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PPT
The Washington Post

Kids Post: Fifty Years of Super Bowls Have Led to Some Super Moments

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Super Bowl Sundays provide many memorable plays and celebrations of football's biggest game. View a slideshow of some of the best moments so far in the big game's history.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Mc Gwire Strikes Out

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...
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Handout
Other

Pro Football Hall of Fame: Decade by Decade: 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Features brief facts about professional football in the 1920s. By clicking on the red subtitles, expanded information for each decade is provided.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Stealing Home

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick synopsis about Cuban professional baseball. It has a history of the sport in Cuba, links to provide information on current baseball teams, and video footage.
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Other

American Rhetoric: Art Monk: Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the video [18:11] of Art Monk's induction speech to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Handout
Other

Five College Archives and Manuscript Collections: Ellen Gates Starr

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this interesting biography of Ellen Gates Starr, friend of Jane Addams and co-founder of Hull House.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Mohawk

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture and history of the Native American tribe Mohawk.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Oneida

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture and history of the Oneida Native American tribe.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Freezer Bowl: The Coldest Game in Nfl History

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 1981 AFC Championship Game between the San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals, the teams and fans endured a minus 59 degree wind chill.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Tailgating: How the Pre Game Tradition Can Be Traced to Ancient Times

For Students 9th - 10th
The ritual grew as ownership of automobiles and then mass production of portable grills and plastic coolers soared. Tailgating before college and professional football games is an American tradition. Temporary tent cities pop up in...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Surprising Stories of 7 Heisman Trophy Winners

For Students 9th - 10th
The Heisman Trophy is awarded annually by the Downtown Athletic Club to the top player in college football's highest division. While many of those who have hoisted the trophy named for football coach and pioneer John Heisman initially...
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Article
PBS

Pbs American Experience: Carrie Chapman Catt

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical overview of Carrie Chapman Catt, a dynamic speaker, tenacious organizer, and powerful force in the women's suffrage movement.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Martin Dihigo

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry features Martin Dihigo, a professional baseball player who became a national hero in his native Cuba. In addition to playing in the Cuban League, Dihigo played in the leagues of the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Kenny Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Kenny Washington, one of the first African American college gridiron football stars on the West Coast and one of two black players to reintegrate the National...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Alan Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alan Page, an American gridiron football player who in 1971 became the first defensive player to win the Most Valuable Player award of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Barry Sanders

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Barry Sanders, an American professional gridiron football player. In his 10 seasons with the Detroit Lions (1989-98), Sanders led the National Football League (NFL) in rushing four times...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Bruce Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bruce Smith, an American professional gridiron football defensive end who holds the National Football League (NFL) career record for quarterback sacks (200).
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Cynthia Cooper

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Cynthia Cooper, an American basketball player who was the first Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In the WNBA's inaugural season (1997),...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Deion Sanders

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Deion Sanders, an American gridiron football player and baseball player who is the only person to have played in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. Known for his flashy personality and...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Emlen Tunnell

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Emlen Tunnell, an American gridiron football player who in 1967 became the first African American to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His career stretched from 1948 through...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Emmitt Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Emmitt Smith, an American gridiron football player, who in 2002 became the all-time leading rusher in National Football League (NFL) history. He retired after the 2004 season with 18,355...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Eric Dickerson

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Eric Dickerson, an American professional gridiron football player who was one of the leading running backs in National Football League (NFL) history.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Fannie Barrier Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Fannie Barrier Williams, an American social reformer, lecturer, club woman, and cofounder of the National League of Colored Women.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Fergie Jenkins

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Fergie Jenkins, a Canadian-born professional baseball player, one of the premier pitchers in the game in the late 1960s and early '70s. A hard-throwing right-hander, he won at least 20...