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Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Yearning to Breathe Free Webisode 10

For Students 9th - 10th
This wonderful website, Freedom, a History of US, based on the series by Joy Hakim, presents the tenth webisode, Yearning to be Breathe Free. Through text, photographs, and audio segments you can get a good picture of the state of...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1359: History of Windmills

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides a brief account of the history of windmills, their origins and types. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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History Buff: Evelyn Shuler, Reporter Right in the Thick of the News

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is about Evelyn Shuler, who in the 1930s acquired a job as a front page reporter. She was the only female to cover the trial of the man accused of abducting the Lindbergh baby. Very compelling and interesting information.
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PBS

Pbs: People and Discoveries: Kdka Begins to Broadcast 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from PBS details the history of radio and KDKA (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) the first radio station to offer programming. Mentions: advertising, NBC Radio, mass culture.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1362: Flying Across the Atlantic

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing the early flights across the Atlantic. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Count Rumford

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript, from a syndicated radio broadcast, that discusses the life and scientific accomplishments of Count Rumford. An anecdotal account of Rumford's contribution to our understanding of heat. Contains a good deal of biographical...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1240: Northwest Passage

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the history of the search for the Northwest Passage. The discussion focuses on the reality that there is no Passage - only a history of brave people suffering incredible hardships to learn that the region was impassable...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 2084: Bush Pilots

For Students 9th - 10th
A commentary on bush pilots and the development of flying to remote areas. The 3-minute discussion focuses on the history of the development of bush flying and how flight made accessing remote areas of a country possible. This is a...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 159: Lowell, Massachusetts

For Students 9th - 10th
History of Lowell, Massachusetts, textile mill that underwent tremendous growth in the early 1800s, and led to the creation of America's first industrial city. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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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...

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