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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Harper Lee, Author, Dies at Age 89

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and death of Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Ctv News: Harper to Apologize for Residential School Abuse

For Students 9th - 10th
The abuse and suffering from Canadian Residental Schools has ended, & with Prime Minister Harper's historic speech, a healing will start!
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Cbc: Who's Who in Harper's New Cabinet

For Students 9th - 10th
2008 article presents the people in Prime Minister Harper's cabinet. This is a larger cabinet with more women and more Ontario ministers. Listed is their position, Riding and cabinet post.
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: John Brown at Harper's Ferry

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry including excerpts from the U.S. Senate report on the case as well as John Brown's last speech and letter.
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Siteseen: American Historama: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

For Students 9th - 10th
Interest facts about John Brown, the militant anti-slavery activist who tried to seize ammunition from an armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859.
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Office of the Prime Minister: The 2007 G8 Summit

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource shows the significant role Canada plays as a global citizen. The 2007 G8 summit is analyzed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper including Canada's contributions.
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Harper Collins: J. R. R. Tolkien Books & Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biography takes Tolkien through his early years to his marriage and professorship at Leeds and Oxford and his telling stories to his children that would later become the novels so loved by the rest of the world. Also has a...
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Harper Collins: Lemony Snicket: The Afflicted Author

For Students 3rd - 6th
This resource provides an autobiography of the author of the "Series of Unfortunate Events" books.
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Cbc: The Delicate Role of the Governor General

For Students 9th - 10th
The article examines the very delicate role that Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will have during Canada's government crisis as Prime Minister Stephen Harper presents his request to her to prorogue parliament in the face of a...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: The Rush to Oklahoma

For Students 9th - 10th
An observation printed in Harper's Weekly in 1889 about the Oklahoma land rush into the Indian Territory.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Olmsted and Vaux, Central Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Harper's Magazine declared in 1862 that Central Park was "the finest work of art ever executed in this country". Read about the history of Central Park, the design process, and view pictures.
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PBS

Africans in America: John Brown's Black Raiders

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides information on the black men who took part in John Brown's Raid. Includes quotes of associates referring to the men.
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PBS

Africans in America: John Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Online provides a brief biography of John Brown and the way his life affected the abolitionist movement and contributed to the start of the U.S. Civil War.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 283: Aeronautics: 1869

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the first efforts to build a flying machine in this discussion of a Harper's magazine article from 1869 in this transcript of a radio broadcast.
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Harp Week

Harpweek: The American West: Slaughtered for the Hide

For Students 9th - 10th
Short article about hunting and stripping buffalo for their hides, published in 1874 in Harper's Weekly.
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Harp Week

Harpweek: The American West: Buffalo Hunting

For Students 9th - 10th
An engraving and short article about "sport" hunting of buffalo from an 1867 Harper's Weekly magazine.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: John Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview presents a biography and detailed facts and information on the famous events during the life of John Brown.

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