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China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group

Backgrounder: Nixon's 1972 "Ice Breaking" Visit to China

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses Nixon's 1972 visit to China and its lasting effects. There is a recent article reflecting on a significant historical event. Includes links to information about other presidents and their relationship with China.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Women's History Month

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units which commemorate the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate the contribution...
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Unit Plan
Syracuse University

Syracuse University: Youth Due Process Gerald Gault

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site contains a description of the juvenile justice system, background on the case involving Gerald Gault, and learning exercises for teachers to use in class.
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Other

History of Louisiana Under 10 Flags

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a timeline history of the disputed territory now known as the state of Louisiana. Make sure you view all three pages of this presentation.
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Website
Other

History of Louisiana Under 10 Flags

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a timeline history of the disputed territory now known as the state of Louisiana. Make sure you view all three pages of this presentation.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: What the Star Spangled Banner Means

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Thorough two-part lesson plan that explains the historical significance of the Star Spangled Banner and the American flag. Includes a link to a wonderful site about the history of the American flag. Requires the students to think about...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Memorial Hall Online Museum: In the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from the Memorial Hall Museum provides curricula, information and activities for teachers teaching social studies.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs: The Four Great Surveys of the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides historic images of the expanding frontier taken by military and private citizens from 1861-1912.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: West Point in the Making of America

For Students 9th - 10th
Online part of a Smithsonian exhibit to honor the 200th anniversary of West Point, the site includes history, interactive maps, historical documents and artifacts.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
A major crossroads for Alta California as well as the Westward expansion of the United States. It has several archaeological and historical sites, shared with Arizona across the Colorado River, including Fort Yuma and other state parks.
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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: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Moundville Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Moundville was first settled in the 10th century and represents a major period of Mississippian culture in the Southern United States. It acted as the center for a southerly diffusion of this culture toward the Gulf Coast. It was the...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: El Cuartelejo

For Students 9th - 10th
This archeological district consists of more than 20 sites, mostly associated with the Dismal River/Plains Apache culture, dating from c CE 1650 to 1750. The principal site is a pueblo ruin thought to have been built by Taos Indians who...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Tuskegee Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the best known African American universities in the United States, Tuskegee was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881. It began with a curriculum designed to provide industrial and vocational education to African Americans and...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Sc: Stono River Slave Rebellion Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning point of the earliest slave revolt in the United States.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Soudan Iron Mine

For Students 9th - 10th
The Soudan Underground Mine is known as Minnesota's oldest, deepest, and richest iron mine, and now hosts the Soudan Underground Laboratory. In the late 19th century, prospectors searching for gold in northern Minnesota discovered...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wy: Fort Phil Kearny and Associated Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
Fort Phil Kearny was an outpost of the United States Army that existed in the late 1860s in present-day northeastern Wyoming along the Bozeman Trail.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory; site of the Manhattan Project.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: South Point Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Site of one of the earliest Hawaiian settlements and Southernmost point in the United States.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Hermitage

For Students 9th - 10th
A stone house where George Washington stayed during the United States Revolutionary War, it was later the site of the wedding of Aaron Burr and Theodosia Prevost. Now a museum.
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Activity
Other

Trail Tribes: Lower Chinook and Clatsop

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource on the Lower Chinook Tribe and the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes. It covers their modern and historical culture, as well as their relationship with the United States during the days of European settlers. This...
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Website
Other

Trail tribes.org: Northern Shoshone and Bannock

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource on the Northern Shoshone and Bannock tribes. It covers their modern and historical cultures, as well as their relationship with the United States during the days of European settlers. This site provides valuable...
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Activity
Other

Trail Tribes: The Blackfeet

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource on the Blackfeet tribe. It covers the Blackfeet's modern and historical culture, as well as the tribe's relationship with the United States during the days of European settlers. This site provides valuable...
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Website
Other

Trail tribes.org: Lakota

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource on the Lakota tribe. It covers the Lakota's' modern and historical culture, as well as the tribe's relationship with the United States during the days of European settlers. This site provides valuable information...