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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...
Interactive
DocsTeach

The Vietnam War Timeline: Understanding the Nature of a Controversial Conflict

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The story of the Vietnam War is often told through images. Young historians analyze images and primary sources —including the Vietnamese Army's Seven Commandments poster and photos of the daily life of soldiers—to construct a...
Primary
Freedom Archives

Special St. Augustine Issue

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The articles and images in the June 1964 edition of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter detail the events in St. Augustine that were instrumental in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The stirring...
Interactive
National Constitution Center

American Treasures

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Just how long did it take the framers to write the Constitution? What role did the drafting process play? Scholars examine various drafts from the Constitutional Convention to gain a better understanding of its formation. Interactive...
Primary
York University

Classics History of Psychology: Value/need as Organizing Factors in Perception

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a paper originally from 1947 on value and need as factors in organizing a perception.
Primary
Other

Education Commission of the States: Pre K Grade 3 Reading and Literacy Practices

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A brief report of findings and policy recommendations of five different research studies on the effects of literacy instructions with Pre-K through 3rd grade students.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Cousin Lucy at Study

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of Cousin Lucy at Study by Jacob Abbott, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Trial of Skill

For Students 7th - 9th
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of The Trial of Skill by Thomas Nelson, a fiction book for children.
Primary
Other

Study Questions: Ecclesiastical History & Caedmon's Hymn

For Students 9th - 10th
Medieval English literature course study questions that provides excellent critical thinking on Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" and Caedmon's "Hymn."
Primary
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Nato: Study on Nato Enlargement

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents the official study on the expansion and enlargment of the function and role of the North Atlantic Treaty Orginization (NATO).
Primary
Mount Holyoke College

International Relations: Memorandum of Discussion: January 28, 1961

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of a conversation between President Kennedy and his advisors concerning the "prospects for success" of an American plan to send American-trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba.
Primary
Christian Classics Ethereal Library

World Wide Study Bible: 1 Chronicles

For Students 9th - 10th
Jackpot! This site provides links to many different Internet sites about 1 Chronicles. Simply click on the site title and you can read more detailed information about the book.
Primary
Christian Classics Ethereal Library

World Wide Study Bible: 2 Chronicles

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for researching 2 Chronicles on the Internet. This site provides links to many different sites about 2 Chronicles.
Primary
Brigham Young University

Wwi Doc. Archive: German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this official German document, translated into English, from 1917 concerning the issue of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I.
Primary
New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Work Study Live: The Resident Youth Centers of the Nya

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay will take its readers on a journey through the development and subsequent closing of a National Youth Administration (NYA) resident youth center in Lima, New York. Author Gordon Halstead, director of the center, provides a...
Primary
Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: 1939 45: Everyday Life During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source photographs and documents showing what daily life was like during World War II.
Primary
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Lassiter v. Northhampton Election Bd (1959)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Supreme Court case that found the literacy test unconstitutional in 1959.
Primary
PBS

Pbs: An Apology 65 Years Late

For Students 9th - 10th
An article covering former President Clinton's apology to the survivors and family members of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Dated May 16, 2007.
Primary
Other

Job Bank Usa: Written Communication Skills Interview Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the kinds of written communication issues that concern prospective employers. As you read these potential interview questions, you have the opportunity to examine your own writing skills and decide how you can best address areas...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Sketches of British Insects by William Houghton

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Sketches of British Insects: A Handbook for Beginners in the Study of Entomology by William Houghton (1888), an illustrated introductory textbook on the subject of...
Primary
New York Times

New York Times: Books: James Baldwin: Reflections of a Maverick

For Students 9th - 10th
The conversation between Baldwin and Julius Lester is distilled here as they speak about writing, other writers, and
Primary
University of North Carolina

Documenting the South: The Southern Homefront

For Students 9th - 10th
Diaries and Personal Correspondence from Southerners during the Civil War provided by the University of North Carolina. An excellent collection of primary source documents for your study of everyday Southern life during the Civil War era.
Primary
University of Virginia

The University of Virginia: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
A classic psychological text by Gustave Le Bon on crowd behavior, first published in 1896. The full text of this work is organized by chapter.
Primary
Other

Teachers First: The Raven: An Interactive Study Resource

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource for teaching Poe's "The Raven" marks his use of literary devices and vocabulary. As students cursor over highlighted words, vocabulary is defined and the uses of assonance, alliteration, and internal rhyme are pointed out....

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