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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What to Learn Next

For Students 9th - 10th
A preview of learning more about HTML and CSS knowledge.
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Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: History of the Commonwealth of Australia

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to documents relating to Australia's history.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Cloud Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
Wouldn't it be great if all of our documents could be stored on the internet rather than eating up our hard drive space? The concept is 'cloud computing' and this issue provides some concern over this new type of computing.
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University of North Carolina

Documenting the American South: Library of Southern Literature: Humor in Lit.

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the type and place of humor in Southern authors through information and links to several authors including Mark Twain, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, George Washington Harris, Joel Chandler Harris, and more.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Leaked Military Documents Create Controversy Over Role of Press

For Students 9th - 10th
When confidential information about the US war in Afghanistan was leaked many government officials, as well as others, worried if it was an overstretch of power by the press.
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Other

Linux Documentation Project: How Does the Internet Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the Internet works by exploring some key Internet concepts. Here you can read about hostnames and locations, the domain name system, packets and routers, TCP and IP, and HTTP.
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Other

Graphic Greats: Photo Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents an article about the use of photos in documents.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Tim Berners Lee

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about the man who invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, and view links to further related information on this inventor and his invention.
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New York Times

New York Times: Nixon's Vietnam Treachery

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article describes how Richard Nixon jeopardized Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam peace initiative in 1968 in order to win the presidential election that year. This information is based on documents...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Last Jews in the Last Months of the German Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
As WWII drew to a close and a loss seemed imminent for the Germans, the SS were ordered to clear the concentration camps so no witnesses would be left. The Jews were led on extreme marches which culminated in 200,000-250,000 deaths. Read...
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University of California

Univ. Of Melbourne: Managing Uncertainty in Gis

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit of the NCGIA core curriculum in GIS (Geographic Information Science), the author gives a full discussion of uncertainty, its sources, how to deal with it, what plans to make. Very thorough.
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Oregon State University

The Elements of Law Natural and Politic

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the entire text document of "The Elements of Law Natural and Politic" by Thomas Hobbes. This is a detailed document and very informative.
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US Navy

Assault From the Sea, the Amphibious Landing at Inchon

For Students 9th - 10th
[Archived Content] A huge document from the Department of the Navy. Each section of the document is broken down into small files for easier viewing.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: The World of the Scrolls

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.com documents the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: Wha: History of the National Trade Union Centre

For Students 9th - 10th
From here, access recent documents, each of which address events and people related to the National Trade Union Centre (NATUC).
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PBS

Africans in America: Equiano's Autobiography

For Students 9th - 10th
From a larger site from PBS' Africans in America, blurb about Olaudah Equiano and his autobiography with a link to text of this historical document.
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Other

Dickinson: Conferences on Troppau: Troppau Protocol

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts of an 1820 document in which the Concert of Europe sets policy to intervene and attempt to stop liberal revolutions.
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Other

Castle Hill Publishers: Luftwaffe Lessons Learned and Applied

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information on the development and implementation of the war tactics of the Luftwaffe. Major events prior to and during WWII in which the Luftwaffe played a role are documented. (From: The Journal of Historical...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Provision in Alabama Immigration Law Forces Families to Move

For Students 9th - 10th
A news article posted on 9/16/11 about House Bill 56 in Alabama that requires immigrants to provide proof of documentation and schools to report the number of undocumented immigrant students they have enrolled.
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National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: An Example of Evolution by Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of natural selection processes are well documented in life forms that have very rapid life cycles such as bacteria.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: World War Ii, Segregation at Home and Abroad

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief references along with posters of the era to document the struggles of African Americans during The Depression and World War II. Brief biography of some of the African American leaders of that era, including A. Philip Randolph.
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Leaf Group

E How: How to Write a Business Analysis Paper

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
This article by Sam Ashe-Edmunds explains how to write a business analysis paper, an in-depth look at a business or company in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, finances, employment, and attaining goals.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Death of Capt. Waskow (Lesson in the Journalism of Ernie Pyle)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that focuses on Ernie Pyle's famous column entitled "The Death of Captain Waskow," in which learners experience the human cost of war by examining a primary source document.
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PBS

Africans in America: "Defense of Slavery in Virginia"

For Students 9th - 10th
From PBS's "Africans in America," Reverend Peter Fontaine's defense of slavery to his brother in 1757. Click to read the text of the actual document.