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Pbs: Who Made America? Hiram Maxim
At the Paris Exhibition in 1881, a man told Maxim that if he wanted to make a fortune, he should invent a machine that would help these Europeans kill each other. Maxim did and sold his machine guns to European countries on the eve of...
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Pbs News Hour: Rules of Engagement: The Geneva Convention (Lesson Plan)
A lesson in which students examine the agreements stipulated by the 1949 Geneva convention. They then assess if the Iraqi media's use of POW images is or is not contrary to the tenets of the convention. Students will also discuss the...
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Pbs Teachers: Coping With Genocide in Cambodia (History Teaching Activity)
A history lesson plan that takes learners through an exploration of the genocide of the Cambodian people led by Pol Pot's rebel forces in the late twentieth century. Consider what should be done to help Cambodians cope with this memory....
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Wnet: Thirteen: A History of Us: War on Poverty
Brief discussion of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty in the early 1960s. Among other things, he passed a Civil Rights Act and started programs such as Headstart, Job Corps, and Upward Bound to help poverty in America.
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Africans in America: Revolution: Colonel Tye, 1753 1780
Read this exciting account of Colonel Tye, a guerrilla leader of both blacks and whites who spread fear throughout New Jersey while fighting for the British in the Revolutionary War. From PBS.
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Online Newshour:domestic Security
Features an ongoing collection of articles and resources providing current and past news on domestic security and the war on terrorism. Gives facts on our domestic surveillance programs, the National Security Agency, the USA Patriot Act...
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Frontline: Chasing Saddam's Weapons
A discussion on the search for the weapons of mass destruction which were given as a reason to go to war with Iraq. Tries to discover why the intelligence went wrong and why there have not been any weapons of mass destruction found. (24...
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Crucible of Empire: Yellow Journalism
Discusses "yellow journalism" and its impact on the Spanish- American War.
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Bill Moyers Journal: Al Qaeda and Iraq
A thorough examination of the connections between Al Qaeda and the ongoing war in Iraq through interviews with highly respected experts. Also provides video, links to numerous reports and books on the subject, and a forum for responses....
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Revolution: Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence
Read the original rough draft written by Thomas Jefferson declaring independence from England. In his rough draft he railed against King George III for creating ans sustaining slave trade. It was this phrase which the delegates of the...
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Commanding Heights
This timeline of East Germany from 1945 to 1990 chronicles key events from communist domination to political and economic freedom with the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Fourteenth Amendment Part I
This video segment from The Supreme Court introduces viewers to the 14th amendment.
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Pbs Learning Media: One Party
This video segment from Wide Angle describes the communist Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Fourteenth Amendment Part Ii
In this video segment from The Supreme Court, learn about the 1883 Supreme Court decision that marked the end of federal protections for individuals in states and the beginning of Jim Crow segregation.
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Pbs News Hour: Ex State Dept Official Explains Exit Over Afghan War Strategy
Read about why one American official has resigned in protest to America's occupation in Afghanistan. (29 October 2009)
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Pbs Frontline: The War Scroll
An annotated translation of one of the scrolls found in the caves at Qumran. This scroll describes the final battle between light and darkness.
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Pbs: Prelude to War: Trade Routes Between Usa and Mexico
An examination of the historical background of the trade and commerce routes between early national Mexico and the United States.
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Pbs: George Washington Crossing the Delaware River
This site gives a brief description of the famous historical painting by Emmaneul Gottlieb Leutze.
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Soldiers Without Swords: Treason? African Americans in World War Ii
Article describes the dilemma of African Americans during WWII, including legislation attempting to restrict the black press.
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Pbs the West: George Armstrong Custer
This is a biography of General George Armstrong Custer who was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn against the Lakota Indians.
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Pbs: Crispus Attucks
A biography of Crispus Attucks, the black man who became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed during the Boston Massacre.
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Pbs: The Great War: Maps and Battles: The Battle of the Somme 1916
Brief account of the Battle of Somme that includes a captioned animated map showing the battle along with links to further resources.
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Pbs News Hour: Sudan President Charged With Darfur War Crimes
After seeing a video on the indictment of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan by International Criminal Court, students will discuss whether they think he will face trial, how the genocide in Darfur might have been prevented and...
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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Mysteries of the Deep: Life Sized Drawing
Use a scale drawing of the Hunley as a model from which to draw a full-scale version of the Confederate submarine, the CSS H.L. Hunley.