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Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountian College: Introduction to Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains genetic beliefs before and after Mendel, and also includes a section on Mendel himself and his experiments, entitled, "The Monk and his Peas".
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Digital History

Digital History: Freedom Now

For Students 9th - 10th
When four African American North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College students refused to leave the lunch-counter at the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro they started the first non-violent, "sit-in" movement. Although the...
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Other

Civil Rights Movement Veterans: Rock Hill and Charlotte Sit Ins

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline is provided from May, 1954 when the Supreme Court rules "separate but equal" is unconstitutional to 1982 when Friendship College closes it doors. Brief entries for each important date of the sit-in movement, including the Rock...
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Jfk Presidential Library: Integrating Ole Miss: A Civil Rights Milestone

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lets visitors learn about the integration of the University of Mississippi firsthand through the actual letters, recorded telephone conversations, and images of those who made history.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Julian Bond

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative biography of one of the founding leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a leading civil rights group of the 1960s.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Nonviolent Direct Action at Southern Lunch Counters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan that teaches about nonviolence and uses the civil rights lunch counter protests as examples.