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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Nkrumah

For Students 9th - 10th
Kwame Nkrumah, a former leader in Ghana, writes his concept of a freedom in Africa following years of European rule on the continent.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Religion: Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Religion: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: America in 1850: John C. Calhoun

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of primary resources on Nationalism, John C. Calhoun on the Clay Compromise Measures, and U.S. Senate, March 4, 1850. Thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.
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Curated OER

Cbc.ca: Years of Hope & Anger Nationalist Passions

For Students 6th - 8th
An overview of Canada in the 1960's, a 100th birthday for Canada, new flag debate, Quebec nationalism and separatists, and the rise of Trudeaumania.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Expansion: Elias Boudinot

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: America in 1850: Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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US National Archives

Nara: A New Deal for the Arts: Rediscovering America

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the artistic nationalism that took place during the Great Depression, this website from the National Archives and Records Administration focuses on many American scenes. Lots of focus on small-town life and various regions.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (Educator's Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A 48-page guide designed for teachers who are using "Becoming American," a PBS series on Chinese immigration to the United States in their classrooms. The guide examines the historical events and significance of Chinese migration to...
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Other

Rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837

For Students 9th - 10th
This advanced discussion will provide insight to the class conflicts percolating through Upper Canada prior to the Rebellions of 1837. These class conflicts were just not based on socio-economic factors, often nationalism,...
PPT
Tom Richey

Tom richey.net: The Trials of the Jeffersonians [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents key ideas for examining the impact of westward expansion on concepts of nationalism and democracy. Covers the Louisiana Purchase, conflict with native peoples, the War of 1812, and other events.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Early National Arts and Cultural Independence

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the national identity developed in the early 19th century in art and literature. See how both landscape paintings and literature emphasized wilderness themes.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The American Spirit: Defending and Building Our Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
Given background information about selected historical figures, students will be able to analyze the importance and contributions of women and people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to the national identity and the...
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Other

Usc: The Life of Giuseppe Garibaldi

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit on Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian liberator and hero-figure of nineteenth-century liberal nationalism, and on the Risorgimento, the 1860 reunification of Italy.
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Other

Tom Thomson Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of Tom Thomson who's "landscape paintings in oil created an enduring image of the Ontario North. His art both reflected and reinforced developing Canadian nationalism". He was an engraver, commercial artist, and...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages a Literary Survey

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of 16 Instructional Units on American Literature with texts, videos, instructor guides, and more. Topics include: Native Voices, Exploring Borderlands, Utopian Promise, Spirit of Nationalism, Masculine Heroes, Gothic...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Velasco, the Valley of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Modern Civilization 1750 Present

For Students 9th - 10th
In this course, Professor Lynn Hunt gives 12 video lectures on Modern Civilization 1750-Present. She covers a broad, historical study of major elements in Western heritage from the world of the Greeks to that of the 20th century.
Handout
Northern Illinois University

Crossroads: Southeast Asia During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview of Southeast Asia under Japanese control during WWII, including Asian responses to Japanese occupation.
Handout
US Navy

Nhhc: Oceanic Period (1890 1945)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the build-up of the U.S. Navy after the Spanish-American War and how it was used to protech the country in World Wars I and II.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: European Union

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the European region and consider what makes a successful city and how effective is supranationalism? A video features Berlin and Amsterdam for urban development and then looks into the concept of supranationalism in the European...
Handout
Other

Institute for Conflict Managament: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam: Ltte

For Students 9th - 10th
A terrorism profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which includes information on their bombing tactics and their use of children as soldiers.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: One Party

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Wide Angle describes the communist Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an encyclopedia article which defines the period of Romanticism from the late 18th to the mid-19th century. It describes the characteristics of Romanticism in general and in literature, visual arts, and music.

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