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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Benjamin F. Butler

For Students 9th - 10th
General Butler was born in Deerfield, N. H., November 6th, 1818. At the time of President Lincoln's call for troops in April, 1861, he held the commission of brigadier general of militia. On the 17th of that month he marched to Annapolis...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rear Admiral James Alden

For Students 9th - 10th
Rear Admiral Alden, born in Portland, Me., March 31st, 1810, died in San Francisco, Cal., February 6th, 1877. He was appointed midshipman in 1828, and in that capacity accompanied the Wilkes Exploring Expedition around the world in...
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Lesson Tutor

Lesson Tutor: History: Go Eat Your Homework!

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn a little about a few major cities in the United States while munching on the food that the city is known for. For example, Boston's history goes better while eating Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread. Recipes are included.
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CNN

Cnn: E Mail Shows Bush Glad Fema Took Katrina Flak

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN discusses an e-mail that might have come from the Executive Office of the President stating that they were glad former FEMA chief Michael Brown took the heat for the federal government's handling of Hurricane Katrina. Article is from...
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CNN

Cnn: Katrina Victim's Body Found in Attic

For Students 9th - 10th
March, 2006, story that show the continuing difficulty in finding victims of Hurricane Katrina as investigators found a body in an attic months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:the Gulf Coast Region: Effects of Katrina

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research and discuss the history, topography, economics and demographics of the Gulf Coast Region to explain how and why Hurricane Katrina caused such devastation. Predict the long-term effects of this storm on the geography of the region.
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Red Hot Jazz: Joe 'King' Oliver

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of one of the most prominent artists of early jazz.
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Red Hot Jazz: Joe 'King' Oliver

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of one of the most prominent artists of early jazz.
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Scott Alexander

Red Hot jazz.com: Tom Brown's "Jass" Band

For Students 9th - 10th
Stop here at RedHotJazz.com for some early history of Dixieland jazz, dating to the early 1900's and one of the first known jazz bands.
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Refugees at Houston's Astrodome.

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR has kept a journal of the on-going events of what is being called the largest natural disaster to hit the United States, Hurricane Katrina.
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Helicopter Drops Sandbags on to a Breached Floodwall

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News reporter gives his first hand experiences as he tours neighborhoods stricken by Hurricane Katrina. Very intriguing September, 2005, report.
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Woman Sifts Through Rubble of Her Home in Gulfport

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News reporter gives his first hand experiences as he tours neighborhoods stricken by Hurricane Katrina. Very intriguing September, 2005, report.
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A Fruit Truck Upturned by Hurricane Katrina

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News reporter gives his first hand experiences as he tours neighborhoods stricken by Hurricane Katrina. Very intriguing September, 2005, report.
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Bbc: Lake Faces Aftermath of City Catastrophe

For Students 9th - 10th
The pollution and environmental impact of Hurricane Katrina is probed by BBC News in this September, 2005, report.

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