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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Writing in u.s. History: Imperialism and Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
Trace the causes and debates that led to the Spanish-American War, including "yellow journalism" press coverage, President McKinley's declaration of war, and sentiments about imperialism. In this interactive lesson from WGBH, students...
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Website
Other

The Oas and the Inter American System

For Students 9th - 10th
This site on the The OAS and the Inter-American System provides history, key dates, original and current member states, past and present secretaries general, and more.
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Website
Other

The Henry L. Stimson Center: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Henry L. Stimson Center is an independent, nonprofit, public policy institute committed to finding and promoting innovative solutions to the security challenges confronting the United States and other nations in the twenty-first...
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Primary
Other

Gerald R. Ford Library: Gerald R. Ford's Address to 29th u.n. General Assembly

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum. Take a look at Ford's 1974 address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, which he delivered shortly after assuming the Presidency, and in which Ford humbly...
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Primary
Other

Gerald R. Ford Library: 1975 State of the Union Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from the Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum. Read the text of Ford's 1975 State of the Union address, in which he outlines both national and international goals for the United States.
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Primary
Other

Gerald R. Ford Library: Address to the Osce in Helsinki

For Students 9th - 10th
Click here at the Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum to hear an audio clip or read the full text of President Ford's address to participants in the 1975 OSCE Helsinki Summit, during which the Helsinki Final Act was drafted.
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Primary
Yale University

Charter of the Organization of American States, 1948

For Students 9th - 10th
The Avalon Project of the Yale Law School here provides the text of all 112 articles of the OAS charter, adopted at the Bogota Conference of American States, March 30-May 2, 1948.
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Article
Council of Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations: Sarkozy's Europe Is Good for Obama

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing how French President Nicolas Sarkozy's leadership of the European Union was perceived by the United States, with speculation about how the new Czech leadership of the Eu will change things. [Date of Article: January...
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Website
US Senate

U.s. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
Senator Richard Lugar and Senator Joseph Biden are the leaders in the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The website provides a comprehensive look at the focus of this committee. It is responsible for the foreign policy...
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Freed u.s. Journalists Suspect They Were 'Lured Into a Trap'

For Students 9th - 10th
A month after their release from North Korea, two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, shared their story of being captured, and their suspicions that they were 'lured into a trap.' (09/02/09)
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: Foreign Policy Triumphs

For Students 9th - 10th
The Camp David Accords and the Panama Canal Treaty are two of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy achievements are discussed in this web-article.
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Handout
Yale University

The Opening of Japan to the West

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers wonderful illustrations of Perry's expedition to Japan with brief descriptions.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Immigration

For Teachers 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the analysis of documentary photos, discusses immigration to the USA in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
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Activity
University of Pennsylvania

United Nations Scholars' Workstation

For Students 9th - 10th
Very scholarly site that provides a starting point for research into the United Nations. The best information lies under research tools and research approaches.