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Brown University

Brown University Library: Garibaldi and the Risorgimento

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital archive of media portraying Giuseppe Garibaldi, a nineteenth-century Italian military and political leader and hero. Collection includes interactive and animated panoramic lecture, newspaper illustrations, and prints from the...
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US National Archives

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library: Hoover Timeline

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about the highlights of Herbert Hoover's life with this visual timeline.
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Other

Lehigh University Digital Library: Pocahontas Archive Images

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers an expansive image gallery of famous Native American Indian woman Pocahontas.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Tenement Museum: Your Story, Our Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This online museum features a digital archive. Students, and anyone around the United States, are encouraged to upload images of family objects and their stories. American immigration and migration are the foci for this archive.
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Early Maps of Newfoundland and Labrador

For Students 9th - 10th
The Memorial University Libraries presents historical maps of Newfoundland and Labrador. The database of about 380 scanned images contain maps that span over 500 years of history from 1554 to the late 20th century. The database contains...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Born in Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Library of Congress American Memory project, this extensive online archive contains first-person narratives of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves that were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal...
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Library of Congress

Loc: u.s. Presidents, First Ladies, Vice Presidents: Selected Images

For Students 9th - 10th
This chronological archive presents photographs of American presidents. Also includes images of first ladies and vice presidents.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: National Library and Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Library and Archives was established by an AH 1286 (AD 1870) decree and was originally housed in the Palace of Prince Mustafa Fadel. As it grew, it moved to Bab El Khalq Square and then to its current location overlooking...
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Library of Congress

Loc: New Deal Programs: Federal Art Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting resource showcases projects produced by a multitude of artists who participated in the Federal Art Project, part of the WPA, a New Deal agency. Find almost 1,000 posters created for many different federal and community...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Abraham Lincoln Art Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
This historic American Civil War Photo Archive is presented as a free public service by the Abraham Lincoln Art Gallery and artist sculptor James J. Nance and provides a free online download of thirty-five famous Abraham Lincoln Civil...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hazardous Business: Line and Lands of the Texas & Pacific Railway, 1873

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a map showing the Texas & Pacific Railway. Click on link to get larger version which shows the route across Texas as well as an inset which shows how the railway connected to other railroads in the U.S.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: A Fashionable Woman, Circa 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
After women were given the right to vote in 1919, other aspects of women's lives began to evolve, one being women's dress. No longer confined by the restrictive fashions of the 19th century, women wore dresses, like the one shown here,...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Mc Ardle Notebooks: Portrait of General Sam Houston

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a photo of General Sam Houston, which is part of artist Henry McArdle's notebook of research used in painting "The Battle of San Jacinto." Includes a link to an article on Houston.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Battle of San Jacinto: Portrait of General Mirabeau B. Lamar

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a portrait of Mirabeau Lamar, part of artist Henry McArdle's collection of research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto." Includes a link to an article on Lamar, from the "Handbook of Texas."
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Battle of San Jacinto: Portrait of General Santa Anna

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a portrait of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna by Paul L'Ouvrier. Part of artist Henry McArdle's collection of research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto." Includes a link to an article on Santa Anna from the "Handbook of...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Dawn at the Alamo: Picture of General Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a portrait of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, which was sent to "Dawn at the Alamo" artist, Henry McArdle.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas Joins the Battle: Cartoon, Houston Daily Post, March 30, 1896

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a political cartoon showing showing the split between those who favored the gold standard and those favoring the silver standard, and how the Populist Party took advantage of that split. Learn what this means by taking a look at...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Battle of San Jacinto: Photograph, Mirabeau B. Lamar

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a photo of Mirabeau Lamar, part of artist Henry McArdle's collection of research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto." Includes a link to an article on Lamar, from the "Handbook of Texas."
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Picturing the Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Archive of historical photographs of the museum's dioramas and exhibits from the early twentieth century offers a glimpse into the work of exhibition designers from eras past.
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Curated OER

Link to the U of M Libraries' Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a small collection of photographs related to the Northwest Rebellion.
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Curated OER

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum: Roosevelts: Photograph

For Students 9th - 10th
Black and white photograph of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1941.
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Curated OER

Library and Archives Canada: Pathfinders and Passageways: Radisson

For Students 3rd - 8th
Drawing of Pierre-Esprit Radisson.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Belgium: Plantin Moretus House Workshops Museum Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities of early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is...
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Photo of Roberta Bondar

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief biography of one of Canada's key scientific figures, Roberta Bondar. The biography profiles Bondar's acclaimed career as a research scientist in neurology and her main claim to fame: being the first Canadian woman in space. The...