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Classic Reader: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the gothic story "The Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole. It has been claimed that this is the first gothic novel merging medievalism and terror.
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Nat Turner

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Nat Turner, a black American slave who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion (August 1831) in U.S. history. Spreading terror throughout the white South, his action set off a...
Activity
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: The Center of the World: Teacher's Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will have an opportunity to create memorials at the World Trade Center site to commemorate the September 11th attacks. Come and check it out.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: September 11 Acquisitions

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress has received original material including photographs, drawings, poems, eye-witness accounts, maps, and much more concerning the attacks on September 11th. They have archived this is a special exhibition.
Article
BBC

Bbc: School Siege: Eyewitness Accounts

For Students 9th - 10th
This archive article reports the various eyewitness accounts of what really went on inside the school during the Beslan siege. (9/7/2004)
Website
BBC

Bbc News: A History of Libya's Ties With the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
Libya's ties with the United states were severed for more than two decades. This history chronicles the relationship from 1970 to 2006 when diplomatic ties were resumed.
Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Zacarias Moussaoui

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC profiles ad operative Zacarias Moussaoui who was charged and convicted for his part in the 9/11 U.S. terrorist attacks. Includes a collection of articles about his trial, background of the case, and key trial documents such as...
Website
BBC

Bbc News: Uganda's Atrocious War

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a graphic account on the civil war in Uganda raging since 1987. The report is dated June 12, 2003.
Handout
BBC

Bbc: Scores Die in Madrid Bomb Carnage

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is an article describing the terrible attack on three Madrid trains March 11, 2004 killing nearly 200 people and wounding at least 600 others. (March 2004)
Primary
Other

Global Progress Report 2007 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A Global Progress Report giving the current state of the world 2006-2007.
Website
Other

The Oas and the Inter American System

For Students 9th - 10th
This site on the The OAS and the Inter-American System provides history, key dates, original and current member states, past and present secretaries general, and more.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Tales From the Underground

For Students 9th - 10th
A reporter speaks to two former Weathermen radicals who are middle aged now. Would they do what they did during their youth knowing what they know now? They both said positively.
Unit Plan
New York Times

New York Times: Election 2004

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times deals with key issues of the 2004 election. Content includes a student section with headline news, and a teacher section with great lesson plans.
Article
BBC

Bbc: Spain Hopes for Madrid Bombs Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
A February 2007 report on the start of trials for the 29 men accused of involvement in the Madrid train bombing.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Always Remember

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction piece discusses the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and how this tragendy is memorialized today. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Always Remember

For Teachers 4th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the events of September 11th and the memorials established to commemorate this horrifying day in history. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension...
Website
Other

Awesome Library: Middle East Conflict Why?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site that gives tons of information about the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Includes the views of both the Israelis and the Palestinians in a very balanced way.
Website
Other

Massacre in Uganda

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of a massacre that occurred in northern Uganda in February 21, 2004 by the LRA. The report is dated March 1, 2004.
Primary
United Nations

Referral of Lra to the International Criminal Court

For Students 9th - 10th
The press release describing a letter from the president of Uganda to the international court in January 2004. In it, he asks the court to take action against the LRA and provides documentation on the use of genocide by the LRA.
Website
BBC

Bbc: Profile: Mullah Mohammed Omar

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of Mullah Mohammed Omar, one of Osama Bin Laden's main supporters in Afghanistan. (updated May 2011)
Primary
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Oslo Peace Accords: Declaration of Principles

For Students 9th - 10th
An online text of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinians. This was the beginning of the recent attempts of peace between the two groups.
Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Line of June 4, 1967

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the history of the demarcation lines between Israel and Syria--lines which in part caused the June War.
Graphic
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Israeli Population Statistics Table

For Students 9th - 10th
A table sorting population demographics by religion, age, and urban centers.
Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Statement by the Arab League States

For Students 9th - 10th
Arab statement after the state of Israel was announced includes declarations and demands.

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