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Goethe-Institut

German Architecture From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German architecture sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German architecture, preserving and restoring historical ruins in Germany and world-wide,...
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: Memorials to Canadians' Achievements & Sacrifices

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a guide to the memorials erected for Canadians throughout the world. Since Confederation, Canadians have served around the world in military actions for the cause of peace and freedom. Over a hundred thousand Canadians have...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Global Gateway: Meeting of Frontiers

For Students 9th - 10th
From cossacks to cowboys, this Library of Congress special online collection looks at American westward exploration and expansion, and Russia's eastward reach into and conquest of Siberia. Includes historical information and timelines,...
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Other

Montana Tribes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A superb website with a wealth of information on native tribes in Montana. The site has an extensive digital archives with hundreds of videos, all categorized by Essential Understandings. There are lesson plans, historical and current...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking: Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Picked from an all-inclusive site of art terms from Charlotte Jirousek's interactive textbook at Cornell University. The historic background of Native Americans in North America with a synopsis of the Woodlands people.
Interactive
US National Archives

Our Documents: Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)

For Students 9th - 10th
An actual interactive copy of the original Tennessee Valley Authority Act that created cheap power in the Tennessee Valley. Links to larger images, a typed transcript, and a downloadable .PDF file are included on this site. Make sure to...
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Other

First People of Tennessee: The Chickasaw and Their Cessions

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the methodical removal of the Chickasaw Indians from "their historic homeland." Site also provides a link to further information on the Chickasaw Nation.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Mandate

For Students 9th - 10th
In July 1922, recognizing "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine," Great Britain was called upon to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine-Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). This...
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US National Archives

Nara: Charters of Freedom: The Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a complete transcription of The Bill of Rights, along with zoomable graphics of the original handwritten text. It also includes information about the historical context of the document, links to more constitutional...
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Other

In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Students 9th - 10th
Teachers and students can find a comprehensive summary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case. Learn about the myths and find out the truth. The activities offered are especially meaningful. Students can perform a...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Storytelling:the Meaning Behind the Mask

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In many cultures, masks are used in oral story telling. Many learning activities are described on this site that will help students learn aspects of story telling and the different ways various cultures used masks.
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Tramline

Hurricane Virtual Field Trip

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What conditions are necessary to create a hurricane? Where do hurricanes occur? When is hurricane season? What is the difference between a tropical cyclone and a hurricane? How is the strength of a hurricane measured? Where do hurricanes...
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US National Archives

Nara: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
From the National Archives and Records Administration, this site offers a great biography of President Herbert Hoover. Detailed information about his presidential library, a kid's link, and a teacher's link. Everything you want to know...
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Middle East 1916 2001: A Documentary

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale Law School does an excellent job in presenting historical documents centered around the Middle East crisis beginning with the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement up to present day UN resolutions. This site provides a complete timeline that...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Prairie Diaries

For Students 6th - 8th
This site from NPR is an excellent example of personal narratives from the heartland. Read and listen to excerpts from Kansans about a day in their life. What were they doing, what were they thinking, what was going on in their lives.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center Digital Archives: Cold War History

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a historical survey of the cold war by using documents. Explores the documents through an interactive site as a pathway through history.
Primary
University of Richmond

Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet: 1894 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
This curation, transcription, and interpretation of the Richmond Planet opens a window into fundamental issues of race, equity, justice, violence, and power that still stir the nation today. Thirteen formerly enslaved men formed the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Evolution of Conservation Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
American Memory site documents the historical formation of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage. Browse through literature, books, pamphlets, government documents, and manuscripts drawn from the collections of...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Native American Reference Weblist

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides a series of sites about Native Americans, featuring their history, literature and culture, news and current events,government and law, their libraries, museums, and archives, and, lastly, their tribes and...
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Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Holidays

For Students 9th - 10th
Fun module on American holidays provides students with one or more videos for special holidays in each month of the year and offers links to related resources, such as Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic...
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Other

Villa Cicogna Mozzoni: A Renaissance Jewel

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the renaissance villa on Lake Maggiore and Italian national monument site, the Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, in the main web-page for the villa. Full of historical information, maps, and photos.
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Other

Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
You can find listings of state and national arts associations, visit online museums or historic sites, and locate resources that promote arts in education.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Sc: Stono River Slave Rebellion Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning point of the earliest slave revolt in the United States.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Where the first relatively complete set of dinosaur bones (Hadrosaurus foulkii) in the world were discovered in 1838 by Joseph Leidy.