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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: International Committee of the Red Cross History

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from the Nobel Peace Prize organization that discusses the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has figured in the Nobel Peace Prize four times.
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Other

Operation Blessing Relief and Development Corporation

For Students 9th - 10th
International relief and development organization that strives to combat hunger, deprivation and physical affliction for those in need.
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The World Bank

World Bank Group: Data by Topic

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to data which cover agriculture, education, environment, health and population and other issues regarding economic development.
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Interactive
World Food Programme

Free Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
This vocabulary and grammar site provides free quizzes. The site will donate grains of rice to the World Hunger Programme for each correct answer.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Feed the Hungry With Food Stamp Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to the history of food stamp programs.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun.
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Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: Barrett Browning's Poetry: Social & Political Commentary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Elizabeth Barrett Browning gave a voice, in her poems, to many of those oppressed by contemporary injustice: child laborers, the poor, and the enslaved. In this lesson plan, students will give these voices dramatic form, using the...
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Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History Period 6: 1865 1898: Social Darwinism & Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Social Darwinism, Charles Darwin, and the Gilded Ages are discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Report Reveals Global Slum Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the problems of the urban populations in Subsaharan African countries. Examines why the people move into these communities and why they get stuck there. (16 June 2006)
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Handout
Library of Economics and Liberty

The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Henry George

For Students 9th - 10th
A good discussion of the economic theories of Henry George. He had definite ideas of how to tax property, and the value of free trade.
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Other

Water.org

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Water plays a crucial role in the lives of every living being on Earth. Learn about how this essential resource is used across the planet each day, and how clean water is often difficult for many populations to obtain. Includes...
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Welfare Reform in America

For Students 9th - 10th
The federal welfare reform act has been in existence from 1996. This article, dated 3/2004, looks at how we are doing. What is the state of welfare reform -- has it helped or hurt the situation.
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Handout
Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Henry George

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Museum of San Francisco you can check out this biography of Progressive visionary Henry George, taken from an 1889 encyclopedia (so, according to this article, he's not dead yet!). Includes photo.
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Other

Learning for Justice: Part of a Community Online

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson focuses on helping young children learn to participate in different kinds of digital communities. Students will solidify and work on what they know about being part of any community.
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eBook
Digital History

Digital History: Growth of Political Factionalism and Sectionalism

For Students 9th - 10th
Even as national feeling was rising, there was also the emergence of regionalism in politics and economic though. Read about the interests of the three major sections of the country at this time.
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Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: China's Agenda 21

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A comprehensive reform program proposed for the Chinese economy, environment, agriculture, transportation, etc. The full text for all 69 programmes are linked to this page.
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Lesson Plan
Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Where Life Is Too Short

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson enhances students' understanding of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and the rest of the world.
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Article
Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Bolivia, When Success Is Truly Sweet

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. The energy and motivation of Bolivians towards caring for their environment and wanting to improve their economy is detailed here with a popular fruit crop.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Erskine Caldwell (1903 1987)

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed biography site includes a brief analysis of the writer's work, as well as a list of suggested readings.
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: The Great Society [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
There were many governmental programs that were part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Find a flow chart that showswhich different programs belonged to which major topics.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Economy of Guatemala

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents complete information on the economy of Guatemala. Check out the easy-to-read economic statistics chart.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: What Are Our Nation's Priorities Regarding Hunger?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Identify government funded food programs in the community. Students will consider facts about monies funded to support food for children in the United States and evaluate the ethics in organizations that give prizes to support feeding...
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: American Studies: Major Great Society Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a list, with descriptions, of the major Great Society programs and many of the laws passed in the Lyndon Baines Johnson administration to support those programs.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Frontline World: Dying to Compete Inside Bangladesh's Garment Industry

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Bangladesh garment industry in this touching and thought provoking article.

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