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PBS

The West: William Bent (1809 1869)

For Students 9th - 10th
From PBS New Perspectives on the West comes this biography on William Bent that discusses his life as a trader at Bent's Fort in Colorado in the early 1800s.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Journeys West

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of lessons utilizing primary texts, including narratives, photographs, and maps, through which students explore the following question: "What motivated thousands of people to journey west during the 1800s?"
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Other

Library of Western Fur Trade Historical Source Documents: Journal of John Work

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a diary of two and a half months of travels by John Work as he went from one fur trading post to another in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1800s.
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Other

Robert Frost: America's Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Robert Frost

For Students 9th - 10th
The site provides background and texts of numerous poems. Follow the links at the bottom of the page to specific poetry books to find complete text of individual poems.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Zora Neale Hurston

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Zora Neale Hurston, a famous novelist and first African American graduate of Barnard College.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: Sycamore Shoals

For Students 9th - 10th
The Treaty of Sycamore Shoals with the Cherokee, signed here in 1775, allowed the United States to acquire 20,000,000 acres (81,000 km2) of Cherokee land and to promote settlement of present day Kentucky. Sycamore Shoals later served as...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General John Pope

For Students 9th - 10th
General Pope, born in Louisville, Ky., March 16th, 1822, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, and made brevet second lieutenant of engineers. He served in Florida in 1842-'44, and took part in the Mexican War,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1859, John Brown collected a small body of men, white and black, in the mountains of Maryland. He made a sudden attack upon Harper's Ferry, where there was a United States arsenal, which he seized and held for a few hours. The attack...

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