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Curated OER

Attack in Mid Stream [Picture] /

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring murder can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Curated OER

Attack on a Settler's Hut [Picture].

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring murder can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Short Stories by Ambrose Bierce

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site provides the full text to over 25 short stories by Ambrose Bierce! Each story is accessible by just clicking on the link of the one that you want to read. A great site to check out on the subject.
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Macbeth Fear and the Motives of Evil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Why does Macbeth, who knows that his actions are evil and will be punished, continue to choose evil?" Through this study of Macbeth's evil deeds, high school students will not only test their reading and research skills but also explore...
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Cleveland State University

The Autobiography of Louis B. Seltzer, Chapter 26

For Students 9th - 10th
This chapter of Mr. Seltzer's book deals directly with his role in the Sam Sheppard case. Mr. Seltzer was a writer with a newspaper in Cleveland and gives a look from a different point of view.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Genocide

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed explanation of the origin and meaning of the term "genocide."
Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover everything you would want to know about the Leopold & Loeb trial. This comprehensive tool provides an abundance of information including the evidence, the confession, the crime scene, the summations, the decision, photos,...
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CNN

Cnn: o.j. Simpson Main Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site covers all facets of the O.J. Simpson case: the verdict, suspect, victims, arrest, evidence, the trial, and more.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Expository Escapade: Detective's Handbook

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Working on higher-level thinking skills with your readers is made easier with this lesson. You will have your students connect with and analyze a mystery story at their grade-appropriate level. Lesson plan, printable worksheets, and...
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Kent State University

Kent State University: Kent State Shootings: May 4 Collections

For Students 9th - 10th
From Kent University archives, find collections providing Frequently Asked Questions, May 4 Web Exhibit, oral history project, and legal aftermath. Trustworthy source of information on this tragic incident in history.
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Other

Enough Project: The Project to End Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about efforts being made to eradicate genocide and other crimes against humanity by activist group Enough.
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University of North Carolina

Unc: Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 1849 Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Download Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales," which was published in 1845, four years prior to his death. Read popular short stories such as, "The Black Hat," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Purloined Letter." Also, read biographical...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides information about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s impact on American history. In addition, there are links to related topics.
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University of New Brunswick (Canada)

University of New Brunswick: Crime and Punishment in New Brunswick

For Students 9th - 10th
Two university professors in New Brunswick have created this web site that explores several historic crimes in New Brunswick and how the justice system handled the cases.
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Fear and the "Dagger of the Mind"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan accompanies a reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth and lets students explore Macbeth's "response to fear" through studying metaphor, imagery, and dramatic cues and by performing a scene.
Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Sam Sheppard Trials (1954 & '66)

For Students 9th - 10th
On July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard, the wife of a handsome thirty-year-old doctor, Sam Sheppard, was brutally murdered in the bedroom of their home in Bay Village, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. Sam Sheppard denied any involvement in...
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Other

Mary Ferrell Foundation: Martin Luther King Assassination

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource documents the 1968 murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and takes a look at his murderer, the conspiracy theory, and resulting federal investigation.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume. One of the main characters is a professor of Egyptology, who wishes to compare a Peruvian mummy with Egyptian mummies. The first and main mystery is how the green...
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Other

Core: Freedom Summer

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrative account of Freedom Summer and the murders of 3 Mississippi black members of CORE because of their support for the Civil Rights Movement.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Modern Balkan History: Balkan Causes of World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay on the causes of World War I from a Balkan perspective. Includes the following sections: Focusing on the Balkans, The Purpose of the Murder Itself, Serbian Blame: The Assassins, Serbian Blame: The Black Hand, Serbian Blame:...
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: I Will Kill Frick

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information about the Homestead strike and the treatment of the workers inspired some labor activists to plot the murder of Henry Clay Frick. Part of the autobiography of Emma Goldman.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Repression and Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides an account of the murder of Kirov and how it led to the purges. Links to primary documents are included.
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Digital History

Digital History: "Bleeding Kansas" and "Bleeding Sumner"

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how the concept of popular sovereignty expressed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in political intrigue and murder in Kansas and the caning of a U.S. Senator in the Senate chamber.
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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.

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