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Archive It: Macbeth Plugged

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides an annotated, on-line version of the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth. It provides an introduction, character bios with images, themes, a glossary, summaries of each scene of each Act, and the complete text with...
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Univ. Of Detroit Mercy Black Abolitionist Archive: Black Abolitionist Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of speeches by African American abolitionists from the 1800s, accompanied by interpretative readings in audio files.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: The Kolb Proust Archive for Research: Marcel Proust

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana. Features everything you need to know about Marcel Proust (with links).
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US National Archives

Presidential Library and Museum: Herbert Clark Hoover

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch of President Herbert Hoover. This biographical sketch goes through the life of Herbert Hoover chronologically.
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US National Archives

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum: American Women Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into the fascinating history of American women that helped shape our country. From 1600 into the 21st century, follow the journey through narratives, biographies, and photos.
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US National Archives

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library: Pioneer Life With Laura

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is an integrated teaching unit on pioneer life and Westward Movement of the United States, using books by author Laura Ingalls Wilder. It includes suggested read-alouds, a wealth of large and small group activities, a pioneer...
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Newspapers in Education

Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Lessons Library

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists publish simple, inventive lesson plans and ideas for classes in editorial cartooning, caption writing, and news analysis. Lessons include "cartoon blanks" that...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: North Korea & American Radical Left

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of documents on North Korea's ties to groups associated with the American radical left, including the Black Panther Party, in the 1960s and 1970s. The documents were obtained from the personal papers of Eldridge Cleaver, a...
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University of Texas at Austin

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Museum provides a wealth of information regarding the life and times of LBJ. Content includes his presidential archives, photos, "LBJ for Kids," and much more. Check out "Frequently Asked Questions" for biographical information.
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Denver Public Library: History of the American West

For Students 9th - 10th
This massive archive holds more than 30,000 photographs detailing life in the American West from 1860 to 1940. Easy to use it can be searched by key word, topic,or a name index.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Immigration Quotas, 1920 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about immigration quotas. Find out how the U.S. redefined and restricted immigration in the 1920s.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Through Ellis Island and Angel Island, 1870 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about Ellis Island and Angel Island. Discover America's most famous era in immigration history. The Golden Door, also known as Ellis Island, opened to...
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Civil Rights Movement: Women's Leadership

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about women's leadership in the Civil Rights Movement. Meet the women who led the civil rights movement as organizers, political strategists, marchers,...
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Early Aviation

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about early aviation. Learn more about key innovators and technologies from early flight experimentation and the invention of the hot air balloon to...
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: American Civil War: African American Lives

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about African American lives in the Civil War. Here you can discover the variety of African American experiences of the Civil War.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: American Civil War: War at Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about the American Civil War at home. Investigate the stories of the women, children, and men who experienced the Civil War as civilians.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Women in Science: Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about women in medicine. Discover women's impact in the field of medicine, as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and researchers while exploring key...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Revelations From the Russian Archives: Wwii: Alliance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress discusses the alliance between the Allies and the USSR after Germany chose to break an agreement and invade Soviet Union. Links to primary source documents are included.
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US National Archives

Open Library: Pictures and Stories From Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Unknown author's "Pictures And Stories From Uncle Tom's Cabin" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Last Letter: Mary, Queen of Scots

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital facsimile, with transcriptions in English and French, of the last letter written by Mary, Queen on Scots. Addressed to Henry III, the French king, it tells of her impending execution, just hours away.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries: Library & Archival Exhibitions on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This index of links offers the opportunity to explore important and interesting topics. Visiting links on the desired topic is most likely to provide primary sources or at least point students in the right direction.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan Library: Digital Archive: Brown v. Board of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital collection of materials outlining the famous Brown v. Board of Education case and the events that followed it. Covers Supreme Court cases and school desegregation issues and events.
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National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Scotland's Pages

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline of Scottish history over the one thousand years from AD 1000 to AD 2000 includes citations to events happening elsewhere in the world and embedded documents and manuscripts related to particular events and particular times.
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National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Scottish Science Hall of Fame

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical and scientific information about discoveries and technological advances credited to ten Scots, Lord Kelvin (Kelvin scale), Alexander Graham Bell (telephone), James Watt (steam engine), and Alexander Fleming (penicillin),...