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Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Inside the Corps: To Equip an Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights a list of a sample of the items Meriwether Lewis began to collect for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Pbs: Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS always provides an excellent website! This time they turn their attention to the famous Brown case. Site presents educational photos and narrative about the long road to Brown and the long road ahead.
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Pbs: Tolerance in Times of Trial

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson compares the treatment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans during World War II and the treatment of Arab-Americans after September 11th.
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Pbs: The Life of Birds: Bird Brains

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the intelligence of birds. There are many examples to illustrate communication, use of tools, and general resourcefulness that many birds show.
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Pbs: Champion Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
The PBS video series "The Life of Birds" is accompanied with this site. There are articles about several aspects of birds and their behavior. This one chronicles the highest, fastest, and most extreme birds. There are lots of examples.
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Pbs: Parenthood (Birds)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the companion site to "The Life of Birds" by PBS is full of examples of parenting birds. There is astonishing variety in nest building, offspring rearing, care, and even manipulation and deceit.
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Pbs: The Life of Birds: Bird Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
The diversity of bird songs is covered in this article from the companion site to PBS's "The Life of Birds." They can communicate about size, aggression, territory, mating, food, and many other things and they can produce a range of...
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Pbs: The Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
The Corps of Discovery came into contact with "Nearly 50 Native American tribes." This site from PBS discusses the tribes that had the most significant interactions with Lewis and Clark.
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Pbs: Who Made America? Willis Carrier

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find information about the life and work of Willis Carrier, the inventor of the air conditioner, at this PBS site devoted to the role of technology in society. Site visitors can locate Carrier on a timeline, along with other...
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Pbs: Yellowstone

For Students 9th - 10th
Beautiful site on Yellowstone provides a virtual tour, natural features, native peoples, and reflections on "America's Sacred Wilderness."
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New Hampshite Public Television: Just One Night

For Students 9th - 10th
This website accompanies the New Hampshire Public Televsion production "Just One Night," a video portraying a real-life story of drinking and driving and the tragic aftermath. Even without the video, this is a valuble resource. Find an...
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Pbs: Japan Memoirs of a Secret Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich site that tells of an ancient kingdom of warriors, tradesmen and artists that would influence the modern world.
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Pbs: Boulder City

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion page to the documentary on the Boulder City, a planned city in the middle of the desert.
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Pbs: A Warrior in Two Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS biography tells the story of Ely Parker, who became a Seneca chief, legal scholar, engineer, Civil War hero, and Cabinet-level commissioner--all by the age of 40.
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Pbs: Nova: Hitler's Lost Sub

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion website to the documentary about German U-boats and the loss of the U-869 in particular. A video clip [1:31], interactive tours of the submarine, and other primary sources are included.
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Pbs: Ten Steps to College With the Greenes

For Students 9th - 10th
A website created to organize a college admissions campaign. Includes worksheets for students and parents as well as video from top admissions officers at various colleges.
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Pbs Nova: Crocodiles!

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS Nova site lists a table of contents on subjects involving the Crocodile. How did they outlive the dinosaurs? What makes them tick? What are the different types of crocodiles?
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Pbs: The Blues Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Access the educational resources developed by a Seattle-based museum to supplement the PBS documentary series "The Blues." Includes background essays on the blues; biographies, video clips, and sound clips from the series; a blues...
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Pbs: People Power

For Students 9th - 10th
A personal interview from someone who was actually there at the historic event can tell so much more than a history book. Read an interview with a citizen of East Germany at the time of the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
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Pbs: Misunderstood Minds

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A wonderful spotlight on scientific explanations behind learning differences and strategies to aid success in school. Includes profiles of the students in the documentary as well as interactive activities designed to give site visitors a...
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Commanding Heights

For Students 9th - 10th
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: Roots in the Sand

For Students 9th - 10th
Online companion to a documentary film about Punjabi-Mexican immigrants who settled in California.
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Nova: Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion site to the show by the same title. Interesting site allows the reader to decipher a coded message. Information on Venona Intercepts and interviews with children of famous spies.
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Pbs: Nova Online: Find Your Longitude

For Students 9th - 10th
Using Greenwich, England time and longitude of 0 degrees, students determine longitude in this interactive game. Both Shockwave and non-Shockwave versions are available.