Website
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Leo Frank Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ballad of Mary Phagan was sung in support of executing Leo Frank, but was he truly guilty of killing young Mary Phagan? What effect did anti-Semitism have on the trial? Discern for yourself the fairness of this trial after examining...
Website
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Pentagon Papers Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
When is the freedom of the press more important than classified foreign policy information? The Pentagon Papers Trial attempts to answer this constitutional quandary. Included in this site is a summary of the trial, the actual Pentagon...
Website
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Haymarket Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
"Attention Workingmen! Mass Meeting Tonight, at 7:30." This pamphlet was distributed on May 4, 1886. Chicago had been simmering with labor disputes which culminated in a riot at Haymarket Square where eight officers were killed. Use this...
Website
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Nelson Mandela Trial

For Students 11th - 12th
Nelson Mandela was willing to die for his belief in a free society where all people can live in harmony with equal opportunities. Instead, he spent eighteen years in jail. Read this in-depth summary of his trial. Included are...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Kansas, 1914

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1914 of Kansas showing the State capital of Topeka, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers. A grid reference in the margin of the map lists counties, principal cities, and towns of Kansas.
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Kansas, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of Kansas showing the State capital of Topeka, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers. A grid reference in the margins of the map lists counties, principal cities, and towns of Kansas.
Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Alger Hiss Trials (1949 50)

For Students 9th - 10th
A very nice resource on Alger Hiss and his trial for perjury in 1949. Excerpts are provided from the HUAC hearings, the trial itself and information on the role of Richard Nixon is given.
Activity
Other

Carnegie Public Library: Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the legend of Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd's life as a robber in the 1930s.
Activity
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Red Scare

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth information about the Red Scare that started in the United States at the end of World War I, and ended in the early 1920s. Discusses its history, including strikes in Seattle and Boston, causes, and results of the anti-communist...
Website
Other

The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in Kansas City, MO. A general art museum comprising objects from ancient times to the present, and all cultures, with special emphasis on Chinese art and English ceramics from the 17th century.
Graphic
Curated OER

Federal Reserve Districts in United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the Federal Reserve Board provides a map of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts with addresses, phone numbers, and links to the following Federal Reserve Banks: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta,...
Website
PBS

Pbs: The Story of Jazz

For Students 9th - 10th
A supplement to a ten-part film series on jazz, this resource describes the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens on Chicago's south side, where Louis Armstrong first won fame,...
Website
Other

Seymour Chamber of Commerce: The Great Western Cattle Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Great Western Cattle Trail, that was used in the 1800s, and stretched from Bandera, Texas to Dodge City Kansas.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
A really cool site showing Satellite (Landsat 7) images of unique geographical and meteorological phenomena. Images show cloud formations to rainforest devastation.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics 240: Science and Engineering I

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a physics for science and engineering course taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The course discusses the concepts of mechanics, wave motion, sound, heat and thermodynamics in thirty-five...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nebraska, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1903 of Nebraska showing county borders, cities and towns, rivers, and railroads. This map also shows the rock types in the state. "Nebraska, a central State of the American Union, lies between 40 degrees and 43 degrees N....
Graphic
Curated OER

Famous American Trials: Cotton Mather

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Missouri-Kansas City provides information on the role of Cotton Mather in the Salem witchcraft trials. Discusses Mather's work "Memorable Providences," in which Mather discusses withcraft.