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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: War & Peace: How Are We Changed by War?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How are we changed by war?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Honor & Courage: What Does It Mean to Be Brave?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What does it mean to be brave?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Unit Plan
East of England Broadband Network

E2 Bn: History's Heroes: The Secret War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
War isn't only the men in the woods or the desert attacking other men, war also requires intelligence, food, and fuel to name a few things. These are the secret aspects of war that are not often thought about by those studying about...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge by Laura Lee Hope

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge, a book from the early 1900's series, "The Outdoor Girls." This portion of the series was written by Laura Lee Hope.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: New War

For Students 9th - 10th
How does war, with today's technology, differ from the wars in the past where soldiers fought another face-to-face?
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Battlefield Vietnam: Air War

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS Battlefield Vietnam site describes the airplanes used by the U.S. to carry out the air war in Vietnam.
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Handout
Other

Necessity of Hiroshima: J. Robert Oppenheimer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a short biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer provided by a personal site from Doug Long. Included is a quote of his reaction to the use of the atomic bomb several years after the war.
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Website
Other

Us Department of Energy: The Manhattan Project

For Students 9th - 10th
In a short two paragraph entry, the general history of the Manhattan Project is described. There are two links to picture of nuclear reactor and nuclear fuel.
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Website
Other

Soldiers' Songs Archive of Military Folk Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Specialized site dealing in folk music connected to military history and various wars. Gives audio samples and brief history/bios of songs and singers. Limited but interesting archive site.
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Handout
Other

Leningrad Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts from a Russian Naval Admiral's memoirs concerning the attacks on Leningrad.
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Graphic
Other

Lewis and Clark University: Hiroshima Photographs

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of photographs showing several parts of Hiroshima after the bombing. Each picture shows the damage done and the destruction around each building still standing.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids History: Paul Revere

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about Paul Revere's ride of warning and how this was a major event in the American Revolutionary War.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Tragedy of Trench Warfare

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an overview of weapons of WWI with special emphasis on the use of the trench.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Conflict and Prosperity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the main causes of World War I and United States' involvement and contributions.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Holocaust Intro

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart which presents some basic materials that can be used for an introductory lesson on the Holocaust.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Lucky Child Literature Discussion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows for many discussions of Lucky Child by Luong Ung. Students will read this novel that describes a sister's arrival in America as a Cambodian refugee. Another sister is left behind....
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Article
Other

Investigations Belie Nato Claims of "Ethnic Genocide" in Kosovo

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses evidence of ethnic genocide found in Kosovo by troops from other countries. Gives accounts of mass grave sites and other key pieces of evidence. (9 November 1999)
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Battle of Lexington and Concord

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site, study the Battle of Lexington and Concord which was a major event in the American Revolutionary War.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Battle of Bunker Hill

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore the Battle of Bunker Hill a major battle of the American Revolutionary War on this site.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil War for Kids: Battle of Fort Sumter

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the major event that started American Civil War on this site. Kids learn about the Battle of Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil War for Kids: The Battle of Gettysburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the Battle of Gettysburg which major event in the American Civil War on this site.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Battle of Yorktown

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the Battle of Yorktown major event ending the American Revolutionary War on this site.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: David Lloyd George

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the biography of David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who led Britain through World War I on this site.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Sun Tzu and the Art of War

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the biography of Sun Tzu of Ancient China on this site. Learn about a great military leader and strategist who wrote the book the Art of War.