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We Shall Overcome: March on Washington

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Unlike most children, Edith Lee-Payne of Detroit went to the March on Washington with her mother to celebrate her 12th birthday. Pupils walk the march with her by analyzing a closeup image of her that has come to represent the pivotal...
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Center for History Education

Should the Colonists Have Revolted Against Great Britain?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Should the Americans have taken the plunge and revolted against Great Britain? Using documents, including the famed Common Sense and a Loyalist response, pupils conduct a lengthy investigation of the question. The interesting resource...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: "Introduction to Poetry," by Billy Collins

For Students 9th - 10th
"Introduction To Poetry" is, appropriately, the first poem in the Poetry 180 site. Collins describes how he wishes students would read poetry, as opposed to the way they are trained to read it.
Primary
Iowa State University

Isu: Introduction to Persuasive Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has detailed notes about persuasive speeches, and what it takes to effectively create and present a persuasive speech. Organized into the following sections -- "Introduction to Persuasive Speaking," "Patterns of Organization...
Primary
Other

Nearpod: Introduction to Probability

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson, students will learn how to solve basic probability problems.
Primary
Other

Francis Bacon: Preface to the Novum Organum

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is Francis Bacon's introduction to his most far-reaching work, "Novum Organum," in translation. Its significance is noted by the fact that it is part of the core curriculum at Brooklyn College.
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of the introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, a book about Momaday's Kiowa ancestors' journey from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the US...
Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: World War Ii Resources: Events Learing Up to World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The 78th Congress published a pamphlet in 1944 which gave a chronological history of events that led up to World War II. Read the very detailed information set out year by year. The introduction explains the scope of the pamphlet.
Primary
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: "A Modest Proposal": An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal."
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the play Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge including a detailed introduction, a list of characters, and the one-act play.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: The Making of the u.s. Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
The introduction to the first volume of the Annals of Congress, in which there is a short history of the creation of the Constitution, and the text of the Constitution as it was first written.
Primary
York University

Classics History of Psychology: New Methods Intellectual Level of Subnormals

For Students 9th - 10th
Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon's work from 1905 serves as an introduction to the classic study on intelligence by Henry L. Minton, University of Windsor.
Primary
Other

Enuma Elish: The Mesopotamian: Babylonian Creation Myth

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent translation of the Enuma Elish, with an introduction to the work and a short summary before each tablet. This is part of a Christian resource website.
Primary
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Interview With Betty Friedan

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with Betty Friedan with a general introduction to her writings; discusses her thoughts on economic issues facing women.
Primary
Other

The Living Word Library: Acts of the Apostles

For Students 9th - 10th
A great reference for researching the book of Acts. It contains a brief introduction to the book of the Acts of the Apostles, a very brief look at all the chapters in the Acts of the Apostles, questions for discussion, a biblical look at...
Primary
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: The Wealth of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania.com provides the full and complete text to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. Includes an introduction to the text, along with a table of contents that allows access to each individual chapter by link.
Primary
Other

The Book of Galatians

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to Galatians in an outline form that is easy to read. A good place to begin research.
Primary
National Humanities Center

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

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...
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation tells the scientific work which earned Louis de Broglie the Nobel Prize in Physics. Here, you can read the Presentation Speech in which Professor C.W. Oseen praises Louis de Broglie's work and de...
Primary
Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: The Law of Cosines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to solving acute and obtuse triangles by using the law of cosines, including a derivation of the formula. Includes several pistures and examples.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner by Defoe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner by Daniel Defoe; It includes Parts I and II of the novel and an introduction to the history...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Lovell's Intermediate Geography by John E. Lovell

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Lovell's Intermediate Geography by John E. Lovell (1888). This book contains maps and illustrations and acts as an introduction to Lovell's advanced geography from...
Primary
Other

Matthew Henry's Commentary Proverbs 1

For Students 9th - 10th
A good introduction to the book of Proverbs in the opening paragraph. You can access an overview of each verse of the book by clicking on the specific blue verses.
Primary
Other

Mind Gazer: Tao Te Ching

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an introduction to the Tao Te Ching and the actual text.

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