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Empire of the Bay: Louis Riel
Riel's biography provides learner's with the opportunity to explore who Riel was and his significance to Canadian history.
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Empire of the Bay: George Simpson
The significance of George Simpson within the Hudson's Bay company is explored in this biography provided by PBS.
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Empire of the Bay: Pierre Le Moyne D'iberville
Learn about Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, a French-Canadian naval hero, and his place in Canadian history.
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Pbs: In the Mix Lesson Plan on Peer Mediation
PBS In The Mix offers a lesson plan on peer mediation, which is a formalized way of presenting problem solving.
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Pbs: In the Mix Lesson Plan on Peer Mediation
PBS In The Mix offers a lesson plan on peer mediation, which is a formalized way of presenting problem solving.
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Pbs: America Responds
A "snapshot of PBS's coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks." Includes analysis and insight, thoughts and tributes, and resources for parents and educators.
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Pbs: Avoiding Armageddon
A series on our future! Site explores the dangerous places and people that produce nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Authors also provide messages of hope that the world will choose peace.
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Pbs: The Buffalo War
The Buffalo War is an excellent example of the ways in which society impacts nature. Here are three groups of people who have different ideas about conservation, in this example, the killing of buffalo. Walk in their shoes as the story...
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Pbs: Crucible of Empire, the Spanish American War
Although this is the companion site to the film, it still provides much information on the Spanish American war and era through an interactive timeline. You can also view and listen to songs that were popular during that time.
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Pbs: The First Measured Century
The 20th century was the first century that made use of data collection to track the American population. This interesting site provides a timeline of the century by significant events and measures of data.
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Pbs: Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
PBS documentary site explains the whys and wherefores of our enduring interest in the life and loves of Marie Antoinette. Follow the timeline that leads to her execution at the guillotine, learn about the extravagance of her surroundings...
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Pbs: Harriman Expedition Retraced
In 1899, Edward Henry Harriman left on a two-month survey of the Alaskan coast. The exhibition returned with "over one hundred trunks of specimens and more than 5000 photographs and colored illustrations." PBS traces this expedition and...
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Pbs: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore
An "almost forgotten" hero of the Civil Rights Movement is brought to light in this PBS documentary. Moore's biography and legacy are provided.
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Pbs Timeline of War: Terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan
PBS has put together three war timelines covering the years from 1979 until present along with a timeline of Middle East history from 1916 to the present in an attempt to show how the key events from all of these areas are related. The...
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Pbs Nova: Who Killed the Red Baron?
Articles and a slide show giving many different scenarios about the death of Manfred von Richthofen, the German World War I pilot known as the Red Baron.
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Pbs Nova: Scaling the Pyramids
Use this information to build a scale model of the Great Pyramid. Explore the information available about the height, base and angles of this pyramid. Great opportunity to apply the principles of using a scale model.
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Pbs: Nova: Time Travel: Think Like Einstein
Addressed with questions about relative speed and the speed of light, students begin to "think like Einstein" while exploring the science behind the mystery of time travel.
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Africans in America: Revolution: Colonel Tye, 1753 1780
Read this exciting account of Colonel Tye, a guerrilla leader of both blacks and whites who spread fear throughout New Jersey while fighting for the British in the Revolutionary War. From PBS.
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Africans in America: Revolution: Boston King, C.1760
An account of Boston King, an escaped slave who went behind British lines to obtain the freedom the British promised. Find out how he became free and how he spent the rest of his life. From PBS.
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Africans in America: Revolution: The Book of Negroes 1783
An interesting look at the compiling of the Book of Negroes, a register of those whom the British promised freedom during the course of the Revolutionary War. Find out why this was a component of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. From PBS.
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Pbs: Lewis and Clark and Native Americans, Part One
Contains a lesson plan that looks at the relationship between the Corps of Discovery and the Dakota Nation. Includes hyperlinks for supplementary information, links to national standards, and teaching strategies. From PBS.
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Pbs: Lewis and Clark and Native Americans, Part Two
A great site for a lesson plan looking at the geography of where the Dakota Sioux lived and the impact on their way of life brought about by the Corps of Discovery. Online resources are provided as well as lesson plans, teaching...
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Pbs: Lewis and Clark and Native Americans, Part Three
A great lesson plan that has your students exploring the interaction between the people of the Corps of Discovery and the Indian tribes they met on their journey to and from the Pacific Ocean. Web site resources, worksheets, and...
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Pbs: Lewis and Clark: "Whale Drawing Map" by William Clark
See this map drawn by William Clark of where the men from the Corps of Discovery found the whale which the Tillamook Indians told them about. From PBS.