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Curated OER

Dr. King’s Leadership in the Aftermath of the Bombing of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of nonviolent resistance. In this nonviolent resistance lesson, students consider how Dr. King led during the aftermath of the bombing of Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Israel/Palestine and Saudi Arabia

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine governmental structures in place around the world. In this political systems lesson plan, 7th graders discuss components of a modern economy, and read two articles. Students answer questions after reading articles...
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Website
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Living in British Colonial India, 1750 to 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module from Newberry Library uses primary resources to explore British colonialism in India, examining why individual Britons went to India, what they expected to find there, and what experiences did they share.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Week of 12 16 13: Why India's Gay Community Is in Shock

For Students 9th - 10th
Recently, the goverment of India shocked its LGBT population by deciding to enforce a colonial-era law that forbids same sex relationships. Learn why so many Indians view this as a devastating step backwards in the battle for human rights.
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Other

The Map as History: Europe's Colonial Expanision 1820 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
European countries began exploring and seeking to dominate the rest of the world during the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks to their ability to control sea routes and to the discovery of the American continent. In the 19th century,...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: India and Pakistan: 60 Years of Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
Sixty years after becoming independent of British colonial rule, India and Pakistan are forging their own destinies, while they continue to have sporadic clashes over Kashmir. There are several news reports from August 2007 here, as well...
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Website
BBC

Bbc: History: The British Raj in India 1858 1947

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed and insightful article which examines the colonial rule of the British in India. The author explores the origins, the Indian independence movement, how the British gave up India and more. Archived.
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Primary
Then Again

Then Again: British East India Company: Thomas Mun

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Mun (1571-1641) was one of the directors of the British East India Company, one of the largest companies engaged in colonial trade. His England's Treasure by Foreign Trade, written in the 1630s, but not published until 1664, was a...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory Timeline: Colonial Settlement,1600s 1763

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read about the colonization in the New World by many European countries. Hyperlinks to you to more specific topics.
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Lesson Plan
National Archives (UK)

Standards Site: The British Empire: Learning Activities for Key Stage 3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource of archived content offers a variety of possible classroom activities and methods for teaching about the British Empire and colonialism.
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Lesson Plan
University of California

The History Project: South African Diamond Mines, 1870s

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dutch East India Company established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 and administered it until 1795 when it fell into British hands. The British returned Cape Colony to the Company for a three-year period before finally...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Address to the Indian National Congress 1907

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a transcript of a speech given to the Indian National Congress by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1907.
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Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Boston "Tea Party"

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1773, however, Britain furnished Adams and his allies with an incendiary issue. The powerful East India Company, finding itself in critical financial straits, appealed to the British government, which granted it a monopoly on all tea...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is South Asia?

For Students 9th - 10th
What are often thought of as "Indian" art and culture spread not only throughout the modern nation of India but also through Pakistan and Bangladesh. This huge area was never politically unified except under British colonial rule...
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Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: u.s. & the Netherlands

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is an overview of the relationship of the Dutch West India Company and the settling of New Netherlands under the "patroon" system, which brought many Dutch colonists to the New World.
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Boston "Tea Party"

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the conflict between Britain and American colonists over policies imposed favoring the British East India Company leading to rebellion and what is known as the Boston Tea Party.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Tea Act and Tea Parties

For Students 5th - 8th
Read the text of the Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament primarily as a way to rescue the failing British East India Company. Find out about the colonists' reactions to this tax, and read a first-hand account of the Boston Tea Party.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History:the Tea Party and Intolerable Acts [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the problems Great Britain was having with its restive American colonists who objected to taxation on their beloved tea. See how the Tea Act resulted in the Boston Tea Party and how British attemps to punish the colonists for...
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Activity
Other

Boston History and Architecture: Boston Tea Party

For Students 9th - 10th
Citing the Boston Tea Party has been a rallying cry. Find out what the real reasons were behind the actions of the Sons of Liberty on that night of December 16, 1773. What made the colonists so angry and the reactions of the British lay...
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Curated OER

Indian Support Was Lent During World War One

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed and insightful article which examines the colonial rule of the British in India. The author explores the origins, the Indian independence movement, how the British gave up India and more.
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Article
Other

Adriaen Block, the Discovery of Long Island Sound and the New Netherlands Colony

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting and comprehensive essay on Adriaen Block, the development of New Netherlands, Dutch trade, and the impact of the Little Ice Age in Europe on fur trade in North America.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: History: Edmund Burke (1729 1797)

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Boston Tea Party, 1773

For Students 9th - 10th
This article details information surrounding the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

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