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Infotoday: Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When we use multimedia to develop and share student stories we foster self-expression. The added dimension of video provides a method for these students to display their creativity. This article features an educator's insight and tips in...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Barbara Johns

For Students 9th - 10th
The amazing story of Barbara Johns, the 16-year-old who called a strike and walk out to protest the overcrowding of Robert Russa Moton High School.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: 1945 1960: African American Struggle for Civil Rights

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...
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Fox News: Molten Aluminum Found on Columbia's Thermal Tiles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this March, 2003, article, the investigation board that was investigating the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster found more evident that hot gases was the cause of the disaster.
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University of Virginia: Welcome to Digital Storyteller

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Helping classrooms to utilize more technology, the University of Virginia has developed this website to provide a source for building digital storytellers.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This useful resource offers a broad general background for using digital storytelling for a variety of educational purposes. Also included is information about studies on the effectiveness of digital storytelling as an educational tool.
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The Louis L'amour Trading Post

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for this comprehensive Louis L'Amour site. Includes pages on biographical information, photo gallery, FAQs, published works, bulletin board, and more.
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Lopez Books: Joseph Bruchac Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
Joseph Bruchac gives a detailed description of his life and also discusses his involvement as a writer of Native American literature. Bruchac discusses his time as a volunteer teacher in West Africa, his memories of growing up with his...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Eyes on the Prize: School Desegregation, 1957 1962

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a much larger site from PBS' American Experience's series, Eyes on the Prize, look through this multifaceted site that traces the resistance to implementing school desegregation ordered by the Supreme Court and shows the...