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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1986: Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Elie Weisel, the author of "Night," and the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. This Nobel e-Museum website includes a biography and video clips.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Commanding Heights the Battle for the World Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge site dedicated to an understanding of the current global economic system. Includes the history, forces, values and perceptions that have shaped the world's economy. A comprehensive resource that includes a detailed economic report...
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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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Website
Other

Propaganda Postcards of the Great War: Central Powers During World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Celebrating the wartime alliance of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and the Kingdom of Bulgaria, this site contains information about the Central Powers Alliance in World War I. Contains...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Courage in Denmark: Resistance to the Nazis in Wwii by Us Holocaust

For Students 7th - 8th
World War II (WWII), a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 involved more than 100 million people and over 30 countries. The Allied powers - including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union - worked together...
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Handout
World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Alboin

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry on the life of Alboin, King of the Lombards. With illustrations, timeline, and links to further reading.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1815

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Europe highlighting the German Confederacy created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the successor to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The confederacy was made up of 39 states including portions of the Austrian...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Europe During the Crusades, 1095 1270

For Students 9th - 10th
A Map of Europe during the Crusades period showing the various lands and kingdoms including the German Empire, France, Kingdoms of Norway and Sweden, Republic of Novgorod, Kaptchak, Prussia, Saxony, Kingdom of Austria, Lombardia, the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Saracen Arms

For Students 9th - 10th
Saracen Arms. Charlemagne now had to deal with certain non-Germanic peoples who were threatening his borders. These were the Saracens, Slavs, and Avars. The Mohammedan Saracens, or Moors, had gained possession of the whole of Spain, but...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1848 1871

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Central Europe between 1848 and 1871 showing Prussia, the German Empire, the French gains in Savoy and Nice, and losses in the Alsace-Lorraine territory, the Austria-Hungary Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Ottoman Empire.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1540

For Students 9th - 10th
A colored outline map of Europe as it was in 1540, including the Holy Roman Empire, Lands of the Habsburgs, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Milan, the Lands of the German Knights of Livonia, and several other powers of the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Napoleon's Campaign, 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of France at the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition (1812-1814) between the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and the coalition forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, and several German States,...