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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography of President Woodrow Wilson for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the life story of Woodrow Wilson who was the 28th president of the United States on this site.
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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library: Federal Reserve Whose Idea Was It Anyway?

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity where students investigate the beginning of the Federal Reserve through the use of primary sources. Help your students understand the role of the Federal Reserve in the national economy and how its influence has changed over...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Woodrow Wilson

For Students 3rd - 8th
President Woodrow Wilson had more than his share of difficulties during his term in office. The Library of Congress has a site with information, authentic pictures, and video.
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St. Olaf College: The Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of the Clayton Act, one of the progressive laws supported by President Woodrow Wilson.
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Josephus Daniels

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this detailed biography of Daniels, who is known for serving as Secretary of the Navy under Wilson's administration.
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Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program in Biology: Populations to Molecules

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A large collection of lesson and labs developed by high school biology teachers. Lesson plans cover the topics of Drosophila, population genetics, gene, molecular genetics, chromosomes, genetic disease, genetic counseling, and bioethics....
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Woodrow Wilson: Newton Diehl Baker: Secretary of War

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of President Wilson's Secretary of the War, Newton Diehl Baker, who served during the course of the United States' participation in World War I.
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US Department of Labor

U.s. Department of Labor: William B. Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Department of Labor provides a portrait and a biography of the man who served as Wilson's Secretary of Labor from 1913-1921. William B. Wilson is given a brief biographical sketch, with good factual information being provided.
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Woodrow Wilson: Lindley M. Garrison, Secretary of War

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Lindley M. Garrison, Wilson's secretary of war prior to World War I.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Chinese Foreign Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Documents on China's foreign relations, focusing on its relationship with the Soviet Union and the United States.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: China North Korea Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of documents probes the relationship between China and North Korea from the 1940s through the 1980s. While often described as being "as close as lips to teeth," this collection highlights instances of both cooperation and...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Cold War Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of primary source documents discusses international relations during World War II and the years shortly after. It begins with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed in 1939 and ends with documents from the 1950's. The...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Conference on Security & Cooperation

For Students 9th - 10th
Documents from the years 1968 to 1976 on the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which concluded with the signing of the Helsinki Final Act on August 1, 1975.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Economic Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a loosely related collection of primary source documents that discuss economic issues during the Cold War period. These documents are all varied in topic and geographical coverage, ranging from the 1950s to the 1980s, and coming...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: End of the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of primary source documents covering the collapse of the Soviet Union during the late 1980's. The collection contains documents from archives in most of the former Soviet bloc countries. They discuss the changes...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Wilson, William Bauchop

For Students 9th - 10th
This very brief biography gives a look at the life, especially his life in politics, of William Bauchop Wilson, Secretary of Labor in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet.
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Harp Week

Presidential Electons: 1912 Wilson v. Roosevelt v. Taft: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
The presidential elections in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were filled with drama from third parties, to a once defeated president running again and being elected, to a former president changing parties and running again. The...
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Bainbridge Colby (1869 1950)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Bainbridge Colby who was appointed Secretary of State by Woodrow Wilson serving until the end of Wilson's administration.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Woodrow Wilson First

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the text of Woodrow Wilson's first inaugural address given on March 4, 1913.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Woodrow Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Woodrow Wilson.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Election of 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
American Experience's website on Woodrow Wilson gives a good summary of the election of 1912, an election based on philosophy rather than the personalities of the candidates. This was an election in which four parties ran credible...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Mass Media and Censorship

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a small collection of primary source documents discussing propaganda and media control in the Soviet Union. Most documents are from the 1970s and 80s, and they are varied in both type and source. In general, the documents discuss...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Mitrokhin Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mitrokhin Archive consists of summarized notes taken by Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin, a former KGB archivist who defected to the United Kingdom after the fall of the Soviet Union. Primarily, this collection contains items from his...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Great War 1914 1919: American Isolationism and European Origins of War

For Students 11th - 12th
The foreign policy of Woodrow Wilson is explained, and how he tried to keep America neutral at the start of World War I yet intervened in international affairs in the Western Hemisphere. The reasons America declared war on Germany in...

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