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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: May Miller

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features May Miller, an African-American playwright and poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance in New York City during the 1920s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Nat Turner

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Nat Turner, a black American slave who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion (August 1831) in U.S. history. Spreading terror throughout the white South, his action set off a...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Professor Longhair

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Professor Longhair, an American singer and pianist who helped shape the sound of New Orleans rhythm and blues from the mid-1940s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Warren Aloysious Kimbro

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Warren Aloysious Kimbro, an American activist born April 29, 1934, New Haven, Conn.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: William Lewis Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features William Lewis Taylor, an American lawyer and civil rights activist born Oct. 4, 1931, New York, N.Y.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: A'lelia Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of A'Lelia Walker, an American businesswoman associated with the Harlem Renaissance as a patron of the arts who provided an intellectual forum for the black literati of New York City during the 1920s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Carl Van Vechten

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Carl Van Vechten, a U.S. novelist, music and drama critic, and an influential figure in New York literary circles in the 1920s.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Georges Seurat

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a brief biography of Georges Seurat, founder of the neo-impressionist movement with his new technique of pointillism.
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BBC

Bbc: History Trails: Conquest: William the Conqueror: A Revolutionary

For Students 9th - 10th
Seven-part biography of William examines the new order brought to England by the Normans.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Industrial Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site covers both the initial Industrial Revolution in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the second revolution that highlighted new inventions and the businessmen who financed industry. Read brief...
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Vroma Project

V Roma Project: Caligula: Historical Background

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a biography of Gaius, known as Caligula, the third emperor of Rome. Written in timeline form, it gives literary and artistic evidence about his life. It stresses the lack of credible information about his life and...
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Vroma Project

V Roma Project: Julius Caesar: Historical Background

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides biographical information on the Roman general and political leader Julius Caesar, presented in a timeline. Covers major events of his life including his military career, rise to power, and death by assassination. This page is...
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The Scientific Revolution, 1642 1730

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a historical look at the scientific revolution with this webpage. See the changes in society that occurred as a result of the new way of thinking brought about by this revolution. Also, learn about Isaac Newton who is described to...
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BBC

Bbc News: Profile: Alvaro Uribe Velez

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of the new president of Colombia. He won the election without a run-off election in May 2002. The article is dated August 7, 2002.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Richard Dobbs Spaight

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of this delegate from North Carolina to the Constitutional Convention. He was a strong federalist and helped with persuading North Carolina to endorse the new constitution. He later served as a Congressman.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: John Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
A good biography of John Dickinson (1732-1808 CE). He was one of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention from Delaware. He was a strong supporter of the new Constitution and as a result, Delaware became the first state to ratify...
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Other

Ncr: Patterson, John H.

For Students 9th - 10th
John H. Patterson bought the company that sold the new invention, the cash register, and renamed it the National Cash Register Company, to become the worldwide business, NCR. Read this biography of Patterson and his impact on business,...
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Other

Uintah Basin Tah Project: Dominguez and Escalante Expedition 1776

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition of 1776 was tasked with finding a route overland from Santa Fe, New Mexico to a Spanish mission in northern California. This page provides biographies of the people on this journey as well as the maps...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown, inventors in New York state who developed the antifungal drug Nystatin, are featured in this brief biography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries:industrial Drawings at the Smithsonian: Doodles & Drafts

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawing is a key element in an inventor's skill set. When it comes to the working out of new ideas, inventors turn to pencil and paper. Mixing art and science, this exhibition site showcases a collection of industrial drawings that...
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Amy Rudersdorf: Sir Walter Raleigh: An English Renaissance Man

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir Walter Raleigh (Ralegh) is featured in this biography. Raleigh, born in the South of England in 1552, worked ceaselessly for the Queen launching expeditions to the New World in an effort to expand England's territory.
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The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Hillary Rodham Clinton

For Students 9th - 10th
From the White House, find an official biography of Hillary Clinton, the first First Lady elected to the United States Senate and the first woman elected statewide in New York, as well as the current Secretary of State.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Willem De Kooning

For Students 9th - 10th
You will see at this site biographical information and art work. When you click on the object you will see the oil on paper of "Woman" and a descripition about de Kooning and his work. When you click on extensions you will receive a...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us. Printable Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This article "Freedom: A History of US: Webisode 10, Segment 6: Hard Times," from Thirteen WNET New York, gives the reader an informative snapshot of the cause and impact of the Gilded Age depression of 1893. Students and teachers will...