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PBS

Pbs: Remembering Sept. 11: Two Years After the Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
Web page from NewsHour with a plethora of great resources surrounding the two-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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Other

The Royal Geographic Society: Imaging Everest

For Students 9th - 10th
The online version of an exhibition created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953. The photographs, maps, and artifacts in the exhibition trace Everest from its early exploration in the...
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Royal Collection Trust (UK)

The Royal Collection: A Royal Wedding

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibition that celebrates the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Includes photos from their early lives, wedding, honeymoon, and gifts received.
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Jamestown Day

For Students 9th - 10th
2013 marks the 406th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colonial settlement. Learn about how Jamestown Day is now celebrated in Virginia, including the sailing of a recreated ship, archaelogical digs and a variety of cultural...
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veteran Affairs Canada: Normandy 1944 Canada Remembers

For Students 9th - 10th
Established in coordination with the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, Veteran Affairs Canada provides fact sheets, images, and activities that celebrate and honour Canada's contribution on the beaches of Normandy.
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veteran Affairs Canada: Normandy 1944 Canada Remembers

For Students 9th - 10th
Established in coordination with the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, Veteran Affairs Canada provides fact sheets, images, and 5 classroom-friendly activities that celebrate and honour Canada's contribution on the beaches of Normandy.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Seventeenth Century British Literature: Paradise Lost

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a lesson on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. It features links to Books I and VII, audio explanation of chapters, a Book I study guide, "Killing the King" article, "400 Years" anniversary website, a short summary of...
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Vimy: Honour the Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site commemorates the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the events that were held in its honour, including the restoration of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France in April 2007. Read about the history of Vimy...
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US National Archives

Animal Welfare Act: Hist. Perspectives, Future Directions

For Students 9th - 10th
Information from the symposium of the 30th anniversary of the Animal Welfare Act as provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Other

Lewisand clark.net: Discovery Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the official reenactment of the Lewis and Clark expedition on its 200th anniversary. The reenactors are following the journals of Lewis as closely as they can in this modern America!
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South Carolina Educational Television

South Carolina Etv Commission: Celebrate Freedom: Tuskegee Airmen

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia experience about the Tuskegee Airmen, an all African American flying squadron established in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1941. This exhibit celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the struggles and accomplishments of this group of...
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Other

Learning for Justice: Brown v. Board: An American Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
An article celebrating the 50th anniversary of the famous Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision. Features background information, a timeline of integration of schools, interviews, and links to many other activities and resources covering...
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Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Historical Society: The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Online companion of an exhibition mounted in 2009 to commemorate the anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry examines Brown's role as a catalyst of the American Civil War.
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Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Historical Society: An American Turning Point: Civil War in Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition that commemorated the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. While slavery caused the war, the war was not begun to free the slaves, but to determine whether the Confederate States of America would be allowed to break...
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: 70 Stories of Auschwitz

For Students 9th - 10th
On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, 70 Holocaust survivors provide oral accounts of their experiences in the Nazi extermination camp.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Stories of Freedom and Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the student sit-ins at the Greensboro, NC. lunch counter, the NAMH has produced this excellent collection of resources centered on the theme of freedom and justice. Experience this important part of...
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NASA

Nasa: Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon: 40 Years Later

For Students 9th - 10th
On the 40th anniversary of the launch of Gemini XII, NASA offers a comprehensive overview of the manned space flight program that was the first to include two-man spacecraft and was designated Gemini in 1962.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the origins of Canada and the United States as Jamestown, Quebec, and Santa Fe celebrate their 400th anniversary.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Remembering Lincoln at Gettysburg

For Students 9th - 10th
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Cornell University Library exhibits the Bancroft copy of the Gettysburg Address, one of only five copies in the handwriting of Lincoln.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: 1914: When the World Changed Forever

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic view of some of the key items from the exhibition launched by York Castle Museum in 2014 on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I.
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania Libraries: Penn in the Age of Franklin, 1740 90

For Students 9th - 10th
In celebration of the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, the Penn Library and University Archives offers a look at the university as it was during Franklin's lifetime. Content includes original documents and manuscripts, a...
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: Hiroshima: A Newsround Special

For Students K - 1st
A lenghty video report on the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: "Faith in the Human Spirit Is Not Lost"

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictorial exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Righteous Program founded by Yad Vashem to honor rescuers who protected Jews from death and deportation during the Holocaust.
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Other

We Choose the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Feel like you were right there when Apollo 11 was launched as you listen to the actual Mission Control audio from that date. The mission is further brought to life by photos and video of the event as well as a virtual animation. Go...

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