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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Pierre Charles L'enfant

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of L'Enfant's service in the United States, including service in the Revolutionary War and planning the layout for the nation's capital. (In Spanish)
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Other

Jamestown S'klallam Tribe: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe. Contains a good mix of history and current events for the tribe.
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Korean American Historical Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has articles, news, and resources from a Washington-state based nonprofit organization focused on Korean American history. Features links to a chronology of Korean American history, immigrant stories, biographies, and a...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Virginia

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Do you know when "the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown?" Do you know what the capital of the Confederacy was? Explore the history of Virginia...
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Politics in Colonial Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the politics involved in Colonial Williamsburg, leading up to the American Revolution. Content focuses on famous speeches, documents, and influential people.
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Read Works

Read Works: We the People

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Constitution of the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Virginia Trekkers

Virginia Trekkers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Travel Virginia with the Virginia Trekkers, a group of hardy teachers, as they trek around the beautiful State of Virginia! Virtually visit areas of geological and historical significance across the five regions: Appalachian Plateau,...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Presidential Term Limit

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline that documents the history of presidential term limits in the United States
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Other

Truthout

For Students 9th - 10th
Progressive based news outlet. Here you will find links to news stories from the Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, Associated Press, and other reputable sources. You will also find editorial pieces on current events, environmental,...
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University of Washington

Survey of the History of the United States: New Deal Agencies

For Students 9th - 10th
This list of the New Deal agencies does not give extensive information about each agency, but it's a great resource to get an overview of what was accomplished during the New Deal. This partial list gives a brief description and...
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University of Washington

Northwest Imagery: The Photography of Edward and Asahel Curtis

For Students 9th - 10th
Edward and Asahel Curtis provide wonderful insight into Washington State in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Edward provides us his perceived traditions of North American Indians and Asahel photographed Washington's natural resources...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mound Builders

For Students 9th - 10th
Mount Builders, the name applied to a prehistoric race of North America, of which remarkable remains have been found in various portions of the continent, especially in th Mississippi valley, the state of Washington, and in Yucatan.
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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Government Buildings: The White House (3 5)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Offers a basic overview of the official residence of the President of the United States, the White House. The only president who did not live there was George Washington, because it was not completed until 1800.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Italian Style: Eruption!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research Mt. Vesuvius and scientists' preparations for a future eruption. Produce a television program about volcanoes for middle school students as part of a public information campaign to inform citizens of Washington State about Mount...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Progressive Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an overview of the Progressive Era covering unions, reformers, temperance, suffrage, Washington and DuBois, and Presidents.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: National Mint

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides detailed facts and information on The National Mint that was established in 1792 to regulate the coinage of the United States.
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Other

Mississippi Historical Society: Pushmataha: Choctaw Warrior, Diplomat, and Chief

For Students 9th - 10th
Few Choctaws from the early 1800s are better known than Pushmataha. He negotiated several well-publicized treaties with the United States, led Choctaws in support of the Americans during the War of 1812, is mentioned in nearly all...
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: John Jay's Treaty

For Students 9th - 10th
Sometimes the price of peace can be unpopular with the American people. This is exactly what John Jay and George Washington encountered while trying to keep the peace with Britain. Examine the choices made by John Jay in negotiating a...
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My Hero Project

My Hero: w.e.b. Du Bois

For Students 3rd - 8th
The fist African American to earn a PhD from Harvard, W.E.B. DuBois was not only an inspirational and extraordinary individual, but a champion in the fight for equality and the end of racism. Read about his founding of the organization...
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: Incidents Leading Up to the French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of skirmishes between the French and British over territory in the Upper Ohio Valley led to the French and Indian War. Examine the roots of this conflict and the major people involved in the following summary.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Edmund Randolph Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides some insight into Randolph's family as well as political life.
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The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress Link: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The Dirksen Congressional Center provides abundant lesson plans on all aspects of the US Congress and the US Constitution. All lessons contain time frames, objectives, and links to material, and are built around Bloom's taxonomy.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Timeline of African American Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the timeline of the history African-American Civil Rights in the United States from the Emancipation Proclamation to the March on Washington to Barack Obama becoming president on this website.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: The Carter Years

For Students 9th - 10th
This site on the Carter years discusses how elected to the presidency because of his status as a "Washington outsider," Jimmy Carter failed to pull the country out of its economic quagmire and spent just one term as president.

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