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Ibiblio: Statement on the Atomic Bomb by Secretary of War Stimson

For Students 9th - 10th
Statement made on August 6, 1945, by the former Secretary of War, Stimson. Discusses the details of the production of the atomic bombs used to end World War II. Introduces the members of the Interim Committee as well. Site by Ibiblio.org.
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Ibiblio: Chancellor Adolf Hitler Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.org is a speech given by Adolf Hitler about the event called the Beer Hall Putsch.
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Ibiblio: Herbert Hoover

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.org gives extensive biographical information on Herbert Hoover based on the collection in the Herbert Hoover Museum.
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Ibiblio: Herbert Hoover the Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a compilation of the captions that appear in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. What results is a thorough look at Hoover's life. Divided into nine parts to make navigation easier. Also includes fact sheet for general...
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Ibiblio: The Soviet Union and the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.org gives information about the historical relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States. After reading the summary on this page, click on the links at the bottom of the page to read about early...
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Ibiblio: Anwar Al Sadat

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of Anwar al-Sadat. Site contains photographs and links to further information.
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Ibiblio: Menachem Begin Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.org gives a detailed biography on Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel until 1983.
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Ibiblio: Soviet Archives Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org exhibit discusses in detail the history of the Soviet Union. The site is grouped into two main categories with several sub-headings. One is Internal Workings of the Soviet System including: Repression and Terror: Stalin...
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Japanese Art and Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ibiblio.org site is a thorough description of Japanese art and architecture. There are no pictures, but the writing makes up for this in its extensive history and descriptions.
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Ibiblio: Hyper War: Britain's Response to Germany's Invasion of Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
Ibiblio.org offers a text versions of three speeches given by Neville Chamberlain, prime minister of Britain, responding to Germany's invasion of Poland. Audio can be downloaded.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Edouard Manet Le Fifre

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives you a good reproduction of Le Fifre. Also there is information concerning the painting and how it was accepted.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Durer, Albrecht

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical history with links to images of his works including "The Four Holy Men." Also contains information on his high regard in Germany as an artist and offers interpretation of several of his paintings and his style.
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Ibiblio: Churchill's Broadcast About Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript from Churchill's radio broadcast to the world regarding his meetings with Roosevelt at the Atlantic Conference in 1941. From the British Library of Information.
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Ibiblio: The Stabilizing of the National Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Original document, 1942. Roosevelt places in effect emergency orders to control prices, inflation and domestic economics during war time.
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Ibiblio: World War Ii Resources: Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency

For Students 9th - 10th
View text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's official Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency in May, 1941, that puts the armed services on notice in case of aggression against any parts of the Western Hemisphere.
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Ibiblio: Kirov Murder and Purges

For Students 9th - 10th
Ibiblio.org provides this brief article about the Kirov murder.
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Ibiblio: Address by Hideki Tojo, Premier of Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
Ibiblio.org offers the address of the Japanese Prime Minister on the opening of the Imperial Diet in 1942.
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Ibiblio: Ww Ii Resources: Shoot on Sight Speech Regarding Attack on Uss Greer

For Students 9th - 10th
German U-boat attacks made it increasingly difficult for the United States to maintain its neutrality in World War II. Read Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech given on September 11, 1949, in response to the German attack on the US destroyer,...
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Vincent Van Gogh: Fields and Cypresses

For Students 9th - 10th
Twelve of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings of fields and trees are on view at this page from the Webmuseum. The enlarged views show the actual texture of the paint. "Wheatfield with Cypresses" has a link to a detailed description and...
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org Web Museum site provides information about the life and artwork of Venetian painter, Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768 CE). Contains mostly biographical info, with one example of his artwork, and a brief description.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Joseph Cornell

For Students 9th - 10th
The WebMuseum profiles the work of the American sculptor Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). Features include photographs of his "assemblage boxes."
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Ibiblio: Internet Poetry Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
ibiblio.org provides a collection of works from contemporary poets from around the world, including Seamus Heaney, Margaret Walker and Czeslaw Milosz among others. Good models for both depth of thought and style found in good...
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Ibiblio: E Book: Poems by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an e-text of the first published selection of the poems of Emily Dickinson (1830?1886) originally appeared in 1890, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The text contains 115 poems and can be searched by...
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Ibiblio: Collectivization and Industrialization

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site that is part of a larger collection of documents from the Soviet System. Site gives a good explanation of the Five-Year plans put into effect by Stalin.