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Brown University Library: Garibaldi and the Risorgimento
A digital archive of media portraying Giuseppe Garibaldi, a nineteenth-century Italian military and political leader and hero. Collection includes interactive and animated panoramic lecture, newspaper illustrations, and prints from the...
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John Carter Brown Library: Champlain's America: New France and New England
An exhibition marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec by Samuel de Champlain. It discusses Champlain's determination and drive to explore North America, and to plant French roots in the Canadian landscape. Images of...
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John Carter Brown Library: Islamic Encounters: America, Europe, Middle East
An exhibition highlighting the contacts and exchanges of knowledge that took place from the 1400s to the 1800s, between the Islamic world and America, Europe, and the Middle East.
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John Carter Brown Library: Jamestown Matters
English travelers began landing in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Between 1609 and 1615 several publications were printed to colorfully describe the opportunities available in this part of the new world. The John Carter Brown Library...
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John Carter Brown Library: Slavery and Justice
Brown University boasts ownership of one of the greatest collections of early Americana in the world. In 2007 the university's John Carter Brown Library introduced a thorough exhibit after the publication of "Report of the Brown...
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Brown University: The Decameron Project
Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...
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Douglas Engelbart and "The Mother of All Demos"
An article on Douglas Engelbart's presentation at the 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference, which featured the "mother of all demos".
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Brown University: Coevolution
This page provides a strict definition for coevolution, engages in a discussion of specific examples, and explains why they are or aren't coevolution.
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Brown University: Teaching Diverse Learners
Resource is dedicated to enhancing the capacity of teachers to work effectively and equitably with English language learners (ELL). This Web site provides access to publications, educational materials, and the work of experts in the field.
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Brown University: Sheltered English Instruction
Under the heading, "Language Support for Studentsin the Home and in School," this site provides detailed tips and support information on language instruction. The headings covered include create participatory, inquiry-based classrooms,...
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Brown University: Game Kit
An environment for learning to program, this guide will help educators foster computational thinking for students in computer science classes.
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The Whole World Was Watching: An Oral History of 1968
Memories of 1968 are collected via interviews conducted by high school students. Important issues during that time include civil rights, Vietnam, the politics of the time and women's rights. There are transcripts of interviews and key...
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Brown Tougaloo Exchange: Freedom Now!
Looking for documents about the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi? This website is a joint effort between Brown University and Tougaloo College and contains a searchable database of documents collected during the Mississippi Freedom...
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Brown University: The James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection
This project of digital recordings contains one of the largest collections of field recordings from Ghana; including recorded interviews, musical demonstrations, field notebooks, photographs, commentary, and other original source material
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Brown University Library: Blast, No.1: Review of the Great English Vortex
This site shares a digital version (212 pp. PDF) of the Great English Vortex.
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Brown University: Critical Writing and Thinking
Resource explains exactly what critial writing and thinking are, questions to help you think critically, paper writing tips, troubleshooting, and more.
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Brown University: Electronic Collaboration
This comprehensive guide provides an 11-step process for planning and implementing successful online collaborative projects as well as explanations of various types of online collaborations, useful tools and resources, and more.
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Brown University: Role Play
Learn how members of the class take the part or perspective of historical figures, authors, or other characters and must interact from their perspective.This resource includes a step by step guide to classroom role-playing.
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Brown University: Case Studies
Bring relevance to your lessons by using case studies, which are scenarios that apply concepts learned in class to a real-life situation.
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Brown University Library: African American Sheet Music: James Bland
This website is an excellent source for information on James Bland and his music. Includes images of his sheet music, complete with notes and links to related information on African-American music and popular music from the post-Civil...
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Brown Robotics: Robotics, Learning, and Autonomy at Brown
Information about robotics research at Brown University with links to Brown projects and other robotic sites.
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Brown University: Debates
Use this resource to learn how to engage in collaborative discourse and argumentation enhances student's conceptual understandings and refines their reasoning abilities. Be sure to click on the links to other resources.
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Brown University: Group Work
How can one design and facilitate group work that helps students learn? This collection of resources explain that process.
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Brown University: One Minute Paper
Learn the procedures how to use a written response activity to an open question any time during a class.