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PBS

Pbs American Masters: Richard Rodgers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a comprehensive biography of the American composer. Site details Rodgers collaboration with lyricist Lorenz Hart and later work with Oscar Hammerstein. There is also the "Career Timeline" or the audio/video resources found...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Freedom of the Press

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline on the history of freedom of press in the United States.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Karen Hesse's Biography

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out more about the Newbery awardwinning author Karen Hesse when you explore this resource. Provides a biographical description, a booklist and an interview transcript.
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Senses Of Cinema

Senses of Cinema: Fred Zinnemann

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy article that speaks about the films created during Zinnemann's career. Includes images and links for further information.
Website
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Agnes De Mille

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides a wonderful overview of the life and accomplishments of choreographer Agnes de Mille. It lists the many ballets that she choreographed throughout her life.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Richard Rodgers

For Students 9th - 10th
This Kennedy Center site presents a biography on composer Richard Rodgers. The biography provides information on his collaborations with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein, and also details the many awards Rodgers has accumulated...
Primary
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Photographs of the Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Several photographs of the events that occurred in Pearl Harbor in 1941 give a visual account of the attack to pair with the facts of the day.
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Other

Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
The web page for this copyright administrator for a variety of entertainment intellectual properties. In addition to comprehensive theatre library, site provides detailed biography and discography of artist and properties represented.
Website
Other

Military Times: Awards: Recipients: Admiral William Crowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses the military career and awards of Admiral William Crowe.
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Black Past

Black Past: Roscoe Dunjee

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the biography of African American writer and civil rights activist Roscoe Dunjee.
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Curated OER

Oklahoma State University: Breeds of Livestock Goats

For Students 9th - 10th
A good history of our use of goats and links to the major breeds of domesticated goats and their specific uses.
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Curated OER

Oklahoma State University: Breeds of Livestock Goats

For Students 9th - 10th
A good history of our use of goats and links to the major breeds of domesticated goats and their specific uses.
Primary
Other

Ecfs: Speech in Favor of Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this 1910 speech by an Oklahoma Senator arguing in favor of women's suffrage in his state, based on Progressive ideals.
Article
Other

Victoriana Magazine: Native American Tribes and u.s Government

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. government's policies towards Native Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century were influenced by the desire to expand westward into territories occupied by these Native American tribes. By the 1850s nearly all...
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Jim Thorpe

For Students 1st - 6th
History for Kids presents an overview of the life story of Jim Thorpe, a Native American from Oklahoma who was a superb athlete competing in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics before moving on to play professional baseball and football.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: History of a Buffalo Hunter

For Students 9th - 10th
A manuscript from the Federal Writers' Project gives an interview with Don Manuel Jesus Vasques, who was hired to hunt buffalo in Texas and Oklahoma. Read his fascinating account of the terrible slaughter of the buffalo on the plains.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Baird's Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
Baird's Pocket Gopher is also known as the Louisiana Pocket Gopher, though most of what is known about its ecology has come from studies of the species near College Station, Texas, and it occurs in Oklahoma and Arkansas as well as in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: White Ankled Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
The White-ankled Mouse is common in rocky areas in both dry and humid regions on the Central Plateau of Mexico and in west and central Texas, southern New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It clearly prefers rocky situations, whether it lives in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Southeastern Myotis

For Students 4th - 8th
The southeastern myotis occurs as far west as northeastern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma. Its preferred daytime roosts are caves with pools of water. Learn more about the Myotis austroriparius, more commonly known as a Southeastern...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Nine Banded Armadillo

For Students 4th - 8th
The tank-like Nine-banded Armadillo's range has greatly expanded northward in the last 100 years. In the mid-1800s it was found only as far north as southern Texas; by the 1970s it lived in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee; now...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Texas Kangaroo Rat

For Students 4th - 8th
Texas Kangaroo Rats live in only a few counties of north-central Texas, although the species was once also present in Oklahoma. They prefer to live where soils have a high percentage of clay. Learn more about the Dipodomys elator, more...
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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: States and Territories: Indian Territory

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery subject, the Indian...
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Musical Theater

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introductory site focusing on American musical theatre and Broadway. Shows how these parts can be taught in the classroom. Useful for teachers and students working with music theater.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Tale of Segregation: Fetching Water

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares a first person account of experiencing the hatred related to segregation while in desperate need of water. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...

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