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Museum of Jewish Heritage: Coming of Age During the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Classroom-ready curriculum about the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of children and teens who lived through it. With powerful video testimonies from survivors, first-person narratives, personal photos, and timelines as well as varied...
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Google

Google Arts and Culture: Open Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore iconic locations in 3D such as the Tomb of Tu Duck, temples of Bagan, Mesa Verde, Chichen Itza, and more. Also, discover the tools used for digital conservation and how people around the world are preserving our shared history.
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Archives Pei: Heritage Fair Projects a Guide to Sources [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive resource for students and teachers for planning and researching a project for a heritage fair. While it is intended for Prince Edward Island residents, it offers excellent tips, web links and books for guidance.
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Other

Asce: History & Heritage of Civil Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the profession of civil engineering. Investigate engineers that have made large contributions to the field.
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Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble Heritage Project: Jupiter's Great Red Spot Links

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Other

Paul Revere Heritage Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A compilation of information about Paul Revere, his role in colonial America and the beginnings of the American Revolution, popular myths about his famous ride, and an interactive map. Read primary source documents, see pictures of...
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Space Telescope Science Institute

The Hubble Heritage Project: Crab Nebula

For Students 9th - 10th
A picture of the Crab Nebula and accompanying text.
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Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum: Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta

For Students 9th - 10th
The Glenbow Museum presents the stories of almost 40 different mavericks who shaped the history of Alberta. The website breaks down the province's history into the following nine areas: Uninvited Guests, Mounties, Railway, Ranching,...
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Other

Heritage Lottery: England's Past for Everyone

For Students 9th - 10th
England's Past for Everyone provides resources, interactive websites, and related links for England and its counties.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Morocco: Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: A Shared Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
Located on the Atlantic coast in the north-west of Morocco, the site is the product of a fertile exchange between the Arabo-Muslim past and Western modernism. The inscribed city encompasses the new town conceived and built under the...
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Yo Yo Ma

For Students 9th - 10th
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma's official website includes a biography, news and tour information, photos and much more. Of special interest is the section on the Silk Road Project, through which Yo-Yo Ma is examining, and bringing to a wide audience,...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Lithuania: Curonian Spit

For Students 9th - 10th
Human habitation of this elongated sand dune peninsula, 98 km long and 0.4-4 km wide, dates back to prehistoric times. Throughout this period it has been threatened by the natural forces of wind and waves. Its survival to the present day...
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Curated OER

Unesco: United Kingdom: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal

For Students 9th - 10th
Situated in north-eastern Wales, the 18 kilometre long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal is a feat of civil engineering of the Industrial Revolution, completed in the early years of the 19th century. Covering a difficult geographical...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Germany: Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

For Students 9th - 10th
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. The property consists of six housing estates that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Italy: Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the System of the Palazzi Dei Rolli

For Students 9th - 10th
The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli in Genoa’s historic centre date from the late 16th and early 17th centuries when the Republic of Genoa was at the height of its financial and seafaring power. The site represents...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Netherlands: Seventeenth Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam

For Students 9th - 10th
The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new 'port city’ built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. It comprises a network of canals to the west and south of the historic...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Folklife Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Set up to assist American families in tracing their family histories, this extensive guide explains how to begin the process, to conduct research, tp take oral interviews, and to locate and analyze documents.
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Other

Mac Isaac Kiltmakers and Celtic Giftshop: Kilts and Garments

For Students 9th - 10th
Cape Breton has a strong Scottish heritage. While this site is a business, it does have good information about tartans and the elements of traditional Scottish dress. Such information would be useful for student project on Cape Breton.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: The Getty Conservation Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
A non-profit organization that focuses its efforts in education and promotion of conservation through critical thinking, research, and innovation. The Getty Conservation Institute works ceaselessly on projects to conserve the legacy of...
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: The Arts and Crafts of Storytelling [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In the Arts and Crafts of Storytelling, American folk heroes come to life, help students expand their vocabulary and increase knowledge of figurative language. Students identify figurative language like similes, idioms and hyperboles....
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Primary Research Through the History of Beverly

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At Beverly High School in Massachusetts, students learn history through their own primary research on local history topics. This article and links from it explain how it's done.