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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Suez Canal, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
This map illustrates the route of the Suez Canal through Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula.
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Primary
Yale University

Yale Law School: Obligation of Egypt to Comply With the 1951 Resolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A statement made by the United States Representative to the United Nations, before the Security Council on March 25, 1954, asking the UN to remember their previous resolution (of 1951) which required Egypt to stop provoking Israel by...
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Primary
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Eisenhower Publicly Threatens Israel With Sanctions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this speech to the American public on February 20, 1957, Eisenhower explains how the Suez War began and the diplomatic events which took place to try and end it. He also explains what the United States is prepared to do to Israel to...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Loc: Country Study: India

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site from the Library of Congress that covers all kinds of topics about India. Includes a very detailed history of British India under "Company Rule, 1757-1857," "The British Raj, 1858-1947," and "Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-59."...
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Website
University of California

Ucla: Manas: British India

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the British presence in India, 1600-1947, from university professor Vinay Lal. Includes links to related topics, such as the British East India Company, and to biographical details of many key figures from this period in...
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Eisenhower Doctrine on the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the actual text to the Eisenhower Doctrine on the Middle East, Eisenhower's speech to Congress on January 5, 1957.
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Egypt: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a concise history of Egypt, covering the times of pre-pharaonic Egypt up to current times. Find out about the pharaohs, Turkish occupation, British control, and Egypt today. Includes brief information on the Muslim Brotherhood in...
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First World War

First World War: Battles, the Palestine Front

For Students 9th - 10th
FirstWorldWar.com offers a table of contents of the battles in World War I that took place on the Palestine Front.
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Handout
White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Hungarian Revolution 1956

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the film series produced about various groups that resettled in Canada, White Pines Pictures gives a brief historical background of the wave of Hungarian immigration in 1956. Click on the teacher link at the top for lesson...
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Primary
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Eisenhower Doctrine 1957

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the actual text to the Eisenhower Doctrine, a speech given by President Eisenhower to Congress on the situation in the Middle East.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History:the Cold War Continues

For Students 5th - 8th
A comprehensive look at U.S. foreign policy during the Eisenhower administration. The Cold War was at its height, and the United States used many tactics to fight and contain the spread of Communism. Be sure to watch the cartoon of Bert...
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Singapore: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Read how the history of Singapore was intertwined with the British East India Company. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Handout
Other

West Chester University: Egypt & Europe in the 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly article that examines the history of Egypt during the period of imperialism. The author provides a good explanation as to why Egypt fell under the British sphere of influence by the late 19th century.
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Website
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: Britain and the Scramble for Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly describes Britain's motivations for imperializing African regions. Includes the text of a speech given by Lord Cruzon entitled, "The True Imperialism."
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Africa in 1899 showing the colonial possessions of European powers on the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows major cities and trade centers, railroad routes and canals, major river systems, and...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Physical, Political, and Economic Asia, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Asia from 1872, showing physical features including mountain systems, deserts, lakes, rivers with direction of flow, coastal features, and ocean currents, political boundaries and foreign possessions at the time, and commercial...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1885

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the African continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Delta of the Nile, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1916 of the Nile Delta, showing the water courses of the delta, the Pyramids, Cairo, Alexandria, Rosetta, Damietta, and Port Said and Suez at the openings of the Suez Canal.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1919 of Africa showing the territorial changes made after World War I. The map shows the areas ceded by Germany, including Togo and Kamerun to be decided by British and French mandate, German East Africa under British mandate,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A political map of Africa, as it was in 1903, showing European land claims after the Berlin Conference in 1885. The lack of natural boundaries, that is, boundaries along rivers, mountains, or native lands, shows the European system of...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1870

For Students 9th - 10th
A physical and political map of Africa prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. This map shows the African states of Morocco, Algiers (Algeria), Tripoli, Egypt,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1858

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Africa in 1858, prior to the extensive European colonization of the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows the European possessions of the Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange River Free State, and the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1884

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting map of Africa showing the continent before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Political Map of Africa, 1879

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of pre-colonial Africa, showing the predominately native countries and territories of the African continent in 1879. The counties include the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli and Fezzan, the Egyptian territories of...

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