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Genealogical Center of Champagne: Camille Claudel

For Students 9th - 10th
The very sad biography of Camille Claudel is told here. A study of her genealogy is also at this site. Type in "Camille Claudel" and click on 5th entry.
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New Hampshire State Library: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The homepage for the New Hampshire State Library. Search the library's catalog or those of other libraries in the state, locate resources on history, genealogy, "Best Schools Resource Center," internet, "Talking Book Program," and...
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Curated OER

Iu School of Liberal Arts: The Frederick Douglass Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site with information on Douglass' life, genealogy, and copies of many of his papers.
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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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University of California

Ucmp: What Did T. Rex Taste Like?

For Students 9th - 10th
The title could be slightly misleading for this site. It is actually a teaching and learning module on the science of cladistics. As they go through the module, students will increase their understanding of, and appreciation for, the...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: African American Lives 2006

For Students 9th - 10th
From the companion website of the first African American Lives PBS series. (A sequel to that series was broadcast n 2008.) The series profiles the family roots of nine Americans of African descent. Learn what the science of DNA can tell...
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Oregon Secretary of State

Oregon State Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes recent archives, news including government information, and the Oregon blue book.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Heredity and Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
The Genetic Science Learning Center presents the world of heredity and traits including activities to better comprehend the science, clear explanations of aspects of heredity, and an interactive opportunity.
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Vermont in the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed resource that documents the role Vermont played in the Civil War. Includes rosters, cemeteries, lists of descendants, diaries, letters, journals, battles, timeline.
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Princeton University

Princeton University: The Abbasids (750 1517)

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which discusses the changes that were brought about by the Abbasids. Includes a family tree and resources for more information.
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PBS

Kqed: Immigration From China

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise overview of the history of Chinese immigration to the U.S. including reference to important social and legal issues.
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Read Works

Read Works: Immigration Ellis Island: The Hunt for Alois Hanousek

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An autobiographical account of a family looking for information about their great-grandfather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Can You Curl Your Tongue?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson is adapted from a Connected Mathematics Unit, How Likely is It? This investigation introduces biology as a source of applications for probability. In this lesson, Curling your Tongue, students determine how many students in...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Written in Stone

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A instructional activity that takes young scholars through the process of examining tombstones as artifacts, identifying information that can be instrumental in investigating a community's past or an individual's genealogy. Students also...
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Lotr Project: Visualizing Tolkien's Works on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to the Lord of the Rings and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. You can find genealogy, a Middle-Earth historical timeline, and populations numbers of the Middle-Earth
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: John Knox

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, rom the Catholic Encyclopedia, describes the life and history of the Scottish preacher, John Knox. Includes his early life at Edinburgh, his geneology, and his ecclesiastical rise to prominence as a reformer. Knox was a...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:build a Family Tree (Men Only)

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand DNA sequences and the Y chromosome. Solve a genealogical puzzle using the power of reasoning and understanding of DNA, and complete the a male family tree using DNA information from the Y chromosome of three fictitious...
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Personal Site / Mendels Discoveries

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site gives the seven characteristics that Mendel observed and a fairly large background to what Mendel saw and interpreted.
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Teaching Tennessee History: Lesson Plans for the Classroom Volume Vii [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Between 1860 and 1910, America began to see an increase in the number of immigrants coming to America for a better life, religious freedom, and a brighter future for their families. It is estimated that about twenty-three million...
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Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Mythica offers a comprehensive resource on Greek mythology. Content includes a look at the principal gods, Zeus's consorts and offspring, the descendants of Prometheus, and much, much more. Click on "browse articles" for a...
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Black Past

Black Past: Haley, Alex

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an encyclopedia entry about Alex Haley, an African-American author whose most well-known work was Roots. There is a link to the website for the Alex Haley Foundation.
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Black Past

Black Past: Haley, Alex

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an encyclopedia entry about Alex Haley, an African-American author whose most well-known work was Roots. There is a link to the website for the Alex Haley Foundation.
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Volunteer Voices

Volunteer Voices: My Heritage Notebook [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, students will recognize the importance of the family in community situations through personal interviews, creating a personal history with pictures and text.
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Elizabeth Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A short article on Elizabeth II, who became Queen of England after her father, King George VI, died in 1947.

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