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Curated OER

What Does it Take to Win a Nobel Peace Prize?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Discover the top 12 reasons that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has selected winners over the past 25 years.
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Curated OER

Let There Be Peace: Nobel Prize Winners

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What is the Nobel Peace Prize? After they establish criteria for great leadership, secondary learners read a New York Times article about President Jimmy Carter's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Individuals research the...
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Curated OER

Thanks Be To You

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research U.S. history by completing a worksheet activity in class. In this historical figure lesson, students identify the contributions and risks taken by the former African-American leader Martin Luther King Jr. Students read...
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Curated OER

Was Nobel Noble? Meet the Man

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discover the man behind the Nobel Peace Prize. In this philanthropy lesson, students research Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Peace Prize and create personal banners including works they would like to be remembered for.
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Curated OER

Lesson Plan: Using Collage to Honor Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover the honor bestowed by the Nobel Peace Prize. In this visual arts collage instructional activity, students research Nobel Peace Prize recipients and create collages to using the prescribed technique.
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Phil's Community Connections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research a Nobel Peace Prize winner to gain understanding of their philanthropic contribution to the global community. In this global peach lesson, students identify a Nobel Peace Prize winner, reflect on how their act affected...
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Curated OER

Nobel Peace Prize Winners

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students work in groups to complete biography overviews and research, organize information and decorate masks to look like their assigned Nobel Peace Prize winner. They present their information to the class as a group then independently...
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Projecting the Image -- What Can One Person Do?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research individuals who have received the Nobel Peace Prize. They identify the importance of their actions for the common good. They make note of their background, motivations and values.
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Oregon State University

Osu: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 500,000 items of Linus and Ava Pauling from their personal and scientific papers, as well as correspondence.
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Other

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive: Mother Teresa

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details Mother Teresa's life, ministry and her Nobel Prize. It also includes links to other sites about Mother Teresa on the Internet.
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Other

Inside Out: Doctors Without Borders

For Students 9th - 10th
Boston's NPR news source features Doctors Without Borders. Find information, notes, audio, and an interactive photographic tour.
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Article
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize for 2016: Juan Manual Santos

For Students 9th - 10th
The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Santos worked ceaselessly to end a civil war that has endured for fifty years and affected millions of citizens. While the efforts for peace and its...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the peacemaking efforts for which Theodore Roosevelt was honored through the Nobel Peace Prize. This Nobel E-Museum website includes both primary and secondary resources as well as links and titles of suggested readings for...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Gustav Stresemann Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Gustav Stresemann, the German who shared the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize with Aristeide Briand. This biography includes a portrait as well as several resources in the "Selected Bibliography" for further reading and research.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
This website on Fritz Haber, the winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, includes both primary and secondary texts and resources for further reading and research.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peach Prize 2002: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website for the Nobel Museum. Their award for the Peace Prize 2002 went to Jimmy Carter. Website contains a biography, Nobel lecture, and prize award photo.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Lech Walesa Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides a brief biography of Lech Walesa after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. Contains a link to the Nobel presentation speech.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Aristide Briand Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent biography from The Nobel Foundation on the 1926 co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Official Website of the Nobel Prize

For Students 9th - 10th
Home on the web of the Nobel Prize and the foundation that sponsors the awards, given annually, for outstanding contributions in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. The site features current winners each year. You will...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 2000

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel E-Museum website on the winner of the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize, "Kim Dae-jung," is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Video," and "Nobel Diploma." Read...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 2009: Barack H. Obama

For Students 9th - 10th
Barack Obama was the 2009 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. A video of his Nobel lecture, a short documentary of his life and photos from the award ceremony can be viewed here.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: David Trimble

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Nobel Prize Winner David Trimble who worked for peace in Northern Ireland. Read about his background and achievements, listen to an interview, and view a gallery of pictures.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the inspiring life of President Jimmy Carter. Read about his background and achievements, listen to an interview, and view a gallery of pictures.
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Texas A&M University

Cells Are Us: Story Time: Linus Pauling

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the early life of Linus Pauling and how his interest in science as a boy led to his career as a scientist.