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Historic Cemetery Project

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use the Virtual Atlas to examine the cemetaries in the state of Washington. In groups, they view photographs of local monuments to celebrate the lives of local members. They choose one to focus on and research. To end the...
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The Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Genealogy Learning Center

For Students Pre-K - 1st
How did your family come to America? When did they arrive? Chances are, they came into America by boat through Ellis Island. Check here for suggestions to get your family history research going.
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Genealogy Today

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A great resource for families who are tracing their family tree. Get started by reading tips on organizing and connecting with fellow family tree searchers.
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A&E Television

History.com: Woodlawn Jane Doe: How Scraps of Dna and a Genealogy Website Solved a 45 Year Old Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
This undated photo provided by the Baltimore County Police Department shows Margaret Fetterolf, of Alexandria, Va., who family members say went missing in 1975. Baltimore County Police said new DNA testing showed Fetterolf was the girl...
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Timeless Myths: Genealogy of Greek Deities

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive genealogy chart of the Greek gods and goddesses, and their relationships to each other. Click on any name to learn the title held by that god/goddess.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: African American Lives: Who Am I? A Genealogy Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Tracing African American history may be difficult, but the work of historian Henry Louis Gates proves that it isn't impossible. With this resource, learn how to plan a project on your family history.
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Vancouver Island University

On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemical Tract by Friedrich Nietzsche

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this collection of three famous essays by Nietzsche on the development of morality in translation at this site.
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Esri: Mapping the Emerald Isle: A Geo Genealogy of Irish Surnames

For Students 9th - 10th
Ever wonder if you had ancestors from Ireland? This interactive map lets you search for your surname and see what counties a clan with your name would have lived in based on the 1890 census.
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Jesse Chariton, "No Whiskey on St. Paddy's Day"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on an expanded version of genealogy and historian studies. The genealogist tends to look inward, toward one's own family and identity, while the historian looks outward from the subject toward context and meaning....
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Us Gen Net: New Hampshire Civil War History and Genealogy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site primarily focuses on the New Hampshire Regiments and provides links to the various ones that existed in its state during the Civil War era. Regimental histories are taken from "The Compendium of the War of Rebellion" by...
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United States Genealogy Network: Rhode Island Historical Chronology 1636 1799

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline that lists all the high points of Rhode Island history. Helpful for grasping who did what when.
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Lone Star Genealogy: Research in the Lonestar State: Immigration to Texas

For Students 4th - 8th
The many groups who have settled in Texas are listed, beginning 40,000 years ago. There is a list of the Native American groups, then the successive groups of immigrants from numerous European countries, the African Americans who were...
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Bexar Genealogy: The Founding of Bexar

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief history of the people and events leading to the founding of San Antonio, Texas.
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Robertson Genealogy Exchange: Biography of George Campbell Childress

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive biographical information on George Campbell Childress, pieced together from a variety of sources, including personal letters. NOTE: There is some graphic detail about the manner of his death.
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Access Genealogy: Hupa Indian Tribe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a rather lengthy discourse on the Hupa tribe, and worth reading for all the interesting facts on their culture, location, housing, food, method of hunting, and clothing.
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U.s. Genealogy Map Project: u.s. Border/land Claims 1804 1823

For Students 9th - 10th
A great map and a list of the acquisitions and border changes of the United States from 1804 to 1823. A concise resource showing Western expansion.
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum: A Late Qing Dynasty Home

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia-rich exhibition that explores the traditional Chinese home of the Huang family. With excellent photographs and cross-sections of the structure of the home and its surroundings. Includes a fascinating genealogy of the family...
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TES Global

Tes: The Tudors: Classroom Image Bank

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of images of the kings and queens of the Tudor dynasty and a genealogy from Henry VIII. A notes page of objectives and uses for the resource is also provided.
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The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented. The collection...
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Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: Family Histories

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the stories of six Americans with different backgrounds who wanted to know more about their ancestors' journeys to America and used immigration and genealogy records to complete their family histories.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Kamakura Shogunate

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kamakura Shogunate was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns of the Minamoto family from 1185 to 1333 AD. The article gives information on Minamoto no Yoritomo's proclamation as shogun of the Kamakura Dynasty, his wife...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Animals: Tracing Their Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
At some point in our lives we all become inquisitive about our origin, our familial heritage. Plenty of folks around the world study their personal genealogy. What about animals? Scientists are constantly studying the origin of present...
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Blackfoot Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
An official site of the Blackfoot Nation in Montana. Gives a look into their history, culture, and government.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Genealogy of the Infante Dom Fernando of Portugal

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Genealogy of the Infante Dom Fernando of Portugal", created by Simon Bening from 1530-34 (Manuscript , 559 x 394 mm).

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