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University of Nebraska

Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
"Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraskaexplores the development of towns and cities on the Great Plains through the lens of a murder case in the 1890s that evolved into a...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Murder in Navan

For Students 9th - 10th
The murder case of a suspicious foreigner with an accent in Navan, Ontario is profiled. During World War Two, suspicions and fear ran high everywhere. The death of a local police officer and the killing of a stranger are examined. Was he...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Matthew Shepard Murder (Mc Kinney and Henderson) Trials (1999)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the murder of Matthew Shepard. Matthew Shepard was gay. Tied to the fence as we was, the sheriff allowed that it did look a bit like a crucifixion. With little more than that, a consensus quickly emerged that...
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Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: Gold Rush Era: Murder and Mayhem

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source materials and informational text that looks at law and order in the "wild west" of California, identifying changing ethnicity in a growing population seeking gold and other resources.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: A Murder of Crows

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Nature provides a full length video on the study of crows. Scientists believe that crows pass on important information about danger to each other and to their young. Site also provides a photo gallery, facts on crows, and a map of...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Emmett Till Murder Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the compelling story of the abduction and murder of Emmett Till, and the subsequent sham trial of his murderers. This site has accounts of what precipitated the abduction, testimony from the trial, and the shocking confession of the...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Kirov Murder and Purges

For Students 9th - 10th
Ibiblio.org provides this brief article about the Kirov murder.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: The Murder of Emmett Till

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the events that led up to the murder of teenager Emmett Till and the ensuing trial that let the perpetrators go free. This verdict acted as a catalyst to propel the Civil Rights Movement forward.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Murder of the Jews of the Baltic States

For Students 9th - 10th
Hitler's Final Solution extended into the Baltic States with mass deportation and extermination of the Jewish people. Study background information and examine primary sources such as photos, testimonies, archival footage, video lectures,...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Murder of Jews in Romania

For Students 9th - 10th
Romania had a long history of anti-Semitism and was an ally of the Nazis. Around 400,000 Jews were killed in Romanian-controlled areas during the war. Read a summary on Romania during WWII and view primary sources such as photos,...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Murder of the Jews of Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
3.3 million Jews lived in Poland before the German occupation. At the end of the war, only 380,000 were still alive. Read background information on the deportation of Polish Jews. Examine primary resources such as photos, testimonies,...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Murder of the Jews of the Balkans and Slovakia

For Students 9th - 10th
The deportation of Jews from other European countries began in earnest in the summer of 1941. Read background information on Jews from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovakia. View primary resources such as photos, video lectures,...
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PBS

Pbs: The Murder of Emmett Till: People & Events: Lynching in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Article summarizes the impact of lynching on African Americans and the events and people related to the issue.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Persecutors and Murderers

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Trial for Murder

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Trial for Murder" by Charles Dickens is a ghost story combined with a murder trial. Read the full text on this site.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Murder by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel The Murder by Anton Chekhov. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Murdered Mother

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of American Sunday-School Union. Committee of Publication's The Murdered Mother has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasurers: The Murder of Crispus Attucks

For Students 9th - 10th
This Library of Congress site contains scanned images of the newspaper article of the trial of William Wemms for the murder of Crispus Attucks.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Which Was the Murderer?" by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
Robert Barr is known for writing crime stories with ingenious plot twists. Read the full text of "Which was the Murderer" on this site.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "My Favourite Murder" by Ambrose Bierce

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "My Favourite Murder" by Ambrose Bierce. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Show One Journalist Risked Her Life to Hold Murderers Accountable

For Students 9th - 10th
Christina Greer details the life of Ida B. Wells and her tireless struggle for justice.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Assassination of the President:attempted Murder of Secretary Seward

For Students 7th - 8th
This excerpt from an 1865 newspaper, Evening Star, contains multiple accounts of the night President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward were attacked. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E....

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