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BBC

Bbc: The Triangular Trade

For Students 5th - 7th
Approximately 6 million Africans were taken as slaves to the Americas. Follow the steps of the Triangular Slave Trade with an accompanying map. The map shows which goods and services were traded between the countries.
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Angola

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a country profile, virtual travel guide, and background details on the South African nation of Angola, plus numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Malawi

For Students 9th - 10th
Great reference directory for finding information on the African nation of Malawi. Content includes background details, a country profile, and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Libya

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful guide to a country profile of the North African nation of Libya featuring background details and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Mali

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a broad country profile of the West African nation of Mali, background details, and numerous links to extensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news, government, and...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Mauritania

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a virtual destination guide and country profile of the North African nation of Mauritania, background overview, and numerous links to an abundance of information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Cameroon

For Students 9th - 10th
Great reference directory for finding information on the West Central African nation of Cameroon. Content includes background overview, a country profile, and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Gabon

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a country profile of the West African nation of Gabon, background details, and numerous links to extensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news, government, and much more.
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Swaziland

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes a complete country profile and travel guide to the South African nation of Swaziland that includes background details and numerous links to sources with comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Mozambique

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a country profile and travel guide to the Southeastern African nation of Mozambique, background details, and numerous links to key information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Uganda

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent online resource that provides a country profile of the Eastern African nation of Uganda, background overview, and numerous links to extensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Sudan

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a country profile and travel guide to the African nation of Sudan, background overview, and numerous links to key information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Independence for Liberia

For Students 3rd - 8th
The story of how Joseph Jenkins Roberts, an African American from Virginia, developed Liberia into an independent country.
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Namibia

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent online resource that provides a country profile of the South African nation of Namibia, background details, and numerous links to in- depth information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Tunisia

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this page to get a country profile of the North African nation of Tunisia, background details, travel guide and numerous links to an abundance of information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...
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Handout
University of Iowa

University of Iowa: Arts and Life in Africa: Sierra Leone

For Students 6th - 8th
A record of statistics concerning modern day Sierra Leone, up to 1998. Scroll down to history section to see a brief, but informative description of pre-colonial and post-colonial history for Sierra Leone.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Blues Music: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview and definition of blues music that developed in the southern United States in the early nineteenth century. Performers from Georgia include Ray Charles, Ma Rainey, Little Richard, and the Allman Brothers.
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library Online: Historical Map Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive collection from the University of Texas Library Online of detailed maps of many regions of the Earth.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Diversity of Colonial Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the three distinct systems of slavery that developed in the colonies based primarily on the crops that were grown in each region. See how the system affected the way the culture of slaves grew out of the region.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Blues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site has ten lessons to teach about the blues in which students learn the geography, historical events and performers associated with the blues. The unit has been recognized by the American Music Education Initiative as one of the...
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Ivory Coast: People

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the names of some of the 60 ethnic groups in Ivory Coast. There is also information about the non-Ivorian Africans living in the country. From the CIA World Fact Book.
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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Michigan Museum of Art is considered one of the finest university art museums in the country, with more than 17,000 works of art and an ambitious schedule of special exhibitions and programs. UMMA?s extraordinary...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Kwame Nkrumah

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Kwame Nkrumah, a Ghanaian nationalist leader who led the Gold Coast's drive for independence from Britain and presided over its emergence as the new nation of...
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a travel guide and country profile of the North African nation of Egypt including a broad overview and numerous links to extensive information on the country's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...

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