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Student Time Lines
Second graders create timelines of significant events in their lives. They include at least five events and draw pictures that signify three of them. After observing a time line the teacher has made of their own lives, they create their...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
This article from Wikipedia describes the nuclear accident on Three Mile Island and the aftermath. Article provides links to related material.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Ramon Saul Sanchez on Elian Gonzales
News transcript of an interview between Ramon Saul Sanchez, head of the Anti-Castro Democracy Movement and an Australian news reporter about the Elian Gonzales case.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Saving Elian
In-depth examination of the Elian Gonzales episode, where a young Cuban boy was thrown into the headlines in 1999. Focuses on the anti-Castro Cubans and their opinions on the case.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914 1996)
Edmund Muskie biography describes his life and rise to prominence. Muskie served in the Carter administration as the 58th Secretary of State, helping to broker the release of American hostages in Iran.
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Cbc News: Acid Rain Has Lingering Impact on Canadian Lakes: A Study
Have the Great Lakes been cleaned up? Is there no longer any fear for its future? The answer is no. Recent studies reveal that problems still exist, and these are addressed in the article.
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Cbc News: Listeria Outbreak Linked to Recalled Meat Products
A link between a deadly nationwide bacterial outbreak and recalled meat products from Maple Leaf Foods was announced. More products have been recalled by the company.
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Cbc: Morgentaler Among Those Named to Order of Canada
Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Canada's leading abortion rights crusader, has been named to the Order of Canada. Follow this announcement which has outraged anti-abortion groups across the country.Links to related topics are included in the...
CNN
Cnn: John F. Kennedy Jr.: In Memoriam
CNN exclusive of yet another tragedy that has befallen one of America's most famous families. This website includes information not only on the life of John F. Kennedy Jr, but also on the history of the Kennedy dynasty.