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Mexicans Emigrate the United States in El Paso, Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
Mexicans coming to the United States through an El Paso, Texas immigration station. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1938.
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The War: Plant a Victory Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," view a poster from WWII that calls on citizens to help lessen the demand for store-bought food by planting a garden.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Versailles Treaty Controversy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the agenda items put out to the United States during the end of World War I that are featured in this slideshow. Address the disillusionment the citizens had at the end of the war.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John C. Calhoun

For Students 9th - 10th
(1782-1850) Seventh vice-president and first vice-president born as a United States citizen.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Route of the Panama Isthmian Canal, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1904 of the Panama Canal showing terrain relief of the isthmus, noting the 'Canal always follows the line of the Railroad’ from Colon to the city of Panama. "For generations the Panama Canal had been the dream of man and for...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John C. Calhoun

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of John C. Calhoun, one of the leading United States Southern politicians and philosopher from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun was an advocated for states' rihgts, limited government, and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Missouri: Liberty Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This building of this memorial started with a group of about 40 citizens, a Memorial Association led by Robert A. Long, and a dedication to build a memorial to the fallen soldiers of WW I. With funding secured (a massive fund raising...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmond Charles Genest

For Students 9th - 10th
Edmond-Charles Genet (January 8, 1763 - July 14, 1834), also known as Citizen Genet, was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.