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Evogeneao: Evolution: All in the Family

For Students 9th - 10th
A website created to promote the teaching of evolution. The website features a Tree of Life that helps evolution be understood at a glance.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: Family Tree, Carlos Salinas

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography about former Mexican leader Carlos Salinas discusses his unpopularity in Mexico. Links to other related sites are also provided.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Out of the Night That Covers Me

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through the novel Out of the Night That Covers Me, students will explore the impact of racial segregation, family heritage, and the historical significance of pre-civil rights Alabama. This unit of study is recommended for students in...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: The Frederick Douglass Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
Walk into the life of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, through his autobiography found here. Discover a time line of Douglass's life, papers he'd written, as well as his family tree.
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Loyola University Chicago

De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent site for any information about Roman Emperors. This site offers maps, family trees, biographical information, and is quite comprehensive in its coverage of the Roman Emperors.
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PBS

Tracing Ancestry With Mt Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
The most common mtDNA ancestor is an African woman named African "Eve" or Mitochondrial Eve. Good explanation of mtDNA versus nuclear DNA through visual interactive family tree.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Official Poster for Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This powerful poster of an upside down family tree won the yearly poster competition for Holocaust Remembrance Day. By analyzing this poster, young scholars will understand the effect the Holocaust had on generations of Jewish families....
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Other

Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya: Mahatma Gandhi Information Website

For Students 9th - 10th
A very rich site devoted to Mohandas Gandhi. It includes extensive biographical information, his philosophy, many photos, articles and essays. There are tributes, reminiscences, speeches, prayers, his family tree, and much much more.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Beowulf" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduce yourself to Anglo-Saxon literature by reading "Beowulf" and exploring its plot, themes, and characters with the help of this study guide. Check out a helpful "family tree" of the epic poem's characters, study new vocabulary...
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University of California

Uc Berkeley: Ethiopian Fossils From 6 Million Year Old Hominid

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article from 2004, UC Berkeley reports that additional fossils have been found from the 2001 discovery of Ardipithecus kadabba. This find holds great importance because it is suggested that it may represent the first species...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Making the Connection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Graph theory is a visual way to represent relationships between objects. One of the simplest uses of graph theory is a family tree that shows how different people are related. Another application is social networks like Facebook, where a...
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Website
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: Truman Trivia

For Students 9th - 10th
This has many pages of information about Harry Truman. A timeline, family tree, biography, and book list are all included.
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Other

Dark Dragon Kenpo Karate

For Students 9th - 10th
This style of martial arts is modified from the traditional style of the Shaolin priest. This resource talks about the history and contains a family tree of its development.
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Interactive
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Urban Text: Adventures of Herman the Worm

For Students 2nd - 5th
WORMS- What are they? Where did they come from? If you are interested in Herman the Worm's family tree (biologically speaking), his body structures, or all the facts about him that you'll ever need, go to "The Adventures of Herman the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Family Photo Around Xmas Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem describes the scene in a family's Christmas photo and how the poet hopes never to get another one.
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Other

University of Rochester: Family Tree of Sir Gawain

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief background of the relatives of the character Sir Gawain, as well as a listing of texts, images, and a bibliography.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Frog and Toad

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on frogs and toads including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts. Audio clip...
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Tree of Life Project

Tree of Life: Sirenia (Dugongs, Sea Cows, and Manatees)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes a very brief look at the family Sirenia. Content includes numerous references.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: House of Habsburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides extensive information on the House of Habsburg, one of the ruling houses of Europe.
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Welcome to Evolution 101

For Students 9th - 10th
What is evolution? This thorough site provides the basics of evolution focusing on the history of life, processes of evolution, microevolution, macroevolution, and more.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: North American Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Museum of Natural History provides users the opportunity to create personalized field guides of North American mammals based on a wide variety of search options.
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Other

Redwood National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has interesting facts and figures associated with the Redwood Tree. Numerous images of towering redwoods and scenic overlooks are posted here. Links to other interesting park features are also available.
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Website
Other

Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents a description of Mevlana and the Celebi Family. Also contains the family tree of Rumi and his family.
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Other

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company: Henry Iv Discussion Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This discussion guide for the study of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 not only provides a synopsis of the play, and analysis of its main characters, and themes, but also summarizes the real history of the English kings that...

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