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Wwi Image Archive: Photos of the Great War

For Students 9th - 10th
World War I Image Archive offers a geat collection of photographs from World War I. Categorized by topic.
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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

For Students 9th - 10th
MALDEF offers many resources to the Mexican American community. Here anyone can learn about public policy, have access to laws regarding citizenship and equal access, and read news and events regarding the Mexican American community.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: America and the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides an accompanying website to their documentary on America and the Holocaust. Find special features, a timeline, an interactive map that depicts events from 1939 to 1945, primary documents and People and Events.
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance: Legal Guide for Immigrants to Maine

For Students 9th - 10th
Great English-Spanish site that explains public benefits available to immigrants in the state of Maine and their impact on obtaining legal residency or citizenship in the United States. Though specifically written for non-citizens in...
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance: Legal Guide for Immigrants to Maine

For Students 9th - 10th
Great English-Spanish site that explains public benefits available to immigrants in the state of Maine and their impact on obtaining legal residency or citizenship in the United States.
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University of Virginia

Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Uses primary sources to document the role of Southern women in the Civil War.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Despite It All, I Am Alive

For Students 9th - 10th
Liberation was met with excitement, but also sadness and anxiety. Many people had no home or loved ones to return to. This easily navigable slideshow chronicles life after liberation, loneliness, DP camps, and new homes using photographs...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Bericha

For Students 9th - 10th
Bericha, meaning escape, became the main goal of survivors after the Holocaust. Many had no home or community to return to. Underground networks helped these displaced people find homes in other countries, many in Israel. Read background...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center New Beginnings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust primary sources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the...
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San Diego State University

World History for Us All: World Politics and Global Economy After Ww Ii [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
It is imperative that learners understand what happened in Europe after WWII, so they may gain a deep knowledge of our contemporary world, including its key economic, social, and political developments. This in-depth unit covers topics...
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US Department of State

U.s. Dept of State: The Dayton Peace Accords

For Students 9th - 10th
A full-text page of the Dayton Peace Accords agreement concerning conflict in the Balkans. This meeting took place between heads of state in Dayton, Ohio.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Freedmen's Bureau

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the history, successes, and failures of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction.
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BBC

Bbc News: Timeline: Lebanon

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline from BBC hits the highpoints of Lebanon's recent history, from 1920 to present day.
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George Washington University

National Security Archive: The Berlin Wall, Fifty Years Ago

For Students 9th - 10th
While condemning the wall in public, U.S. officials saw "long term advantage" if potential refugees stayed in East Germany. Three days before the wall went up, the CIA expected that East Germany would take "harsher measures" to solve the...
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Curated OER

Rukiya Sheygo Holds Her Newborn Baby, Abukar.

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 11,000 Somali Bantus had arrived in the U.S. as of March 20th, 2005. This article discusses some of the adjustments the refugees faced.
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Curated OER

Abdikadir Ali, Sheygo's Husband.

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 11,000 Somali Bantus had arrived in the U.S. as of March 20th, 2005. This article discusses some of the adjustments the refugees faced.
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Curated OER

Health Class

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 11,000 Somali Bantus had arrived in the U.S. as of March 20th, 2005. This article discusses some of the adjustments the refugees faced.
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Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: The Great Hunger

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the aftermath of the potato famine; 4 million dead, 2.5 million refugees. Mentions the Irish peasantry, landlords, British Government, relief, and the cause of the famine.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pankisi Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, visit the Pankisi Valley, a no-man's-land in the Northeast of Georgia that has become home to the rebels and refugees of the Chechen war.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Jewish Population of Europe in 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing in statistical form the devastating effects of the Holocaust on the Jewish population and the flight of Jewish refugees during and after World War II in post-war Europe.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Seawater Desalination: Panacea or Hype?

For Students 9th - 10th
An article and resources for research and teaching that explains how technologies are being used to desalinate ocean waters to be used for various municipal, industrial, and domestic purposes including a means to provide fresh water to...
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BBC

Bbc News: Casualties in the Macedonian Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the fighting between the Macedonian military and Albanian insurgents. A direct result of the Balkans clash has been civilian fatalities, displaced persons, and refugees trying to escape the danger of the region. (March 19,...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Freedom to Create (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students investigate the motivations of foreign-born artists who have come to America for reasons of artistic freedom. They also examine the impact these artistic refugees have had on American society as well as the...
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Camp Nelson: United States Colored Troops at Camp Nelson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Camp Nelson provides text, photos, and original documents of Camp Nelson, a refugee and training camp for African-Americans during the Civil War.

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