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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: United States Military Academy
Commonly known as West Point; oldest continuously occupied military post in the nation and alma mater of many U.S. Army leaders.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Alexander S. Webb
General Webb, born in New York city, February 15th, 1835, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1855, and assigned to the artillery. He served in Florida, Minnesota, and for three years as assistant professor at West...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Christopher C. Augur
General Augur, born in New York in 1821, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843. During the Mexican War he served as aid-de-camp to General Hopping, and after his death to General Caleb Cushing. He was promoted...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Robert E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870) was a career United States Army officer and one of the most celebrated generals in American history. He was a top graduate of West Point and is best known for commanding the Confederate Army of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer, a brilliant cavalry officer, was born at New Rumley, Ohio, December 5, 1839. He graduated at West Point, in 1861, and at once engaged in active service, being in the Bull Run battle. Throughout the war, it is...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George B. Mc Clellan
George Brinton McClellan was born at Philadelphia, December 3, 1826. He was for two years a student in the University of Virginia, but in 1842 he became a cadet at West Point, where he was the youngest in his class. He made his mark,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Major Robert Anderson
Major Robert Anderson, the commander of Fort Sumter at the time of its fall, was born in Kentucky in the year 1805, and graduated at West Point in 1825. He was actively engaged through the Mexican War, and was severely wounded at Molino...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Winfield Scott
A distinguished general, born in Petersburg, Virginia, June 13, 1786; died at West Point, New York, May 29, 1866.
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Arts Now Learning: Perspective Drawing Inspired by n.c. Wyeth [Pdf]
For this lesson, students will generate unique fantasy drawings that utilize perspective and create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Deriving inspiration from the American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth's The...
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Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters [Pdf]
For this lesson, students use photos that relate to a social studies concept (i.e., country of study, historical person, natural disaster, geographical landmark, religion, or governmental strife) as a springboard to write a first-person...
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Robert Frost: America's Poet
This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.
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Missouri State University: Center for Archaeological Research: Big Eddy
Narrative emphasizes the importance of Big Eddy site. Artifacts of at least three and as many as five Paleoindian cultures are represented.
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Gorp: National Historic Trails: Lewis and Clark Trail
This site provides a chronology of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the West from 1804-06. There are also brief biographies of the two explorers and the site provides descriptions of 80 historic sites that now exist along the Lewis and...
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Kenyon College: Negative Externalities Bonneville and Glen Canyon Dams
This article examines the impact of the Bonneville Dam and the Glen Canyon Dam, both in the American West, and examines how there has been a negative impact on the surrounding wildlife, peoples, and even Mexico. The article also...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1858
A map from 1858 of North America showing the boundaries at the time for Russian America (Alaska), Greenland, British America or New Britain, Canada East and Canada West, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Attack on the Congress and the Washington, October 13, 1776
A detail map of southern Lake Champlain near Fort Crown Point on the last day of the Battle of Valcour Island (October 11-13, 1776) between the British and American navies. The map shows areas of interest regarding the battles between...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Drawing North America, 1872
A map exercise from 1872 for drawing North America. The map shows the general outline of the coasts, major waters and rivers, and a vertical profile cross-section of the continent from the San Francisco Bay area to Cape Hatteras....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nebraska, 1903
A map from 1903 of Nebraska showing county borders, cities and towns, rivers, and railroads. This map also shows the rock types in the state. "Nebraska, a central State of the American Union, lies between 40 degrees and 43 degrees N....
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Konrad Adenauer
Describes the entrance of West Germany into NATO in 1955. A turning point of post-WWII world affairs. After being responsible for so much destruction, West Germany was welcomed back into the European community.
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Etc: Routes of Lewis and Clark, 1804 1805
A map of western North America showing the routes of exploration by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1803-1806), and Zebulon Pike (1806-1807). The map shows the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, the Indian Territory east of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Braddock's March, 1755
A map showing British General Braddock's March in 1755 from Fort Cumberland on the Potomac, toward Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh) where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River. At the time of the French and...
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Etc: Middle Atlantic States, 1778 1779
A map of the Middle States during the American Revolutionary War showing the major northern battle sites from Crown Point on Lake Champlain south to Brandywine and west to Pittsburgh (Fort Duquesne) and Venago.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Braddock's March From Ft. Cumberland to Ft. Duquesne, July 1755
A map showing British General Braddock's March from Ft. Cumberland to Ft. Duquesne in July, 1755. At the time of the French and Indian War, Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh), held by the French, was a strategic point where the Allegheny and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nevada, 1903
A map from 1903 of Nevada showing counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, mountain ranges, and rivers. "Nevada, one of the most western of the States of the American Union, was formed from a portion of the territory...
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