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Somos Primos: Hispanic Heritage and Diversity Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
Access is free. Articles explore topics such as Hispanic heritage, the Black/Latino connection, and Hispanic patriots involved in the American revolution. There is a database through which users post surnames they are hoping to trace the...
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Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area: Introduction to the Story of Corn

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about the early uses of corn and how it was introduced to the Europeans. There are colorful pictures and links to relevant information as well.
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New Netherland Institute: Early Descriptions of New Netherland

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts from Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664, published in 1909, and available for free from Google Books. The first excerpt is from a 1644 account of Henry Hudson's descriptions of the new land he saw on his 1609 voyage. The...
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Wikipedia: Haitian Creole

For Students 9th - 10th
A Wikipedia encyclopedia entry on the Haitian Creole language. Includes information about the African and European origins of the language and sample words and phrases. Additional links to a passable online dictionary, Radio France...
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Iehs: Stepan Serdiukov, Remembering the Old Neighborhood in Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the oral histories of Polish immigrants in Chicago. The Chicago History Museum's Polish American oral history archive started in 1976 under the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program Act. Researchers recorded 140...
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Unesco: Canada: Rideau Canal

For Students 9th - 10th
The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when...
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Unesco: Usa: La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico

For Students 9th - 10th
Between the 15th and 19th centuries, a series of defensive structures was built at this strategic point in the Caribbean Sea to protect the city and the Bay of San Juan. They represent a fine display of European military architecture...
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Unesco: Mexico: San Miguel and Sanctuary of Jesus Nazareno De Atotonilco

For Students 9th - 10th
The fortified town, first established in the 16th century to protect the Royal Route inland, reached its apogee in the 18th century when many of its outstanding religious and civic buildings were built in the style of the Mexican...