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Paris Etudiant: Studying in France
This resource has a large audience of Parisien university students. It would be especially useful to students planning to enter a higher education institution in France. Also contains a lot of information about French schooling at the...
Vassar College
Vassar College: Excerpts From Paris Accords
Excerpts from the text of this cease-fire agreement. Read the full-text agreement that ended the Vietnam War.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Paris: West, Benjamin
This Webmuseum site provides biographical information on American artist, Benjamin West (1738-1820 CE). Includes images of "The Death of General Wolfe," and "A Domestic Affliction."
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The Paris Review: Dna of Literature: Thornton Wilder
Wilder muses about writing, drama, patriotism and other topics in this interview. Download the interview as a .pdf document, or read a short excerpt online.
University of Richmond
University of Richmond: Notes on Paris Peace Accords, 27 January 1973
Lecture notes for a university-level course on Vietnam summarize the provisions of the peace agreement that ended the war in Vietnam.
Digital History
Digital History: Problems England Faced After the French and Indian War [Pdf]
This offers a good overview of the problems England needed to deal with after signing the Treaty of Paris in 1763, ending the French and Indian War. What to do about the new lands they controlled, how to deal with their loss of income...
PBS
Africans in America: Revolution: The Book of Negroes 1783
An interesting look at the compiling of the Book of Negroes, a register of those whom the British promised freedom during the course of the Revolutionary War. Find out why this was a component of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. From PBS.
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The Corner: National Rivalries
Discusses two kinds of nationalism which arose in Europe in the 19th century, nationalism in Germany, nationalism in Italy, nationalism in Austria-Hungary, nationalism in Russia, the Treaty of Paris and Russia, nationalism in France, and...
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American Battle Monuments Commission: Combat Narrative: Normandy Advance
Details of the Allied military movements during the invasion of Normandy on an interactive map. Covers a three-month period, beginning with D-day (June 6) and ending with the liberation of Paris in late August.
OpenStax
Open Stax: War in the South
By reading this section of a chapter on "America's War for Independence," students will be able to outline the British southern strategy and its results, describe key American victories in the war, and also identify the main terms of the...
Read Works
Read Works: Notes on the Program: Cuban Overture
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PDF is the Program Notes from The New York Philharmonic's production of "Cuban Overture" by George Gershwin. It provides information about Gershwin and his writing of the "Cuban Overture." It is...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: They Were Children
Online exhibition tells the story of the deportation and rescue of Jewish children in Paris during World War II.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Eleanor Roosevelt: Adopting the Declaration of Human Rights
This is Eleanor Roosevelt's address to the United Nations on its adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights on December 9, 1948 in Paris, France; it is provided in a YouTube video, mp3 audio, and in text. [3:30]
The Atlantic Monthly Group
In Focus: World War Ii: The Allied Invasion of Europe
Photographs of Allied Forces moving north into Italy in 1943, incredible pictures of D-Day and the forces landing in Normandy, and the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Each photograph has a caption which gives it context and a source.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Discover France: Place De La Bastille, Paris
This site looks at the history of the Bastille in five parts, focusing on its early history, its role in the French Revolution, and what it represents today.
Curated OER
A View on Cities: Paris: L'ecoute Sculpture
L'ecoute sculpture by Henri de Miller near St.-Eustache (Paris)
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A View on Cities: Paris: Pont Alexandre Iii
Pont Alexandre III looking towards Les Invalides (Paris)
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A View on Cities: Paris: Fountain of the Rivers at Place De La Concorde
Fountain of the Rivers at Place de la Concorde (Paris)
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A View on Cities: Paris: Tuileries
Tuileries looking towards Place de la Concorde (Paris)
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A View on Cities: Paris: Detail of the Clock on the Tour De L'horloge
Detail of the clock on the Tour de l'Horloge (Paris)
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