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Harcourt: Biographies: Stephen Austin

For Students 9th - 10th
A good description of the energetic life of this Texas colonizer. Following his father's lead, Austin leads Americans to Texas and works for years at improving the colony and working to pacify the Mexican government as well. (In Spanish)
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
This map is of Africa after World War I. The scramble by Italy, Belgium, and Germany to create colonies in order to keep up with the British, French, and Spanish Empires was played out in Africa, the last remaining continent yet to be...
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Etc: Maps Etc: French Posts and Forts in Louisiana and New France, 1754

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of North America showing the French posts and forts at the beginning of the French and Indian War (1754) between the French and the British. The map is color-coded to show the territorial claims of the British, French, and Spanish...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, to French and British control per the Treaty of Versailles.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A political map of Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, per the Treaty of Versailles.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, per the Treaty of Versailles. This map shows major cities and...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Central and Southern Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of central and southern Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, to French and British control per the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Central and Southern Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of central and southern Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, to French and British control per the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northwestern Africa, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Northwestern Africa in 1906 showing the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and a portion of Tripoli, the western country of Rio de Oro, and the Upper Guinea States of Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leon, Liberia,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Georgia Projected, 1732

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the coastal Carolinas, and part of the newly formed Georgia Colony, or Province of Georgia, in 1732. The map shows the earlier settlements of the Albemarle Sound (1653), Port Royal (1670), Charleston (1680), and the settlement...