Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Watch Me Toss, Catch and Travel!
Week-long detailed lesson plan for early elementary physical education students focusing on walking, marching, traveling, catching, and tossing.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Anabasis by Xenophon
This is the full text of the seven-book narrative Anabasis by Xenophon. It is the story of the Greek mercenary soldiers who fought for Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to seize the Persian throne from his brother, Artaxerxes II. It...
Digital History
Digital History: How China Became a Communist Country [Pdf]
A great overview of the revolution in China, the conflict between the Nationalists and Chiang Kai-shek and the Communists and Mao Zedong, and the eventual victory of the Communist Party. Read about the failure of Chiang Kai-shek, the...
Marxists Internet Archive
Marxists Internet Archive: Mao Zedong (Mao Tse Tung)
This site, which is provided for by Marxists Internet Archive, offers pictures of Mao, a brief biography and an archive of his written works.
Curated OER
Time Archives: Richard Nixon's Long March to Shanghai
1972 Time magazine article written after Nixon's return from China. Discusses the events and future effects of the visit.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Plan of the City of Washington, March 1792
A plan of the city of Washington from 1790. The lat/long figures on the map shows a longitude of 0 degrees 0 based on the Washington Prime Meridian passing through the Capitol. "This city was laid out by Peter Charles L'Enfant, who...
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Wdrc Swinging Sixty Survey March 17, 1964
This site has an interview with reporter Long John Wade who accompanied the Beatles on their First American Tour. This does not include a chronological account of the tour, but it does give interesting bits of information, a few...
Digital History
Digital History: Levittown
On the morning of March 7, 1949, builder William J. Levitt opened a sales office for a new development of inexpensive single-family homes in a potato field in the center of Long Island's Nassau County. In bitter-cold weather, more than a...
Library of Congress
Loc: Herblock's Gift
An overview of Herb Block's Editorial Cartoons which were gifted to the Library of Congress. The archive includes records, clippings, photographs and various articles as well as 14,000 original drawings.
The History Place
The History Place: The Triumph of Hitler: Nazi Germany 1933 to 1939
An 18-chapter e-book that covers the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany up to the outbreak of World War II.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Ddt
Information about the insecticide DDT, a toxic chemical that was used widely in World War II and later, and is still used in some countries today. It has had far-reaching effects on the environment, as it is carried long distances by air...
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Frank Campbell's Photograph
On March 12, 2017, the New York Times published the only known photograph of a Georgetown University slave sold to Louisiana in the infamous 1838 sale. The man in the photograph, Frank Campbell, lived a long and fascinating life. In this...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Howe's Route to Philadelphia, 1777
A map of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland showing the Philadelphia Campaign route(1777) of British commander General William Howe from Long Island to the Chesapeake Bay, his landing site at Elkton (Head of Elk) Maryland,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ancile
Ancilia carried by Salii. The sacred shield carried by the Salii, and made of bronze. The original ancile was found, according to tradition, in the palace of Numa; and, as no numan hand has brought it there, it was concluded that it had...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Benjamin Tallmadge
Benjamin Tallmadge (11 February 1754 - 7 March 1835) entered the patriot army as lieutenant of a Connecticut regiment in June, 1776, and soon rose to the rank of colonel. In 1779-80 he was engaged in expeditions against bodies of British...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Joseph G. Totten
General Totten, born in New Haven, Conn., August 23rd, 1788, died in Washington, D. C., April 23rd, 1864. Was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1805, and promoted second lieutenant in the corps of engineers. After the...