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Freedom Archives

Special St. Augustine Issue

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The articles and images in the June 1964 edition of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter detail the events in St. Augustine that were instrumental in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The stirring...
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Combinations of Functions 9 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Students sketch a graph of a function using graphical addition. The graphs are available in PDF format.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Eulogy of Leonhard Euler

For Students 9th - 10th
This text is the eulogy for mathematician, Leonhard Euler, delivered by his son-in-las, Nikolaus von Fuss.The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, the text is accompanied by downloadable support...
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: At the Dry Tortugas During the War

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of a memoir of life at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas during the Civil War.The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material...
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Aristotle: Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents the text of one of Aristotle's "Physics can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: William Mc Kinley's First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Read William McKinley's first inaugural address, which focused primarily on the economy, the nation's debt, and tariffs. In addition, he expresses the need for further civil service reforms.
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PBS

Pbs Africans in America: Forten Letter to Cuffe

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about James Forten's opposition to Paul Cuffe's American Colonization Society, which sought to recruit African-Americans to emigrate to Africa in the early 19th century. In addition, this site provides a link to the text of Forten's...
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Other

Gateshead Council: Farne: Folk Archive Resource North East

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from a British project that has collected recordings of traditional Northumbrian folk music. In addition to the the music itself, you'll find plenty of information on instruments, types of folk music, composers and...
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the text of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, "The Gettysburg Address," delivered November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This page also offers audio readings by six famous people: Johnny Cash, Jeff Daniels, Jim Getty,...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: January 5: Harry S. Truman

For Students 9th - 10th
Find President Truman's State of the Union message on January 5, 1949, after his stunning victory over Thomas Dewey in November 1948, where he outlines his plans for a "Fair Deal" for Americans. In addition, there are links to other...
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Other

Ncte: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the National Council of Teachers of English, "this document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use." Use this site to help you...
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Other

The King James Bible: Daniel

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the text to Daniel.
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace: Pakistan & Afghanistan Relations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An examination of the current situation in Afghanistan (late 2006) and how the Taliban are gaining strength. In addition, the author looks at how how this is effecting Pakistan and how only the end of military rule can lead to better...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Goals

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Booker T. Washington's plea for white support of black enterprise and W. E. B. Dubois's response are provided within this resource, in addition to a summary of their positions.
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US National Archives

Nara: Leaders in Crisis: Pres. Harry Truman: First Meeting With Joseph Stalin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a portion of President Truman's diary where he reflected on his first meeting with Soviet Marshall Joseph Stalin just before the conference at Potsdam. In addition, there are photographs of Truman with Stalin and the desk Truman...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Reports From the Division Hospital at Camp Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
Article appearing in the Knoxville Journal and Tribune provide accounts of the Division Hospital at Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tennessee during the Spanish American War describing conditions for the sick and injured, including the addition...
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Other

Law Lectures of James Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of a three-volume edition of Wilson's law lectures, originally published in 1804. In addition to being a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Wilson was the first professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: August Wilson, Writing to the Blues

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with playwright August Wilson about the people who most influence his writing. He includes Amiri Baraka, Jorge Luis Borges, and Romare Bearden, and most especially, blues singer Bessie Smith. In addition to the interview,...
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Council of Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations: Obama's Food Security Initiative in Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
This interview with Laurie Garret, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations examins the Obama Administration's initiative to boost spending on food aid to African nations in addition to changing rules on how...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: A Backward Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents the full text to Walt Whitman's essay, "A Backward Glance." In addition to the full length essay, links are provided for related prose.

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