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Fcit: Stories of Holocaust Rescue
True stories from the rescued and the rescuers during the Holocaust. People from Holland, Poland, and Czechoslovakia tell fascinating tales of heroics during this incredible time in history. Please note that a few hyperlinks require a...
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Ecuador Explorer: A Brief History of Ecuador
This site tells the story of the Conquistadors search for gold in Ecuador. It is written like a story rather than a biography and is very detailed and interesting.
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Neda and Her Parents Enjoy Tea at the Golestan Palace in Iran
This site, U.S. Trek, takes a look at history through interviews, photos, and articles. Eight student reporters traveling across the U.S. write historical articles that are posted on this site. This particular site tells the story of...
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A Yukon Romance: Claude and Mary Tidd
Claude Tidd was an RCMP officer in the Yukon and an avid photographer. Together with his wife, Mary, a prolific letter-writer, they documented life in the Yukon as they lived and saw it. They intermingled with all strata of society and...
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The History Place: Holocaust Timeline Oskar Schindler
The History Place tells the story of Oskar Schindler's efforts to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Photographs included.
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The History Place: Holocaust Timeline Oskar Schindler
The History Place tells the story of Oskar Schindler's efforts to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Photographs included.
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Farmworkers.org: Fed You All for a Thousand Years
Farmworkers.org tells the story of organizing California farm laborers.
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Farmworkers.org: Fed You All for a Thousand Years
Farmworkers.org tells the story of organizing California farm laborers.
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Farmworkers.org: Fed You All for a Thousand Years
Farmworkers.org tells the story of organizing California farm laborers.
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Mob Hit in Restaurant, 1933.
National Public Radio tells the story of the traveling display of LAPD archived photos from crime scenes as early as the 1920s, some of them "Wonderfully cinematic."
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Unesco: Iran: Bisotun
Bisotun is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia and features remains from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods. The principal monument of this...
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Eternal Egypt: Papyrus of Setne Kha Em Was
This papyrus belongs to the best period of demotic writing when the script was at once full and expressive. It tells a story of Kha-em-was, the son of the Pharaoh Ramesses the Second.
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Caroll Spinney, With Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch Costumes.
Complete with audio and video links, this NPR web page tells the story of the puppeteer who is the voice and movement of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney. Includes excerpts from Spinney's autobiography. This site has lots of...
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'The Wisdom of Big Bird'
Complete with audio and video links, this NPR web page tells the story of the puppeteer who is the voice and movement of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney. Includes excerpts from Spinney's autobiography. This site has lots of...
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Ancient Greece
Snaith Primary School tells the story of ancient Greece through the eyes of two fictional families, one from Sparta and one from Athens. The exploration begins with the start of the Peloponnesian War, providing an entertaining and...
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Snaith Primary School tells the story of ancient Greece through the eyes of two fictional families, one from Sparta and one from Athens. The exploration begins with the start of the Peloponnesian War, providing an entertaining and...
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Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
This attractive, well-designed site, developed to mark the three-hundredth anniversary of Franklin's 1706 birth, tells the story of Franklin's life and accomplishments. Learn how his roots as an ambitious, outspoken teen helped him to...
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'Ambroise Vollard' by Paul Cezanne.
Paris at the end of the nineteenth century was at the center of a cultural arts explosion owing, in part, to the constellation of artists surrounding the art dealership of Ambroise Vollard. This archived report from NPR tells the story...
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Ambroise Vollard Photo
Paris at the end of the nineteenth century was at the center of a cultural arts explosion owing, in part, to the constellation of artists surrounding the art dealership of Ambroise Vollard. This archived report from NPR tells the story...
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'Ambroise Vollard' by Picasso.
Paris at the end of the nineteenth century was at the center of a cultural arts explosion owing, in part, to the constellation of artists surrounding the art dealership of Ambroise Vollard. This archived report from NPR tells the story...
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Cnn: Day of Vindication for Grandma as Pay Law Signed
It took 10 years, but Lilly Ledbetter won her fight for her gender discrimination claim. It became law under the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act signed by President Obama. This article, briefly tells her story. (30 January 2009)
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Graphical Element: David Thompson in the Athabasca Pass, 1810
This site tells the story of David Thompson, an early geographer who mapped nearly four and a half million square kilometres of North America. The site is designed for ages 9-12 and complements one designed for the general public.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Plowing and Sowing
A drawing of plowing and sowing in the Pyramid Age of Egypt. The hieroglyphs tell the story of the picture.