide from the Nazis, whether openly with false identity papers, or in a hiding place. These included hiding their Jewish faith and practices, being victimized by unscrupulous 'rescuers'...
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
During the war, the Gestapo tried many means to locate Jews in hiding, even recruiting other Jews as informers. Sometimes hidden Jews were discovered accidentally during a raid.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Quest for Family

For Students 9th - 10th
After the end of World War II, Jewish survivors tried, with the help of Jewish organizations, to find the children they had left hidden in the care of others, or to find other family members. Many children had no memory of their...
Lesson Plan
9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Lesson Plans, Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A collection of 29 lesson plans to use when teaching about September 11, about community service, or about tolerance, among other topics. These lesson plans have been created specifically with grades 3 through 5 in mind.
Lesson Plan
9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Lesson Plans, Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A collection more than thirty lesson plans to use when teaching about September 11, about heroism, or about the importance of symbols, among other topics. These lesson plans have been created specifically with grades 6 through 8 in mind.
Lesson Plan
9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Lesson Plans, Grades 9 12

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection more than thirty lesson plans to use when teaching about September 11, about heroism, or about how one day can change the world, among other topics. These lesson plans have been created specifically with grades 9 through 12...
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Shoah Memorial: Sarah's Attic

For Students 3rd - 8th
Examine the history of the Shoah indirectly through the stories told by five little children, in Sarah's attic. Designed specifically for young learners, this interactive site also explores Yiddish culture, Judaism, and Jewish life.

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