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European Union

Europa: Europe in Twelve Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about the origins of the European Union, the challenges it faces, and its role in the world and in member countries. Downloadable as a PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Website
BBC

Bbc News: Inside Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the current events of the European Union. The items included are news stories, photos, country profiles, maps, and much more on this thorough site.
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Handout
University College London

University College London: Internet Resources on Ukraine

For Students 9th - 10th
Your one stop shop for information on the country of Ukraine! Use this site if you need information on the government, history, culture, and many other facts.
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Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Global Interactions: Political Outcomes

For Students 11th - 12th
In this learning module, students examine the economies of transnational corporations (TNCs) and compare them to those of nation states. Many TNCs are richer than nation states, which undermines the political sovereignty of those...
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Primary
Other

Frankfurter Rundschau

For Students 9th - 10th
Frankfurter Rundschau is a daily newspaper serving the country of Germany. Content includes in-depth national, European, and international news, as well as politics, sports, weather, economics, entertainment, and more. Written in German.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: World Atlas: The World

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides continent, country, and ocean floor maps from all over the world. Click on a continent's name to access the detailed maps which also include statistical facts on each available country.
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Handout
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Macedonia

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the six-month struggle in 2001 between the Macedonian government and Albanian insurgents, the National Liberation Army. What caused this to happen? What crimes against humanity did each side impose on innocent civilians?...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Russian Language

For Students 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive site about the Russian language. Includes information on countries where Russian is the primary language, the history of the language, different dialects, derived languages, the writing system, and the phonological...
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Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Looking Back, Looking Forward

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson reviews what learners have learned in the unit on European cultural and physical landscape. Students compare maps, questions and ideas from the beginning of the unit and identify new questions for research.
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Primary
Other

Media History Digital Library: Global Cinema Collection (1904 1957)

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of original publications from other countries that focus on the film industry.
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Graphic
Curated OER

University of Texas: Iran: Peoples of Iran

For Students 9th - 10th
See a map showing the various language groups that the peoples of Iran belong to. Click on the map to zoom in on the groups in Iran and in the neighboring countries. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge: Moldova: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides statistics, history, politics, and demographics for the country of Moldova in Eastern Europe.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge: Ukraine: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of Ukraine in Eastern Europe.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: News Flash: The End of the Cold War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is an inquiry into events that occurred during the Cold War era. It is a technology-based project on one event that occurred during the Cold War(1945-1991). The Cold War describes the tense and hostile relationship between...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Euro Makes Its Debut

For Teachers 9th - 10th
On Jan. 1, 1999 11 European countries united in the European Monetary Union. The new single currency bloc includes almost 300 million consumers and creates the second-largest economy in the world. How will this new union affect the...
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Containing Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes how the Soviets under Stalin managed to infiltrate Eastern European countries and establish Communist governments, dividing the continent into East and West with a symbolic Iron Curtain separating the two. America scrambled to...
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: The Netherlands

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about the geography, nature, history, people, culture, and government of the Netherlands. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location on the western coast of the continent.
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Turkey

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Turkey's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location and a video on the Turkish city of Istanbul.
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Greece

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Greece's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location and a video about the Parthenon, an ancient temple built...
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Iceland

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Iceland's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location.
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Switzerland

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Switzerland's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Who Made America? Hiram Maxim

For Students 9th - 10th
At the Paris Exhibition in 1881, a man told Maxim that if he wanted to make a fortune, he should invent a machine that would help these Europeans kill each other. Maxim did and sold his machine guns to European countries on the eve of...
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Website
Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Czech Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a country profile and travel guide to the European country of the Czech Republic, background overview, and numerous links to extensive information on the country's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Exploring the Early Americas: Competition for Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site, the primary sources here deal with the competition among the European countries in establishing a foothold in the New World.

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