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BBC

Bbc: News: Labour's Centenary: A History of Labour

For Students 9th - 10th
British Broadcasting Corporation gives the history of the Labour Party in Great Britain. Includes audio clips from BBC broadcasts.
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Taking a Leading Role: Women in Broadcasting History

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about significant women in the early days of radio and television. This library exhibition features performers, writers, and executives who pioneered in the broadcasting industry. Included in the exhibit are photographs, news...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Ancient Whale Broke All the Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Stephen Pincock's article covers the discovery of a 25 million year old fossil of a whale skull found on a beach in southern Australia.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Shark Has Virgin Birth

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article covers results from a recent study in which a female bonnethead shark was able to reproduce without the presence of a male shark.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Humans Have a Bit of Shark in Them

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article explores an ancient link between humans and sharks which leads to discoveries in the possibilities of sharks being distant cousins of humans.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Extra, Extra!! Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Newscast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will be an interdisciplinary lesson that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The lesson will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the learners performing historical...
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A&E Television

History.com: 8 Moments When Radio Helped Bring Americans Together

For Students 9th - 10th
These are just a few of the historic radio broadcasts that seemed to have the whole nation listening. This article discusses eight of the most seminal moments in radio -- from KDKA's 's live nighttime Fireside Chats, the 'Fight of the...
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A&E Television

History.com: How the Nfl Popularized Thanksgiving Day Football

For Students 9th - 10th
Thanksgiving football dates to at least 1876, when Yale defeated Princeton, 2-0, on a cold, bleak afternoon in Hoboken, New Jersey. By the 1890s, many college and high school teams played on the holiday. But the tradition didn't become a...
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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...