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Delaware History

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent history of the Delaware Indians.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The State of Ohio, January 1804

For Students 9th - 10th
After the French and Indian War, France ceded control of the Northwest region including Ohio to Great Britain. With American independence, Ohio became a part of the Northwest Territory, the first organized land addition to the original...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The New West, 1889 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the western United States showing the rapid growth of the New West between 1885 and 1912 during the presidencies from Benjamin Harrison to Howard Taft. The map is color-coded to show the States admitted to the Union before the...
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Hesquiaht Woman From the Central Nootka Tribe, British Columbia, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Photograph of a Man Paddling a Kayak Off the Coast of Greenland, 1889

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Maria Tallchief

For Students 1st - 9th
Investigate the biography of Maria Tallchief on this site. Learn about the first Native American Indian to become a prima ballerina dancer.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: George Washington

For Students 3rd - 8th
The first president of the United States, George Washington, is a hero to many. Use this site to learn about his heroic actions during the French and Indian War and during the American Revolution. This article includes images and related...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Henry Knox: Secretary of War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Henry Knox, George Washington's first Secretary of War. Particularly interesting is his intent to honor the treaties made with the Native Americans.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Seminole Wars

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides discussion of the importance of and the reasons behind the three Seminole Wars that took place between American troops and the Seminoles in Georgia between 1817-1843.
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A&E Television

History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About Sitting Bull

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about one of the most legendary Native Americans of the 19th century. Sitting Bull was born around 1831 into the Hunkpapa people, a Lakota Sioux tribe that roamed the Great Plains in what is now the Dakotas.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Larry Doby

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Larry Doby, an American baseball player, the second African-American player in the major leagues and the first in the American League when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947.
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270 To Win

270towin: 1924 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1924 won by Calvin Coolidge, the first presidential election in which all American Indians were citizens and thus allowed to vote.
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Photograph of an Aboriginal Man Standing in a Graveyard, Fort Qu

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Man, Kneeling, in Traditional Clothing Portraying a 17th Century Aboriginal Man

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Abraham Whipple

For Students 9th - 10th
Abraham Whipple (26 September 1733 - 27 May 1819) was an American revolutionary naval commander. Whipple was born near Providence, Rhode Island and chose to be a seafarer early in his life. He embarked upon a career in the lucrative West...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Fort Mitchell Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Fort Mitchell represents three periods of interaction with Native Americans. The first period is the martial aspect of Manifest Destiny, when the Creek Indian Nation was defeated and forced to concede land.; the second represents the...