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Web Gallery of Art: Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro
An image of "Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro", created by Rosso Fiorentino from 1523-24 (Oil on canvas, 160 x 117 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Lot and His Daughters
An image of "Lot and his Daughters", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach from 1528-30 (Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 57 x 39 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Bust of a Daughter of Ferdinand I
An image of "Bust of a Daughter of Ferdinand I", created by Giuseppe Arcimboldo from 1563-65 (Oil on wood, 33 x 25 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Lot and His Daughters
An image of "Lot and His Daughters", created by Orazio Gentileschi from 1622-23 (Oil on canvas, 164 x 193 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Lot and His Daughters
An image of "Lot and His Daughters", created by Bernardo Cavallino from 1644-45 (Oil on canvas, 105 x 80 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Artist's Daughters With a Cat
An image of "The Artist's Daughters with a Cat", created by Thomas Gainsborough from 1759-61 (Oil on canvas, 75,6 x 62,9 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Mother and Her Daughter
An image of "Mother and Her Daughter", created by Henri-Francois Riesener from 1816-23 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Job and His Daughters
An image of "Job and his Daughters", created by William Blake from 1823-26 (Copper engraving, 217 x 170 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Jephthah's Daughter
An image of "Jephthah's Daughter", created by Edgar Degas from 1859-60 (Oil on canvas, 183 x 296 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Princess Sabra (The King's Daughter)
An image of "Princess Sabra (The King's Daughter)", created by Edward Burne-Jones from 1865-66 (Oil on canvas, 100 x 60 cm).
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Rose O'neal Greenhow and Her Daughter Rose
This site has photographs and paintings of Civil War leaders, both political and military. Clicking on the arrow will take you through pictures and brief biographies of the leaders. From the National Portrait Gallery.
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Kashmiri Earthquake Survivor Washes Her Daughter's Hair at Camp in Muzaffarabad
A collection of articles from NPR that discusses the relief efforts taking place after the devastating South Asia earthquake that took place in the Pakistan-India border region on October 8, 2005. What are we doing to help the survivors?...
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Mother at Funeral of Her Murdered Daughter. Photo:
An excellent in-depth report from NPR that examines immigration issues in the United States today and its affect on America's economy. Delves into the debate Congress is having over proposed new immigration law.
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Detail From Lucanian Calyx Crater C. 400 Bc. New York Market, Sotheby's
Illustrated dictionary entry for Medea, daughter to King Aeetes of Colchis. Illustrates her life, identifies her connection to the Argonauts and explores her magical witch-like powers.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Skeletal System
Through this unit, written for an honors anatomy and physiology class, students become familiar with the human skeletal system and answer the Challenge Question: When you get home from school, your mother grabs you, and you race to the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Grand Challenge: Fix the Hip Challenge
This lesson introduces the Bone Module Grand Challenge question. Students are asked to write their initial responses to the question alone. They will then brainstorm ideas with one other student. Finally, the ideas are shared with the...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comena: The Alexiad
Click here to read excerpts from the "Alexiad", a historical account written by the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, that chronicles the arrival of the first Crusaders.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Expedition of the Donner Party
The youngest daughter of George Donner tells the harrowing tale of her family's ill-fated journey at this site from the Library of Congress. This is primary source material.
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: George Clymer 1739 1813
Clymer was orphaned in 1740, only a year after his birth in Philadelphia. A wealthy uncle reared and informally educated him and advanced him from clerk to full-fledged partner in his mercantile firm, which on his death he bequeathed to...
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29th 1917 at Brookline (Massachusetts). His father Joseph Kennedy was an ambitious politician, who became from son of a pubkeeper to a millionaire. He married the daughter of the mayor of Boston,...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind? [Pdf]
"Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a party. Mom said her son and daughter could each have 5 friends (5 boys and 5 girls). The girl wanted all girls so the party was cancelled. It is followed...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind? [Pdf]
"Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a party. Mom said her son and daughter could each have 5 friends (5 boys and 5 girls). The girl wanted all girls so the party was cancelled. It is followed...
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Apostles.com: Thomas More's Last Letter
Text of Thomas More's last letter written to his daughter Margaret on the day before he was executed. Cited from "St. Thomas More: Selected Letters" by Elizabeth Frances Rogers.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Marian Anderson Classroom Activity
A brief discussion of the relevance and importance of Marian Anderson to American history, as well as a lesson plan based on her contribution. Provides lessons, web links, and a bibliography, and includes a scanned version of Eleanor...