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NASA

Keeping Nine Eyes on the Weather

For Students 9th - 12th
Take a look at climate change from another angle. Readers learn about the MISR instrument on the Terra satellite and how it studies Earth. Pupils experience how the multiple cameras give scientists multiple views so they can better study...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Enabling Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem provides information on the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933, which gave Hitler's government dictatorial powers for four year.
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US Department of Labor

U.s. Department of Labor: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the struggle Franklin D. Roosevelt had in trying to get the Fair Labor Standards Act passed. With public support, he continued to push the ideas presented in the law until it finally was enacted into law.
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Other

Zorza Associates: The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

For Students 11th - 12th
This lengthy article in the Fordham Urban Law Journal gives a history of Uniform Child Custody legislation and shows how the most recent, the Enforcement Act, affects women and children.
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Other

Twenty First Century Associates: Fair Debt Collections Practices Act

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives advice to debt collectors on practices that are legal or illegal under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.
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Other

Indigenous Corporate Training, Canada: Bill C 31; An Indian Act Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
From 1869 until 1985 (116 years), if an Indian woman married a non-Indian man, she and the children of the marriage were denied Indian status. In 1985, the Indian Act was amended by the passage of Bill C-31 to remove discrimination...
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US Department of State

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a look at the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, otherwise known as The McCarran-Walter Act, and the political debate surrounding it.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Interstate Commerce Act

For Students 9th - 10th
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes The Interstate Commerce Act that passed in 1887. Its purpose was to regulate railroad rates across states, and it mandated the formation of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Homestead Act and the Exodusters

For Students 9th - 10th
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave free land to Americans willing to improve it, regardless of race, sex, or nation of origin.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Townshend Acts and Committees of Correspondence

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Townshend Acts and Committees of Correspondence during American colonial times.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taxation Without Representation Uproar Over the Stamp Act

For Students 9th - 11th
An overview of the American colonist reaction to the Stamp Act.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the American colonists response to the Intolerable Acts and how it began to unify the colonists.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a summary and interesting facts about the Alien and Sedition Acts that were laws relating to the rights of immigrants and free speech.
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BBC

Bbc: Queen's Christmas Message: 'Small Acts of Goodness' Inspire

For Students 9th - 10th
"Acts of goodness" can inspire even though the world's problems can seem too big to change, the Queen says in her Christmas message.
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Other

Iww: The Basic Labor Laws: The Norris La Guardia Act (1932)

For Students 9th - 10th
A short history of the Norris-LaGuardia Act with respect to labor history.
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NOAA

Noaa: Fisheries: Coral Reefs and the Endangered Species Act [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a comprehensive petition regarding the legal preservation of coral reefs and learn how the U.S. Endangered Species Act works to protect the reefs. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Our Responsibilities Under the Safe Drinking Water Act

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1975 article describes the legislation that was passed to regulate the safety of drinking water.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Wagner Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides interesting facts and information about the 1935 Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act), a New Deal reform that guaranteed workers the right to organize unions and to bargain collectively.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Enforcement Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was to implement and extend the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution to all citizens and protect ex-slaves from violence carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Taft Hartley Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Important information and fun facts about the 1947 Taft Hartley Act, a major revision of the 1935 Wagner Act.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Immigration Act of 1924

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive summary with interesting facts about the Immigration Act of 1924 that used national origin quotas as a permanent basis for U.S. immigration policy.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Volstead Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive summary provides facts and information that relates how the Volstead Act, or National Prohibition Act, was enacted to enforce the 18th amendment on Prohibition.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Homestead Act

For Students 9th - 10th
The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to shape the future of the Western regions of the United States by taming the region by populating the area with farmers. This article provides an overview of this important political incident...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Usa Patriot Act

For Students 9th - 10th
The USA Patriot Act is an anti-terrorism law allowing federal officials greater authority in tracking and intercepting communications. The acronym 'U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T.' stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing...

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