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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Trends in Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A CSI activity that deals with "TRENDS IN DATA". You'll conduct an investigation whereby you'll measure parts of your body and contribute to the investigation data to solve a murder. You'll look at different relationships to find proper...
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The History Place

The History Place: Rape of Nanking

For Students 9th - 10th
In December 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft. An intern in a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally...
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Bob Stepno: The Evening Graphic's Tabloid Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
During the 1920s, newspapers and tabloids began printing graphic stories about murders, true love and true detective cases. This article by journalism student, Bob Stepno, investigates the truth behind the stories found in the "Evening...
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Other

Case Study: The European Witch Hunts, C. 1450 1750

For Students 9th - 10th
This website expounds on the European witch-hunts between 1450 and 1750. The site also contains information about current day witch-hunts. The site mentions gendercide, publications, male witches, the numbers who were murdered and modern...
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Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team: Chelmno Death Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the death camp Chemnlo, which was located in Poland and established in order to exterminate the Jewish population of the Warthegau territory annexed to Nazi Germany. Highlights important dates in the camp's history and...
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Other

Guardian's Egypt: Tutankhamun Cat Scan Results

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the findings of a CAT scan done on the mummy of King Tut. Using evidence from the scan, scientists have ruled out the possibility that King Tut was murdered.
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Other

Jazz Roots: James Reese Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a detailed account of Lieutenant Jim Europe's life as a musician, his performances in New York City, and his impact upon the music scene. Includes links to relevant people, photos, and a personal account by a witness of...
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Ahc: Civil Rights Movement: The Surge Forward: 1954 1960

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed discussion of the civil rights movement between 1954-1960 including summaries of events such as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956, school desegregation, Sarah Keys v....
Primary
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Texas Navy: The Trial of Edwin W. Moore

For Students 9th - 10th
Commodore Moore was given a hero's welcome after returning to Galveston. But this didn't last long, as he was dishonorably discharged from the Texas Navy and charged with "disobedience and piracy" and "murder for the execution of the San...
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Other

Cypress Hills Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cypress Hills Massacre occurred in the wake of the absence of legal authority in Western Canada after the Hudson's Bay Company presence declined. The murder of thirty Assiniboine Indians by American wolf hunters helped establish the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Jack Ruby Shot Lee Harvey Oswald

For Students 3rd - 8th
This 3-part article explores the murder of accused-Kennedy-Assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Content focuses on the trial of Jack Ruby, and the aftermath of Kennedy's assassination.
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Parliamentary Archives: Gunpowder, Treason, Plot

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource of archived content presents the tale of wars, murder, secrets, and lies. Discover the story of Guy Fawkes and the failed Gunpowder Plot by exploring pictures, diagrams, original documents, and more.
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Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF and Word formats. The lesson includes two...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: From Whose Bourne by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel From Whose Bourne by Robert Barr, a murder mystery with a twist.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a mystery novel. German Leopold von Ragastein meets Englishman Everard Dominey, in Africa, and plans to murder him and steal his identity to spy on...
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Franco Cavazzi

The Roman Empire: Marcus Licinius Crassus (D. 53 Bc)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how Crassus gained power in Rome, raised an army, became governor of Syria, and was eventually murdered.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Tell: Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a teacher's guide for the book Tell by Norah McClintock. When David's stepfather is murdered, he is suspected of having done it and he finally tells the police what he knows about it. This guide supplies teachers with a book...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: 'Truth' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ian's parents go on vacation and leave him on his own, which he sees as an opportunity to have a large party. But a friend of the parents comes to check on him and is murdered. No one will talk and two school newspaper reporters put...
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IMDb

Im Db: Gustaf Grundgens

For Students 9th - 10th
Best known for his role of Mephisto in theatre versions of Goethe's Faust, Grundgens also acted in the murder mystery, "M". Descriptions in English of his acting and directing career.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Death Marches

For Students 9th - 10th
This Jewish Virtual Library site describes the death marches that Nazi-held prisoners like the Jews, the Russians, and other minorities were forced to take from one concentration camp to another. On these marches the prisoners died...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making Sense of Irrational Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Like many heroes of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to have been mortally punished by the gods. But what was his crime? Did he murder guests or disrupt a sacred ritual? No, Hippasus's transgression was mathematically...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

For Students 9th - 10th
This book tells the story of Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer who establishes a legal practice, and takes on the case of Walter McMillian who was wrongly convicted for murder. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "Just...
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Digital History

Digital History: An Affair of Honor

For Students 9th - 10th
A sitting vice-president indicted for murder? Read the story of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Vice-President Aaron Burr. Additionally, find a quick overview of some of the issues that needed to be dealt with in Jefferson's...

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