Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: The Iraq War

For Students 9th - 10th
News archive, with articles, audio, video, and interactive resources, on the initial intervention in Iraq, beginning with pre-invasion military buildup (fall 2002) and ending with President George W. Bush's declaration (spring 2003) that...
Graphic
BBC

Bbc News: Story of the War in Iraq

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive web page that tells the story of the war in Iraq through pictures, audio, and video.
Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Presidential Election of 2000 and the War on Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the highly contested presidential election of 2000, George W. Bush Administration policies, and the changes brought about by the War on Terror.
Article
CNN

Cnn: Bush: Iraq Crucial in War on Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
President George W. Bush discusses the war in Iraq and its importance to fighting terrorism in this October, 2005 article. Also find statistics about the war, links to other war links, interactive resources, etc.
Interactive
Other

George Bush Presidential Library Foundation: Cold War Dare

For Students 9th - 10th
A Cold War strategy game where you must make critical decisions about how much the United States should support the burgeoning democratic movement in Eastern Europe at the risk of provoking the ire of the Soviet Union. Has three levels...
Primary
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Rice on Iraq, War and Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of an interview of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in September of 2002, discussing President George W. Bush's ideas about moving the US into war against Iraq.
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Franklin Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive site from the National Portrait Gallery explores presidential actions in relation to the Cold War from the Yalta Conference to the presidency of George H.W. Bush. Click on Franklin Roosevelt to find out about the decisions...
Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: End to the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview of G. W. Bush administration policy and the collapse of the Soviet Union effectively ending the Cold War.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: After the Civil War: The New South

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Civil War, there was some impetus to modernize the South's economy to make it more industrialized and less agrarian. It never gained traction while sharecropping and tenant farming did, ensuring the persistence of rural...
Primary
US National Archives

Nara: Guide to Federal Records: War Industries Board

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Archives and Records Administration site contains various records of the War Industries Board, disclosing the administrative history of the War Industries Board as well as specific events.
Article
USA Today

Us atoday.com: Strain of Iraq War Showing on Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the Iraq War and Bush's presidency.
Website
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Portraits of Texas Governors

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the lives of Texas' governors. This site organizes the governors into six eras: Early Statehood (1846-1861); War, Ruin, and Reconstruction (1861-1874); The Wild West (1874-1887); Texas Rising (1887-1915); The Politics of...
Article
CNN

Cnn: Soldier's Mom Digs in Near Bush Ranch 8/07/05

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning on August 6th, 2005, Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq travelled to Crawford, Texas to get a meeting with President Bush. She wants to know why her son died and wants an honest answer as to why America is at...
Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Intervention in Iraq?

For Students 9th - 10th
Web page from March, 2003, as the U.S. prepares for war with Iraq.
Article
BBC

Bbc News: Bush and Blair Admit Iraq Errors

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from leading British news service detailing a press conference in May, 2006, in which President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, admit mistakes in Iraq, but urge support for the new government. There is also...
Unit Plan
Other

Usps: Charles W. Chesnutt: Dreamweaver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Celebrate Black Heritage Month by studying this Dreamweaver who used his talents as a teacher, writer, speaker, and activist to persuade people to share his passion for a world in which all people are treated equally. Write poems,...
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: George H. W. Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at the several presidents and their actions in regard to the Cold War. Click on George Bush to see and hear his speech about the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Cold War ends.
Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Mussolini's War Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ibiblio.org site contains the text to Mussolini's war statement to the world on December 11, 1941.
Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Winfield Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of the famous Union military commander who devised the Anaconda Plan, Winfield Scott. Information is from the book, "Winfield Scott, the Soldier and the Man," by Charles W. Elliot.
Website
Other

Island Farm: Pow Camp 198

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the story of Camp 198 which was the site of the largest escape of German POWs from a Prisoner of War camp in England during World War 2.
Handout
US Department of State

U.s. Dept of State: Country Reports on Terrorism

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Department of State provides an annual report on "developments in countries in which acts of terrorism occurred, countries that are state sponsors of terrorism, and countries determined by the Secretary to be of particular...
Primary
Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma Historical Society: W. Pollock: Pawnee Indian and Artist [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A short account featuring the life of a Pawnee Native American who adapted to the ways of the Americans and later served in Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
Activity
US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Winfield Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
From the book, "Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff," by William Gardner Bell, this brief biography of Winfield Scott lists the dates of his many military accomplishments, including his successful capture of Mexico City, ending the...
Website
Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archive: Wilhelm Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The Harold B. Lee Library provides a biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled Germany during World War I.

Other popular searches