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Buddha Dharma Education Association

Buddha Net: Buddhist Festivals and Special Days

For Students 9th - 10th
Article outlines the holy places, holidays, and ritual practices of the Buddhist faith. Includes links to more extensive information about selected holidays.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Life From Space: An Emerging Paradigm

For Students 9th - 10th
Recognize that some people believe that life on Earth came from outer space. Learn about the support for these ideas and what could happen if life would continue to arrive from space.
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Other

Institute of Human Origins: Becoming Human

For Students 9th - 10th
Multimedia-rich guide for anyone making their way through a study of human origin. Find information and analysis about the fossil record, comparative anatomy, theories, and the cultural adaptations of humans and their ancestors. With an...
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PBS

Wgbh/pbs: Explore Your Inner Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on a highlighted portion of the skeleton to open up a brief video presentation and written summary explaining how that part of the human has come from our ancient ancestors.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: African American Lives: Who Am I? A Genealogy Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Tracing African American history may be difficult, but the work of historian Henry Louis Gates proves that it isn't impossible. With this resource, learn how to plan a project on your family history.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Structural Evidence for Evolution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Even though two different species may not look similar, they may have similar internal structures that suggest they have a common ancestor. That means both evolved...
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iCivics

I Civics: Korematsu v. United States (1944)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-instructional activity covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that determined the government acted constitutionally when it detained people of Japanese ancestry inside internment camps during World War II. Students...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oliver Wendell Holmes Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Ths Bibliomania site provides a biography of the 19th century American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). Discusses his ancestry, childhood, education, and career in medicine and literature. Includes analyses of his works and a...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: James Russell Lowell Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site provides a biography of James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). Discusses his ancestry, education, and work as a poet, essayist, and satirist. Describes Lowell's role in the Abolitionist movement. Includes suggestions for...
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Other

Milwaukee Public Television: The Making of Milwaukee: Ethnic Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
Many if the early settlers in Milwaukee were of German ancestry. African-Americans also helped settle the area, and even pre-dated its founding. Some of the history of these two groups is presented here.
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Other

Children of the Camps: Internment History

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the history of people of Japanese ancestry who were confined to internment camps during World War II. There is a timeline of events and links to original documents.
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Other

Texas Indians: The Jumano Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
This article details the history, the tribal ancestry, and the different branches of the Jumano Indians. It describes their way of life, and their interactions with European explorers.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Descendants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses the roles of paleoanthropologists and how they determine whether the remains of a prehistoric species is a direct ancestor or not. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Characteristics of Life

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do you define a living thing? What do mushrooms, daisies, cats, and bacteria have in common? All of these are living things, or organisms. It might seem hard to...
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Other

Kunte Kinte Heritage Festival: Kunta Kinte History

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains information on Alex Haley's slave ancestor Kunta Kinte. Haley's novel "Roots" is also discussed.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Odysseus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Odysseus including his ancestry, his participation in the Trojan War, his ten-year journey at sea, and pictures and myths about him
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Heracles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on the Greek hero Heracles including his ancestry, pictures, events in his life, and links to myths about him.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Achilles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on Achilles including his ancestry, his participation in the Trojan War, and his weakness ("Achilles heel"). It offers links to pictures and myths about Achilles.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Calchas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on Calchas, ancient Greek seer famous for his interpretations of omens. It includes his ancestry, his part in the Trojan War, and his death.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Examples of Analogous Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains that analogous structures are ones that are similar in different organisms yet have no common ancestry. This type of phenomenon occurs with convergent evolution. Includes lots of examples for both animals and plants.
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Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University: Embryos and Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students study the embryos of different organisms at three stages of development to look for features that suggest a common ancestry.
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Ancient China: Daily Life During Shang & Chou Dynasties

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has information about the Shang & Chou dynasties, including specifics about family, ancestor worship, oracle bones, kings and nobles, warriors, farmers, and merchants and craftsmen.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 24 Grade-Leveled texts (5-11) on the topic of Immigration. Most Americans can trace their ancestry back to immigrants coming to the New World. Learn about America's history of immigration, particularly during the...
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Warren G. Harding

For Students 9th - 10th
Warren Gamaliel Harding, twenty-ninth President of the United States, was born on November 2, 1865, on the family farm at Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio. His parents were Dr. George Tryon Harding and Phoebe Dickerson Harding,...

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