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Handout
Arlington Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery Website: Pierre Charles L'enfant

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Arlington National Cemetery contains a biography of L'Enfant (1754-1852) and information about the L'Enfant Monument. You will also find quotes about him, as well as by him. This site also includes several pictures.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: National Symbols

For Teachers K - 1st
Lesson in which students create American symbol folders to help them understand and identify national symbols.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Temple of Liberty

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress presents research materials about the building of the United States Capitol. Conceiving of themselves as inheritors, guardians, and conveyors of Western civilization, our founding fathers slowly built a Capitol...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: What Was Flight 93's Target?

For Students 9th - 10th
When the plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field on September 11, it was 20 minutes flying time from the nation's capital. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 46 minutes into United Airlines Flight 93, a nonstop flight from Newark, New...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina: North Carolina Capitol

For Students 9th - 10th
Capitol building, part of Capitol Area Historic District.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: New York State Capitol

For Students 9th - 10th
Built in two different architectural styles; one of ten U.S. state capitol buildings without a dome.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Old State Capitol

For Students 9th - 10th
The fifth capitol building of Illinois. Site of Lincoln's House Divided Speech.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas: Old State House, Little Rock

For Students 9th - 10th
Oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How John Marshall Expanded the Power of the Supreme Court

For Students 9th - 10th
When John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1801, the nation's highest court occupied a lowly position. There was no Supreme Court Building in the newly completed capital, Washington, D.C., so the six...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Pa: Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes the Pennsylvania State Capitol, North and South Office Buildings, Finance Building, Forum Building, State Street Bridge and Ryan Legislative Office Building. Originally listed with only the capitol, expanded in 2013 to encompass...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas: Camden Expedition Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
Camden Expedition Civil War battle sites: Confederate State Capitol, Elkin's Ferry Battleground, Fort Southerland, Fort Lookout, Jenkins' Ferry Battlefield, Marks' Mills Battlefield, Poison Spring Battlefield, Prairie d'Ane Battlefield,...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: Federal Hall Natl Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
First capitol of the United States of America; site of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789; place where the United States Bill of Rights passed; original building was demolished in the nineteenth century; replaced by the...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Montana: Virginia City Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
More than 200 historic 19th century buildings remain in this 1860s mining town; it also served as the Montana Territorial Capitol during the same period.