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Interactive
Curated OER

Antigone: Alpha Woman Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on Antigone. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

100 Great English Oxymorons - Phrases That Contradict Themselves!

For Students 6th - 8th
In this oxymoron worksheet, students test their vocabulary skills by reading and identifying the contradiction in each of the given phrases.
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Handout
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Just War Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Article summarizes the history of "just war" theory in Aquinas and his successors; then takes up two subcategories within the theory: the rules that govern the justice of war, and the rules that govern fair conduct in war. Clearly...
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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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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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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Conscience and the Constitution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Would you accept being drafted into military service if your family was being held in an internment camp? That was the question on many a Japanese American's mind during World War 2. Explore the stories of those who resisted service and...
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Website
Other

The Progressive Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of the national magazine for peace and social justice, THE PROGRESSIVE. Read recent news regarding social justice here.