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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Forest Animal Vocabulary Printout

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site has printout drawings of half a dozen animals (bear, deer, worm etc.) and some related parts (claw, antlers). Provides a fill-in-the-blank format. Can also be printed with labels already filled in. Uses answers as a word bank....
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: Tr and Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
A website regarding the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Site contains key events in the United States and the world from 1898 to 1919, a map of the United States' expansion of its empire, a video with full transcript...
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Other

Primera Escuela: First School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A diverse variety of fun activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Among other subjects you'll find: alphabet, animals, holidays and events, coloring pages (for fairy tales, holidays, vocabulary, etc.) crafts and more....
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Primary
Mount Holyoke College

International Relations: The Russian Reply to the Open Door Note

For Students 9th - 10th
Russia's reply to United States Secretary of State, John Hay's "Open Door Note" concerning trade in China.
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Other

The Henry L. Stimson Center: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Henry L. Stimson Center is an independent, nonprofit, public policy institute committed to finding and promoting innovative solutions to the security challenges confronting the United States and other nations in the twenty-first...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Searching for a Framework

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent documentary on the Camp David Accords from ibiblio.org. Site provides content on the Israeli State, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, American Diplomatic Efforts, Carter Administration Effort, Negotiations, and the Camp David...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Frank B. Kellogg Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Nobel e-Museum, you can learn about the 1929 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Frank Billings Kellogg. This website, in addition to including a biography, provides texts of the Nobel Prize "Presentation Speech" and...
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Primary
Other

Gerald R. Ford Library: 1975 State of the Union Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from the Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum. Read the text of Ford's 1975 State of the Union address, in which he outlines both national and international goals for the United States.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Government and Politics of China

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Government and Politics of China

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Avoiding Armageddon: Laws of Disarmament and Nonproliferation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for learning about nuclear weapons and nonproliferation agreements. Takes young scholars through the process of comparing and contrasting various treaties and of evaluating their relative successes and failures. Includes a...
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Geographic

Hungary: Government

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides general information on the governmental structure of the Republic of Hungary.
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The World Bank

World Bank: Bangladesh Data, Projects and Research

For Students 9th - 10th
See the development challenges Bangladesh faces and the way the World Bank is assisting the country. There is also a brief summary of the various functions and organization of The World Bank as well as an overview of how priorities are...
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BBC

Bbc: South Korea's Reconciliation Gamble

For Students 9th - 10th
A May 2007 examination of the South Korea's on going efforts to develop better relations with North Korea with generous aid packages and international criticism of these efforts. (17 May 2007)
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Montenegro

For Students 9th - 10th
This profile provides a comprehensive overview of Montenegro's history, culture, economy, society, geography, government, and military.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Freed u.s. Journalists Suspect They Were 'Lured Into a Trap'

For Students 9th - 10th
A month after their release from North Korea, two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, shared their story of being captured, and their suspicions that they were 'lured into a trap.' (09/02/09)
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The u.s. Role in the World (1970'S Into the 21st Century)

For Students 9th - 10th
Given a timeline, students will understand the political, economic, and social impact of selected U.S. political leaders on the world from the 1970s into the 21st century.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: United States and Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how, as the race for empire gained momentum, the U.S. sought trade relations with China by the late 1800s. Late to the game, the Open Door Policy secured equal trading opportunities for all countries involved. The...
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Tour Costa Rica

The Nicaragua Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the Nicaraguan Revolution, with a focus on its relations with Costa Rica.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Detente

For Students 9th - 10th
As the Vietnam War ended, President Richard Nixon's priority became pursuing better relations with the world's two largest communist superpowers, China and the Soviet Union.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Fall of the Dollar (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that helps student understand how exchange rates are determined and how the value of a nation's currency is connected to its international trade. Students use an article from a time when the U.S. dollar was declining in relation...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Good Neighbor Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Features 13 detailed facts, effects, and significance of the Good Neighbor Policy that promised to improve US ties and relations with Latin America.
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Other

Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site of Bangladesh's representation to the United Nations. There are links that profile the country of Bangladesh, as well as Bangladesh's participation in the UN. Specifically there are statements made during most recent...
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Yale University

The Opening of Japan to the West

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers wonderful illustrations of Perry's expedition to Japan with brief descriptions.