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Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project, IPHP

Teaching the History of the Black Panther Party: 5 Essential FAQ’s

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What are the facts about the Black Panther Party? Was it, as J. Edgar Hoover contended, a terrorist organization and a threat to national security? Or a group of indviduals bound together by a desire to protect and nurture their...
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Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Factory Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson to help students work in discussion groups to evaluate data and resources when the information is contrasting over the same event. Discussion groups Particular to this lesson explore primary...
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A&E Television

History.com: America the Story of Us Study Guides

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of study guides to accompany each of twelve episodes of a series on United States history called America The Story of Us. Each episode focuses on major events, turning points, wars, time periods, etc. The study guides...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: History Through Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Medieval Sourcebook answers the question: Why Study History Through Primary Sources? It provides complete information, a list of review questions, and bibliography information.
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Georgia Tech Research Institute: Chronicling America: Us News Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fascinating way to look at history, this interactive map lets you search for a person, event, issue, etc. over a specified time frame and it maps newspapers containing related content onto a map of the United States. An additional...
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History Miami: Miami: One Hundred Years of History

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent discussion of Miami's colorful history from pre-European days up to modern times. Covers topics such as the Seminole Wars, the birth of Miami, the Everglades drainage project, Colored Town, the land boom, the Great...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Karl Marx: A Failed Vision of History

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity-based resource in which students research, write about, and participate in a panel discussion on Marxism, comparing his vision and historical reality to that of other critical thinkers in world history.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: History Comes Alive: Developing Fluency and Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Let the power of imagination and inference serve as a "time machine" to bring Benjamin Franklin into the classroom! History and science come to life in a dialogue with Franklin the inventor, developed through instructional activity...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Immigration History Firsthand

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Immigration History Firsthand has been designed to provide elementary children with experiences which enable them to begin understanding primary sources. Learners move from personal artifacts to the vast Library of Congress online...
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Duke University

Duke University Libraries: Finding Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Finding primary sources can be difficult and confusing at times. This site provides a list of history databases, rare books and manuscripts, and research guides for those looking for primary resources such as diaries, letters,...
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Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Cleopatra

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Working on determining the dependability of secondary historical resources with this lesson about Cleopatra. Students will attempt to figure out how Cleopatra died based on the resources.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Commemoration of the Gettysburg Battlefield

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson engages students in projects centered around the Gettysburg Address. Students will study primary sources and make group presentations to share their learning. Then students will assume the roles of "experts", hypothesize...
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Able Media

Ctc: I, Caesar a Study of the Imperial Romans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan provides semester-long activities in which students research and write about selected emperors who ruled Rome during different parts of its history.
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Other

Creating a Family History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What do you know about creating a family history? This site offers a complete lesson plan for developing a sense of how your own family history fits into the bigger picture of the world's history.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Institute for Research in African American Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
A website dedicated to studying African-American culture and history. Website includes information about the courses at the university as well as archived historical documents.
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Library of Congress

Loc: History Firsthand: Primary Source Research

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
History Firsthand has been designed to provide elementary children with experiences which enable them to begin understanding primary sources. Students move from personal artifacts to the vast American Memory collections and learn how...
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Other

National History Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Students and teachers participate in a yearly history-themed competition and celebration of historical topics. Young learners conduct primary and secondary research by studying archives, museums, oral history interviews, and historical...
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University of Richmond

History Engine: Tools for Collaborative Education & Research

For Students 9th - 10th
The History Engine is an educational tool that gives students the opportunity to learn history by doing the work-researching, writing, and publishing-of a historian. The result is an ever-growing collection of historical articles or...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Indigenous Saami in Northern Coastal Sweden

For Students 9th - 10th
The Saami people of Sweden are the focus of study for this Smithsonian research team. There are photos of Saami archaeological sites and descriptions of their cultural practices. Links for further research are provided.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: History of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will explore ways to study the past to learn about the history of life. Understand how fossils, DNA analysis, and molecular clock help researchers study...
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The College of Physicians

The History of Vaccines: The Scientific Method in Vaccine History [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this lesson is to familiarize students with the history of vaccination and the use of the scientific method in the development of vaccines and the study of infectious disease. In this lesson, students will explore the...
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Other

Museum of Ancient Greek Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a virtual exhibition of inventions from ancient Greece that have been reconstructed by Kostas Kotsanas after over two decades of study and research. Click on 'The Museum' link at the top of the page to read an explanation and to...
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Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies

Famsi: Archaeological Research at Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala

For Students 9th - 10th
Research at Cotzumalhuapa indicates that it was a major urban center that encompassed Bilbao El Baul, and El Castillo. Some discussion of colonial period use of site.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Scientists With the American Museum of Natural History

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Follow this six-step method and you'll have a good understanding of what a good scientific research paper involves and how it is organized. There are plenty of samples for you to look at. This explanation is also very helpful for...