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PBS

Pbs: A Capital Fourth

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a companion site to a PBS broadcast of a 4th of July concert held in Washington, DC. Features quizzes, history of the holiday, patriotic reflections, and information on the concert itself.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Unladylike2020

For Students 9th - 10th
These digital resources present the rich history of 26 little-known Progressive Era women, diverse in profession, race, ethnicity, geographical and class backgrounds, sexual orientation and gender expression, who broke barriers in...
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Other

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association: Reporting the Revolutionary War

For Students 9th - 10th
In today's fast-paced news cycle, we have multiple venues for learning about current events at any time during the day or night. During the revolution, they had one source (newspaper) that was only published once a week. Even with this...
Article
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Black, White, and Yellow

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the type of journalism that the press used during the Spanish-American War. It includes a brief history of how yellow journalism influenced the Spanish-American War.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Radio

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 385: African Steel Making

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Hayas of Africa who made steel thousands of years before modern times. This article is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Photojournalists

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia's complete list of photojournalists from the 19th and 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biographies and works.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Walter Cronkite on Npr

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the latest of Walter Cronkite's oral essays for NPR, in which he comments on events in recent history such as the Vietnam War, the U-2 crisis, and so on.
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Other

Biography of William Randolph Hearst

For Students 9th - 10th
Park of a larger site on the Hearst Corporation, scroll to the element that says "A brief Hearst history." Bio and pictures of newspaper man William Randolph Hearst. Contains links to related topics including his famed editorial guidelines.
Activity
Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: Crash of the Hindenburg

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource explores the crash of the Hindenburg in 1937. Listen to radio reporter Herbert Morrison's riveting broadcast as he discusses the explosion of the giant airship.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Who Was Known as The...?

For Students 9th - 10th
Who Was Known As the Father of Texas? Who Was Known As the Yellow Rose of Texas? This resource identifies a selection of famous people from Texas history, and provides a biography for each.
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Other

Story Corps: Every Voice Matters

For Students 9th - 10th
StoryCorps is a national oral history project that records and preserves stories of people around the country. Select recordings are broadcast weekly on NPR, with an archive of stories available for playback at the StoryCorps online...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Strength of Native American Music (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan about analyzing and discussing the relationship between Native American music, culture, and history in which students learn how music can be a tool for cultural survival. Requires access to an episode from "American Roots...
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: President Harding Installed a Radio

For Students 3rd - 8th
This 3-page article explores the role of radio in the 1920s, and the day that President Harding installed a radio in the White House.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: American Sports in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about the history of sports in the 1920s, a time when sporting events were broadcast live across the nation and sports stars were idolized. Provides a list of famous athletes.
Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Science Show: Eight Fingered Fish Fossil

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a 1998 transcript of a science radio broadcast about a eight-fingered fossil fish find. Narrated by Robin Williams.
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Curated OER

Pulitzer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the type of journalism that the press used during the Spanish-American War. It includes a brief history of how yellow journalism influenced the Spanish-American War.
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Curated OER

Creelman

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the type of journalism that the press used during the Spanish-American War. It includes a brief history of how yellow journalism influenced the Spanish-American War.
Graphic
Curated OER

Singer Mahalia Jackson Practices With Gospel Legend Thomas A. Dorsey

For Students 9th - 10th
In Summer 2003, NPR broadcast a special series on the history of American music. This site focus is on the unique traditions in American music including country music, blues, and gospel.
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Curated OER

Bob Wills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Summer 2003, NPR broadcast a special series on the history of American music. This site focus is on the unique traditions in American music including country music, blues, and gospel.
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Curated OER

Santiago Jimenez Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
In Summer 2003, NPR broadcast a special series on the history of American music. This site focus is on the unique traditions in American music including country music, blues, and gospel.