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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: The Wife, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides multiple digital formats of this eBook.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Uncle Vanya: Scenes From Country Life in Four Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
Chekhov's play is offered here in multiple digital formats.
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Ithaca College: Project Look Sharp: Soviet History Through Posters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Multi-unit curriculum kit on the history of the Soviet Union told in five episodes using Soviet posters as source material. Coverage includes the birth of the Soviet Union, Stalin, the Great Patriotic...
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BBC

Bbc World Service: Learning English Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
The Grammar and Vocabulary area of the BBC World Service site has a section on common grammar problems and a section on idioms and expressions. There are also links to pages that provide English language learning opportunities that...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: Russia

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Russia's geography reveals great disparity and lends itself to a variety of cultures and relationships across its six and a half million square miles. A video investigates two urban developments in Russia, St. Petersburg and Dagestan,...
Primary
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Origins of the Cheka

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a letter from Lenin to Dzerzhinsky December 17, 1917 about measures to be taken against the bourgeoisie.
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BBC

Bbc: Ukraine Still Feeling Gas Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
A 2007 news report that examines on the dispute between the Ukraine and Russia over the cost of natural gas supplied by Russia.
Article
World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Timeline: 1871 1914 Origins of the Great War

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a wealth of information about the origins of the World War I, and the maneuvers and alliances that took place in the years preceding it.
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Joe Landsberger

Study Guides and Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th
With over 100 separate pages of guides to studying and organizing work, this site gives tips on everything from learning how to learn, to managing your time, to how to prepare for essay exams. Selected site content is translated into 25...
Primary
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: Abdication of Nicholas Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A copy of the abdication manifesto of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917.
Website
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many Things for Esl Japanese Version

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Cold War Timeline: 1945 1991

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive timeline examining the causes and events of the Cold War. It is preceded by several paragraphs discussing the shifting relations between the United States and Russia in the lead-up to the Cold War. The timeline begins in...
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: World War Ii: The War Against Italy and Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
HIghlights the military strategy of the United States during World War II in fighting Germany and Italy.
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BBC

Bbc: Three Days That Shook the World

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1991, communist hardliners attempted to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev for his reforms leading to the break-up of the Soviet Union. The coup lasted for three days. Article dated August 15, 2001.
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PBS

Kamchatka: Bering Island

For Teachers 9th - 10th
PBS television has aired "Kamchatka: Siberia's Forbidden Wilderness" and this website summarizes that film. In it explores Bering Island, which was discovered by Vitus Bering who died there in 1741. It details the week long events of...
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PBS

Pbs: Faberge Eggs: Mementos of a Doomed Destiny

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that chronicles the history of Faberge Eggs, the life of Peter Carl Faberge, and where his inspiration came from. Also provides background on the history of Nicholas II and his reign as the czar of Russia. Many...

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