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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: A Famous Person and Event Revealed: Examining an Arrest Record

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This activity requires students to examine the arrest record of an un-named person. Students will analyze and evaluate the data contained in the document, applying prior knowledge, to discern what happened in the incident and the...
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Primary
Other

Afscme: "I've Been to the Mountaintop" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the the events of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike which drew Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis, which is where he was soon to be assassinated. Excellent source of primary sources and first hand accounts of the...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: War Fever and Antiwar Protests

For Students 9th - 10th
What started out as a prowar inclination of American citizens at the beginning of the Mexican War soon deteriorated. Read about the opposition of politicians, clergymen, and intellectuals to the reasoning for the war, and later for the...
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Website
Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Introduction to the Works of Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent article detailing the major events of the life and works of Henry David Thoreau. Complete with links to Thoreau's most famous works and interesting details about his life.
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Website
Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: What Did Henry Look Like?

For Students 9th - 10th
Two online photos of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862 CE). Also provides commentary and quotes on the man's physical nature and appearance.
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Website
University of California

University of California: Noncooperation

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion from the University of California of Gandhi's initiation of the noncooperation movement which eventually led to his arrest.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Henry Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice biography on Henry David Thoreau's life, centering mostly on his literary skills.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Rediscovering George Washington

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discussion lesson plan that introduces and examines the concept of government by consent of the governed. Includes a reading for class distribution and references to primary source documents.
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Website
Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly site with many articles about American transcendental authors, their work, and philosophy.
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Article
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: War and International Law: A Brief History of the Law of War

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the evolution of the law of war dating back to Mesopotamia in 3100 B.C. Recognize what justifies war.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
This article reviews the life and accomplishments of Henry David Thoreau.
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Website
CNN

Cnn: Mohandas Gandhi (1869 1948)

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive discussion of Gandhi's creed of nonviolence and how he practiced this philosophy in his own life.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, sage writer and philosopher. He is best known for his book Walden, a...
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Handout
Other

Congress of Racial Equality: Rosa Louise Parks (1915 2005)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Short biography of Rosa Parks.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Rosa Parks

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this resource to learn about Rosa Parks, a freedom hero, and her courage in the face of adversity.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Martin Luther King Jr.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides information about Martin Luther King Jr.
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Article
Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: The Mohawk Defense of Kanasetake

For Students 9th - 10th
Students looking for a different perspective on the Oka Crisis get it here. The Lubicon Nation is an Aboriginal community in northern Alberta. They have reprinted on this website an opinion from Lubicon News Station, and part of an...
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Website
Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Thoreau Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a detailed chronology of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862 CE). Give information on his life, writings, and lectures.
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Website
Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: Thoreau: Genius Ignored

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth biography of Henry David Thoreau. Includes information on nearly every known period of his life, including his life at Walden and his essays and writings.
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Article
Other

Freedom Forum: First Amendment Struggles & Triumphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the First Amendment serves citizens in real life by reading about Daniel Ellsberg, Mary Beth Tinker, and Alton T. Lemon, all of whom were principal litigants in landmark Supreme Court cases regarding the freedom of expression.

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