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Personal Site: Walking in the Pyrenees

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site is a site with a detailed account of a walking trip through the Pyrenees Mountains.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Brown Reactions: Editorials

For Students 9th - 10th
This sampling of newspaper editorials from the mid-1950s reflects the range of public opinion and responses to the Brown decision.
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Odin's Gift: Historical & Classical Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers links to a plethera of historical and classical poetry from around the world. It is intended to be "a representative 'Best of'" each section to encourage further reading. It includes translated Rune poems, Poetic...
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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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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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US National Archives

National Archives and Records Administration: Founders Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the texts of nearly 200,000 historical documents related to six Founding Fathers, including the papers of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. The...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: South Korean Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents that range from the 1960 to 1979 that focus on the nuclear program that South Korea's tried to develop for both energy and defense purposes.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Economic Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a loosely related collection of primary source documents that discuss economic issues during the Cold War period. These documents are all varied in topic and geographical coverage, ranging from the 1950s to the 1980s, and coming...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rebellion, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Five documents that examine a range of reactions to colonial rebellion and associated resistance to royal authority in English colonies in Barbados, Virginia, and Massachusetts.
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University of Chicago

The Founders' Constitution: Alexander Hamilton to James Duane

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text from the University of Chicago Press of a 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to James Duane, who later became a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, on the weaknesses of the existing U.S. government under the...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Meet the Paleont O Logist: Mark Norell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview with paleontologist Mark Norell provides insights into his research interests, his career preparation, and his ideas about a range of paleontology-related topics.
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US National Archives

Nara: Rocky Moutain Region: New Mexico Primary Sources [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a treasure trove of primary sources dealing with the history of New Mexico, and lesson plans to go with them. The nine lessons range from the Taos Revolt of 1847 to rationing in New Mexico in World War II. Included is a brief...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Colfax County, New Mexico Boys of Rough Riders: News

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper article from The Raton Range, Raton, New Mexico describes the local men of Colfax County, New Mexico, who joined what would become the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the Rough Riders.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Colfax County, New Mexico Boys: 1st Territorial Volunteer Infantry

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper Article from The Raton Range, Raton, New Mexico dated June 30, 1898, about the local men of Colfax County, New Mexico, who joined what would become the 1st Territorial Volunteer Infantry and known as the Rough Riders.
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PBS

Pbs News Hours: Q&a: Calderon Visits u.s. With Security, Immigration in Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
Shannon O'Neil, Latin American studies fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. answers questions posed by PBS about Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's visit to the United States. The Q & A covers a range of issues from...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Molecular Biologist: Rob De Salle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interview with Molecular Biologist Rob DeSalle provides insights into his research interests, his career preparation, and a range of biology-related topics.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Arthur Compton Nobel Lecture: X Rays as a Branch of Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum provides great information on Arthur Holly Compton. The information is provided by links, ranging from a biography to the presentation speech, along with the nobel lecture and other resources.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to document John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and the broad range of responses it provoked across the country. Includes a teaching guide.

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