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Duke University

Duke University Libraries: Finding Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Finding primary sources can be difficult and confusing at times. This site provides a list of history databases, rare books and manuscripts, and research guides for those looking for primary resources such as diaries, letters,...
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Website
Other

Wisconsin State Reading Association (Wsra)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about the goals, membership, publications, and committees of this affiliate of the International Reading Association. Links also take you to useful reading resources and to its hotline, which allows members to be a part of an...
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Website
Other

Lung Cancer: It's Time to Focus on Lung Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
LungCancer.org contains great information, from an easy-to-understand guide to the disease to the very latest in treatment options. The site is sponsored by Cancer Care and the Oncology Nursing Society and provides great information...
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Activity
Other

The Society of Environmental Journalists

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This newsletter-style site is the online home of The Society of Environmental Journalists. Their motto, "An organization of journalists for journalists" should tell you all you need to know about the kind of help and support you will...
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Website
Other

Brown Chiropractic and Acupuncture

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a commercial alternative health site that offers some basic information about chiropractic and acupunture procedures.
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Website
Other

The Addiction Counselor Certification : Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Students interested in a career in counseling will find a good overview to the certification requirements for the state of Oregon, along with lots of related information.
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Unit Plan
W. W. Norton

Norton Anthology of English L Iterature: Sixteenth Century: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introductory material for a survey of sixteenth-century English literature offering information on the period, its major figures, and influences.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Reading Writing & 'Rithmetic in the One Room Schoolhouse

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Comparing and contrasting are skills that are utilized in this lesson plan. Teacher resources and detailed activities will help the learners learn about the schools in early America.
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Website
The World Bank

World Bank Group: Data by Topic

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to data which cover agriculture, education, environment, health and population and other issues regarding economic development.
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Website
Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Museum of History and Culture: Teaching With Photographs

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
"Teaching with Photographs" includes images from the Virginia Historical Society's collection. The images are organized into several themes which allows this source to be used by younger and older grades. Resources for teachers are...
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Article
CBS

Cbs News: Obama's Remarks on Education

For Students 9th - 10th
United States' President Barack Obama emphatically shares his concern and vision of the American education systems to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. March 10, 2009.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: El Nino

For Students 9th - 10th
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
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Primary
NBC

Nbc News: Text of President Obama's School Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
The official text of President Obama's 'back to school' speech from 2009. It was released to the public one day prior to being shared with the nation's students.
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Article
Other

The Texas Economy: Texas School Funding at a Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
See the breakdown of Texas public school revenues including local, state, and federal monies. Totals for these revenue sources include state spending not reported by school districts, such as state purchases of textbooks.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Hudson River School.
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Interactive
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Financial Calculators

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore your own financial information in greater detail by using these powerful tools for forecasting and assessing your financial choices. During the process, you might discover expenses you can eliminate or more effective ways to...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Education, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapters and photographs in which Booker T. Washington promotes manual education for blacks. In this resource, Washington makes his case for the practical, trades-based education he installed at the Tuskegee Institute.
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Jonathan Dayton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Groningen provides a biographical account of Johnathan Dayton's political life - the U.S. Constitution, Hamilton's banking plan, and Jay's Treaty - with links to the events, people, and achievements he is...
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Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Account of the Boston Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Groningen provides first hand account of Boston Massacre. Gives background information leading to this event.
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Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Edward Randolph Condemns Massachussetts Bay Company

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the University of Groningen you can read Edward Randolph's address to Parliament concerning the rebellious attitude of the colony of Massachusetts as designated as "articles of misdemeanors." Read each of the...
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Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Schooling and Culture Flourish

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Background information about the social, literary, and intellectual history of the Colonial period. Includes biographical links to Benjamin Franklin and Cotton Mather.
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Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Draft of the Declaration

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can read the draft that Jefferson submitted to Congress. Changes made by Adams and Jefferson are marked to indicate Jefferson's words and then the final wording that was adopted.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: The Struggle for Education Equality for African American

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Canterbury, Connecticut, and Little Rock, Arkansas, are links in a chain of events representing the long struggle for equal educational opportunities for African Americans. This lesson plan highlights two important historic places and...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Independent Lens: Debate Begins

For Students 9th - 10th
A third grade class in Wuhan province, China holds debates for the election of class monitor in this segment from Independent Lens. This is the first time education on democracy has been allowed in the city of Wuhan (most populace city...