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Center for History Education

Should the Colonists Have Revolted Against Great Britain?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Should the Americans have taken the plunge and revolted against Great Britain? Using documents, including the famed Common Sense and a Loyalist response, pupils conduct a lengthy investigation of the question. The interesting resource...
Primary
Yale University

The Avalon Project: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avalon Project, at the Yale Law School, provides the actual text of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: The Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale's School of Law provides the text of the ten original amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Marcus Millsap: School Day Afternoon

For Students 9th - 10th
This one-stanza poem describes a farmboy's thoughts before, and especially, after school.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Fundamental Orders of 1639

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School presents the full text of the Fundamental Orders of 1639, including source.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868

For Students 9th - 10th
Actual text of the treaty with the Sioux nation, which grants an enormous part of the Wyoming, Montana and Dakota territories to the Sioux, promises clothing and farm supplies instead of money, provides schooling, medical and other...
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Middle East 1916 2001: A Documentary

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale Law School does an excellent job in presenting historical documents centered around the Middle East crisis beginning with the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement up to present day UN resolutions. This site provides a complete timeline that...
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: The Articles of Confederation

For Students 9th - 10th
A copy of the original Articles of Confederation presented by Yale Law School. Includes Thomas Jefferson's written discussion on the Articles of Confederation plus early drafts.
Primary
Yale University

Yale Law School: Avalon Project: British American Diplomacy: Paris Peace Treaty

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary documents related to the signing of the Peace of Paris Treaty in 1783 between Britain, France, and America. This treaty ended the American Revolutionary War.
Primary
World Wide School

World Wide School: Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

For Students 9th - 10th
This online book provides a detailed account of the U.S. creation of the atomic bomb, the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the aftermath. Written by The Manhattan Engineer District, a military committee, in 1946.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Treaty With Kiowa, Comanche and Apache; Oct. 21, 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
Actual text of the Medicine Lodge Treaty, which establishes an Apache reservation, promises to establish reservation schools and increases annual payments of money and supplies.
Primary
University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Engle v. Vitale

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the majority and dissenting opinions in the Engle v. Vitale case of 1962 which held that school-sponsored prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Boston Port Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale Law School's Avalon Project provides a site on Great Britain's Parliament and the text of the Boston Port Act of March 31, 1774.
Primary
Yale University

Yale University: Declaration and Resolves of the First Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
This Yale Law School project posts outcomes of the First Continental Congress. Contains the actual text of the declarations and resolves written by the First Continental Congress.
Primary
Other

Primary Research Through the History of Beverly

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At Beverly High School in Massachusetts, students learn history through their own primary research on local history topics. This article and links from it explain how it's done.
Primary
Yale University

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read historical documents from before the 18th century to the present. Providing "Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy," this website can be browsed by historical period or searched via search engine.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Laws of the Kings, 753 510 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
An comprehensive listing of the Laws of the Kings, the laws set down by the seven kings of Rome during the monarchy.
Primary
Other

The Stories of the People of Bland County

For Students 9th - 10th
A high school project in which the students collected the oral histories of people living in Bland County, Virginia which is located in the western part of the state. The stories focus on the family histories.
Primary
Brown University

What Did You Do in the War Grandma?

For Students 9th - 10th
High school students interview women who lived during WWII. What did they do, how did they feel about the war, what were their perceptions? Very interesting reading.
Primary
Yale University

Charter of the Organization of American States, 1948

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avalon Project of the Yale Law School here provides the text of all 112 articles of the OAS charter, adopted at the Bogota Conference of American States, March 30-May 2, 1948.
Primary
Yale University

Yale Law: Baghdad Pact, February 4, 1955

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School provides the articles of the Baghdad Pact of mutual cooperation between Iraq, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, and Iran on February 4, 1955.
Primary
Yale University

Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay 1725

For Students 9th - 10th
The Charter of Massachusetts Bay, digitized by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

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