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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Observing Eye

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of The Observing Eye by Anne Wright, a nonfiction book for children.
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Other

On the Lower East Side: Observations of Life in Lower Manhattan

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to contemporary essays about life on the Lower East Side of New York City in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These essays cover a range of topics and are well worth exploring to find out what problems writers were exposing...
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York University

Classics History of Psychology: Observations on the Organization of Personality

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of Carl Rogers' address as the retiring President at the American Psychological Association the September 1947 Annual Meeting.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Engines of Our Imagination: Tyndall on Parallel Roads

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about John Tyndall's belief in the importance of observation in answering questions posed by science.
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British Library

British Library: The Leonardo Notebook

For Students 9th - 10th
Page through one of Leonardo's notebooks, in which he works out his observations about weights, measures, reflections, and similar material matters. Interesting examples of the master's characteristic "mirror writing" and of his...
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Thomas Jefferson's Public Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
Access a collection of Thomas Jefferson's Public Papers provided for by the University of Virginia. Content ranges from bills to "Observations on a Whale Fishery" to Opinions on French Treaties.
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Other

American Revolution: Military Journal of James Thacher m.d. From 1776 to 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text of the "Military Journal, During The American Revolutionary War from 1776 to 1783" written by James Thacher on his observations of the events of the revolutionary period.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: George Washington to James Madison, 1787

For Students 9th - 10th
Read George Washington's observations of the delegates, particularly the Anti-Federalists, at the Constitutional Convention, and the objections the opposition presented, which Washington cites in the letter. View an image of the original...
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NASA

Nasa: Apollo Lunar Surface Journal

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal is a record of the lunar surface operations conducted by the six pairs of astronauts who landed on the Moon from 1969 through 1972. The Journal is intended as a resource for anyone wanting to know what...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Reading Guide: Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Thoreau offers in this excerpt from Walden the Transcendentalist observation that each human must search for religious meaning within himself and not as a quest to glorify God.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Two eighteenth-century maps and four accounts of the mutual perceptions, suspicions, and observations between Spanish and French explorers on the Gulf Coast.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Yawn

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem shares the observations of a person on a train who is awe-struck by a young lady and her yawn.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive exhibition offers observations on various facets of Franklin's life, as well as his writing and other accomplishments.
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Other

Oral History Digital Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
First-person narratives of northeastern Ohioans who have participated in, or closely observed events which have significantly affected both the state and nation.
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Other

Benjamin Rush and Yellow Fever: Dr. Jean Deveze During the 1793 Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
Fascinating day by day observations of patients afflicted in the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia by a physician who was treating them.
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Other

Spartacus Educational: British History: Child Labor: Edward Holme

For Students 9th - 10th
During a national investigation into the impact of child labor in factories during the early 1800's, Dr. Edward Holme was interviewed following his observations in a local factory.
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University of North Carolina

Documenting the American South: A Soldier's Recollections

For Students 9th - 10th
This 'Documenting the American South' site from the University of North Carolina provides the full 326 page text (HTML file) of Randolph McKim's "A Soldier's Recollections" that describe his experiences and observations during his...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: American and Puritan Literature: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

For Students 9th - 10th
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon written by British Colonial Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts to an unknown effect, and again on July 8, 1741, in...
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Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Life of the Industrial Worker in 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
The Victorian Web provides a report to British Parliament submitted in 1833 by a medical observer on how work in textile factories affected the physical health of the laborers. Also includes essays from a factory owner's point of view...
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Kublai Khan in Battle, 1287

For Students 9th - 10th
This article utilizes the descriptions of Marco Polo to highlight a battle between the great Khan and a rival.
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Other

Psychological Self Help: Anger and Aggression

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about anger and aggression.

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