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Finding Dulcinea: Mother Teresa, 1979 Winner of Nobel Peace Prize

For Students 9th - 10th
Short biography of Mother Teresa with link to additional biographical data. Also includes links to information about other women who won the Nobel Prize.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Mothers

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Mothers" by Nikki Giovanni, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: A Mother's War

For Students 9th - 10th
Clara Hawker was a mother who sent two sons to fight in the First World War. While they were away she kept diaries of her family's daily life so they could read it when they returned. Accompanied by photographs and audio files in this...
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National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)

Ingenious: War Is the Mother of Invention

For Students 9th - 10th
The classic argument as to whether war is the mother of invention or vice versa is examined on this site. Also, investigate if war and inventions go hand in hand.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: Hitler's Mother Dies

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes Hitler's experiences as he dealt with his mother's battle with cancer and her death, followed by his move to Vienna where he struggled in poverty.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: "Mother" Mary Harris Jones

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame recognizes the important and influential life work of the famous labor organizer and worker's rights activist "Mother" Jones.
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Key People in Labor History: Mother Jones (1837 1930)

For Students 9th - 10th
Once called "the most dangerous woman in America", Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was one of the great organizers of the labor and union movements.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Thief and His Mother

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Thief and His Mother" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories by Thornton W. Burgess

For Students K - 1st
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories, a collection of short stories from the author Thornton W. Burgess, notable conservationist and famously known to parents as...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Mother's Present: Sweet Stories for Good Little Children

For Students 2nd - 4th
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of A Mother's Present: Sweet Stories for Good Little Children, a fiction book for children.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Mother's Story, the Old Ash Tree

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Mother's Story, the Old Ash Tree by Emily Chubbuck Judson, a book of stories for children.
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A&E Television

History.com: History This Week: The Mother of Level Measurements

For Students 9th - 10th
September 24, 1902. A new cooking school is set to open at Boston's 30 Huntington Avenue. The rooms will soon be filled with trainee cooks, who will watch in awe as the school's namesake and principal, Fannie Farmer, lectures on...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Letter From Joseph Mason Reeves to His Mother

For Students 9th - 10th
Fourth letter in a series written by Joseph Mason Reeves to his mother during the Spanish-American War describes at length and with great detail his life on the ship and events during the war.
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Musee D'orsay: James Abbott Mc Neill Whistler, Portrait of the Artist's Mother

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the American Impressionist painting "Portrait of the Artist's Mother" by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Mother's Day

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Mother's Day history and fun facts about this holiday that celebrates motherhood.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Mother Teresa Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Interesting biographical information about Mother Teresa, a famous missionary who devoted her life to caring for the sick and the poor.
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University of Pennsylvania

Celebration of Women Writers: The Mother's Book by Mrs. Child

For Students 9th - 10th
Advice on child rearing and parenting from the famous Lydia Maria Child reads like an early version of today's self-help parenting books. The entire text is available here.
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The Guardian

Guardian: The Artist and His Mother, Arshile Gorky (C 1926)

For Students 9th - 10th
A very brief biography of Arshile Gorky, the artist of "The Artist and His Mother", along with an analysis and description of the painting.
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Mother Teresa

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief encyclopedia article on Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who was "founder of the Missionaries of Charity."
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Whistling Mother" by Grace S. Richmond

For Students 7th - 9th
The short story "The Whistling Mother" centers around a boy coming home to say goodbye to his mother before heading off to war. Read the full text of this short story on this site.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Mother Sauvage" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Mother Sauvage" by French author Guy de Maupassant. It tells the story of a grief-stricken mother who took revenge on Prussian invaders in the mid-1800s. (Free site registration offers some additional features,...
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Kindergarten Visual Arts: Mother and Child

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plans about interpreting art aimed at kindergarden students. Uses portraits of mothers and children by Pablo Picasso and Mary Cassatt as insiration.
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University of Pennsylvania

Mary Harris Mother Jones

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, easy-to-understand biography of Mother Jones (1837-1930 CE) who was active in union and labor movements.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
On December 1, 1955, the late Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat and made civil rights history.

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