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Website
US Department of Labor

U.s. Department of Labor: Women's Bureau

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the U.S. Department of Labor is devoted to helping working women get the most out of their careers. It includes statistics, news programs, and a directory of resources.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.
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Graphic
Other

Govspot: Judicial Branch

For Students 9th - 10th
GovSpot surveys the structure and purpose of the Judicial Branch of U.S. government, which comprises the Supreme Court and the Federal Court System.
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Handout
Other

Federal Benefits

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine this list of benefits for employees of the federal government, including salary increases, job security, and health insurance coverage.
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Professional Doc
Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: Homer Hickam, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Homer Hickam, Jr.
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Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Road

For Students 9th - 10th
Named the best book of the decade in the 2000s, The Road is about a father and son traveling a post-apocalyptic landscape. Read about the characters and their motivations in this informative site.
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Website
Other

National Ww Ii Museum New Orleans: My Memorial Day

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at Memorial Day and why it is celebrated. Find a PDF file with facts on Memorial Day and ten ways to observe it.
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Lesson Plan
Teacher Planet

Teacher Planet: Memorial Day

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This helpful site offers a wealth of information for teachers interested in teaching about Memorial Day. Lesson plans, units, worksheets, clipart, and other activities are featured.
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Curated OER

America in the 1930s: The Bonus Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Vivid and succinct account of the efforts and struggles of WWI veterans who marched on Washtington D.C. to demand their veterans' benefits. Article does a nice job describing their forced dispersement by the army, which strained the...
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Curated OER

America in the 1930s: The Bonus Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Vivid and succinct account of the efforts and struggles of WWI veterans who marched on Washtington D.C. to demand their veterans' benefits. Article does a nice job describing their forced dispersement by the army, which strained the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Montage for the Global War on Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Veterans Memory Project a series of interviews with veterans of the Global war on Terror built around four themes; attitudes toward service and war,combat,re-entry to civilian life, and the impacts of the experience.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Photo

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a job description of the three-hundred women who volunteered "in response to General Pershing's emergency call for bilingual long-distance operators." Discusses the passing of the 1978 bill which made these...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Governor's House

For Students 9th - 10th
This building from 1869 was part of the first veterans' ("old soldiers") home in the United States.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: William Blount Mansion

For Students 9th - 10th
The home of William Blount from 1792 to his death in 1800. A veteran of the Congress of the Confederation and the Constitutional Convention where he represented North Carolina, Blount then became governor of the Southwest Territory, led...
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Curated OER

Memorial Day, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A political cartoon depicting a Union and a Confederate veteran united in support for the Spanish-American War. A painting entitled Twelve-Inch Gun depicting elegant officers and ladies aboard a battle ship, civilizing gentility and the...
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Curated OER

Image of Lioness Graphic

For Students 9th - 10th
After viewing the PBS documentary, "Lioness", a panel of veterans conduct a discussion about women in combat. The recording of the discussion is available here. March 24, 2009
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Curated OER

Battle of Passchendaele, Nov 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Canadian Pioneers Laying Trench Mats Over Mud, Passchendaele, November 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Graphic
Curated OER

16th Canadian Machine Gun Company in Muddy Shell Holes, Passchendaele, Nov 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Graphic
Curated OER

German Barbed Wire Through Which the Canadians Advanced, Passchendaele, Nov 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who were at the Battle of Passchendaele.

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