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The Human Right to Freedom From Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the "human right to freedom from any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, political or other opinion, age, or any other status,...
Handout
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Literatura De Mudejares Y Moriscos

For Students 9th - 10th
This portal promotes the literature of the Moorish and Mudejar minority of the XIV-XVII centuries. This site includes a series of historical and sociological studies, a general bibliography and a series of texts by contemporary authors...
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Nebraska Center for Writers: Weldon Kees

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Weldon Kees (1914-1955?) was not only an important minor poet of the mid-20th century American literary scene, he was also a fiction writer, playwright, cultural critic and impresario, filmmaker and photographer, abstract expressionist...
Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Ruby Ridge (Weaver) Trial (1993)

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 1980s, the mountainous panhandle of northern Idaho became a magnet for right-wingers of all stripes. Government-haters, minority-haters, immigrant-haters, and modern culture-haters all found refuge in the sparsely-populated...
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Latvia: People

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the people of Latvia and the many minorities. Find out the ethnic groups, languages, and religions of this country. Information from the CIA World Fact Book.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Hellenistic Art Period

For Students 9th - 10th
Artlex.com defines and describes the Hellenistic period in Western art. Features include links to illustrated examples, artists, and related terms.
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Read Works

Read Works: Congress Speaks Spanish

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the growing number of congressmen who are learning to speak Spanish. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Black Past

Black Past: Bearden,. Romare

For Students 9th - 10th
This short encyclopedia article tells about Romare Bearden, a prolific African American artist and author. Links to other websites for more information.
Article
Other

Unrv History: Roman Empire: Roman Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about Roman mythology with links to additional information about major gods, minor gods, adopted gods, imperial cult, and more.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1840: Women's Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Lowell factory workers to the feminized role of the American schoolteacher, women began to make professional strides during the first half of the 19th century.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Ethnolinguistic Groups of China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northeast China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
"Northeast China - the provinces of Heilungkiang, Kirin, and Liaoning - is the most important region of the country and a nationally significant and still-developing center of agricultural production. Most of the Northeast remained...