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Lebendiges Museum Online: 1918 Chronik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Lebendiges Museum Online, gives a chronicle of events in the year 1918. The site is written in German.
Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: South Africa: History

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the history of South Africa beginning with its settlement by Zulus and progressing through apartheid to the current strong democracy. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 7: Facing Challenges at Home and Abroad

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the role of economic fluctuations in creating new demands on the government to design reforms and how the United States became a dominant military, political, cultural, and economic force in the...
Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: On American Intervention in Korea, 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
The Modern History Sourcebook offers a very interesting primary source that presents the Soviet position of the beginning of the Korean War. A great resource for comparing US/USSR claims about the origins of the Korean War.
Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Latvia: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Latvia's history is an interesting tug-of-war between Latvians and occupying countries. Read about Latvia's beginnings and her current history. Information from U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Reaching to Asia

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about American entrance into the spheres of influence in Asia beginning as early as Commadore Perry and his opening of Japan. Find out about American policy in China, Theodore Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize, and U.S. relations with...
Website
Other

Gov't of Nfld.: Distinguished Service: Royal Newfoundland Regiment

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs, documents, and maps of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment is viewable on this site. The Regiment's involvement in World War 1 is detailed from enlistment and training, to overseas service. Downloadable exhibit panels are...
Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Economic Growth and Stability

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the early 20th Century, post-depression era period of economic growth and stability brought about by Keynesian economics and the New Deal.
Graphic
Curated OER

Eyewitness to History: Battle of Britain, 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
A riveting eyewitness account of an RAF pilot describing his participation in a dogfight over Britain when the Germans were attempting to bomb Great Britain into surrender at the beginning of World War II. Included is an audio of Winston...
Graphic
Curated OER

Eyewitness to History: Battle of Britain, 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
A riveting eyewitness account of an RAF pilot describing his participation in a dogfight over Britain when the Germans were attempting to bomb Great Britain into surrender at the beginning of World War II. Included is an audio of Winston...
Graphic
Curated OER

Eyewitness to History: Battle of Britain, 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
A riveting eyewitness account of an RAF pilot describing his participation in a dogfight over Britain when the Germans were attempting to bomb Great Britain into surrender at the beginning of World War II. Included is an audio of Winston...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General James B. Mc Pherson

For Students 9th - 10th
General McPherson, born in Sandusky, Ohio, November 14th, 1828, died near Atlanta, Ga., July 22nd, 1864; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1853. At the beginning of the Civil War he applied for active duty with the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pericles

For Students 9th - 10th
The Age of Pericles. The interval of about fifty years between the close of the Persian and the beginning of the Peloponnesian war has been called the Age of Pericles, -a somewhat misleading term, as Pericles was at the head of Athenian...