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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Japanese and American Propaganda During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Michigan State University is an interesting article analyzing the propaganda war between the U.S. and Japan during World War II. Also has cartoons that were used.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: Revolution and State Constitution Making

For Students 9th - 10th
A full-length essay on the formation of new state constitutions by the 13 newly independent states.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: How Pesticide Resistance Develops

For Students 9th - 10th
An individual organism's genes determine its physical and behavioral traits. When individuals reproduce, they pass along unique combinations of genes to their offspring. Different environments favor individuals with different physical...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: The Argument Over the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center provides a full-length essay on the constitutional debate during the time of the Constitutional Convention.
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Michigan State University: H Africa: Award to Senghor Triggers Debate

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down the page to this article about Leopold Sedar Senghor being named as the winner of the 'Distinguished Africanist Award'. Focuses on the reaction to this award.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: Supply Problems Plague Continental Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the Continental Army's struggles with supply shortages throughout the Revolutionary War. Explains the reasons for the shortages, and includes some of George Washington's correspondence from the period.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: Rediscovering Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on colonial attitudes toward Britain and their own political and cultural identity.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: American Revolution as a Constitutional Controversy

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center provides an essay on the issue, circumstances and explanations for the growing radicalism of the Colonists in the years leading up to the constitution.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: The Wars of the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay contends that the American Revolution was not just one war, but several. Mr. Carp from Pacific Lutheran University supports his ideas in a very clear manner.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
In a nutshell, you can find out the problems the new nation had under the Articles of Confederation and the process resulted in a new constitution.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: America Revolution: The First Rhode Island Regiment

For Students 9th - 10th
Information not only about the First Rhode Island Regiment, a group made up almost entirely of freed slaves, but also a look at the change in the attitude of enlisting African Americans into the Continental Army as the Revolutionary War...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: Free Labor in the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay on the make-up of the Continental Army. Soldiers came from the craftsman and laborer class. Read about the effect of their fight on the "American Revolution."
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: American Revolution: Patriotism/quaker Loyalism in a Pennsylvania Family

For Students 9th - 10th
National Humanities Center provides an essay based on the correspondence of a Quaker Family in colonial Pennsylvania.
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Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Has My Child Been Exposed to Lead? When and How to Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Connie Hill of Columbus, Ohio, got some unsettling news after her son's 12-month checkup .A nurse called to say that the 1-year-old's blood lead level test had come back as slightly elevated, which would put him in the top 2.5 percent of...
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History.com: How Military Service Teams Dominated College Football During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
'Bear' Bryant, who became a legend at Alabama, and future Pro Football Hall of Famers were among the all-star collection of talent. With football fields viewed as proving grounds, the military fielded teams that competed against top...
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FOX News

Fox News: High Court Has Split Decision on Affirmative Action

For Students 9th - 10th
Fox News analyzes the Gratz and Grutter cases and what it means for affirmative action in this June, 2003, report.
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PBS

Pbs: Obama Plan Will Redirect Tarp Funds to Homeowners

For Students 9th - 10th
Obama's plan to direct TARP funds to aid struggling homeowners in the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada is announced in this article. Homeowners in these states faced the biggest drops in housing prices and a...

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