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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: American Imperialism: Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary sources that explores the Spanish-American War.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Boomtimes: 20th Century Mining Mojave Desert

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore twentieth-century mining in the Mojave Desert.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Populist Movement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Populist Movement.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Environmental Preservation Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to environmental preservation in the Progressive Era.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Homestead Strike

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Homestead Strike.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Settlement Houses in the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore settlement houses during the Progressive Era.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Boston Tea Party

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the Boston Tea Party.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Perspectives on the French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore perspectives on the French and Indian War.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Transatlantic Slave Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection uses primary sources to explore the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The American Abolitionist Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the American Abolitionist Movement.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The War of 1812

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary sources that explore the War of 1812.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the life and political impact of Henry Clay.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Shays' Rebellion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection that uses primary sources to explore Shays' Rebellion.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Creating the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection which uses primary sources to explore the creation of the US Constitution.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Spanish Missions in California

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the history of Spanish missions in California.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Steam Engine: Transportation 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the steam engine and transportation in the nineteenth century.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Jacksonian Democracy?

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore Jacksonian democracy.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun.
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Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Road to Revolution: 1763 1776

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of primary sources helps students explore the events that led up to the American Revolutionary War.
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Pbs Learning Media: Writing in u.s. History: 1968: A Time of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore how the events and cultural and political changes that occurred in 1968 came to represent the upheaval and dramatic changes in American life during the 1960s. In this interactive lesson from WGBH, students develop a written...
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Pbs Learning Media: Writing in u.s. History: Shaping the Postwar World

For Students 9th - 10th
Consider how U.S. foreign policy changed in the aftermath of WWII, and analyze the philosophical, geopolitical, and economic factors that influenced these changes. In this interactive lesson from WGBH, students develop a written argument...
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Pbs Learning Media: Writing in u.s. History: Imperialism and Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
Trace the causes and debates that led to the Spanish-American War, including "yellow journalism" press coverage, President McKinley's declaration of war, and sentiments about imperialism. In this interactive lesson from WGBH, students...
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Pbs Learning Media: Writing in u.s. History: The Emancipation Proclamation

For Students 9th - 10th
Assess how the Emancipation Proclamation expanded ideas of freedom and liberty, looking at the antislavery debate that led to the proclamation, the influences on Lincoln's decision, and the provisions of the document. In this interactive...