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New York Times

New York Times: On This Day: Commander of Armies That Turned Back Japan Led a Brigade in Wwi

For Students 9th - 10th
An obituary for General Douglas MacArthur, who served in the United States Army for over sixty years. [Article date: April 6, 1964]
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A&E Television

History.com: Woodstock 1969: How a Music Festival That Should've Been a Disaster Became Iconic Instead

For Students 9th - 10th
Fifty years later, people are still trying to match the bizarre accident that was Woodstock '69. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair began on August 15, 1969, as half a million people gathered on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. Billed as...
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University of California

The History Project: Fdr and Courtpacking

For Teachers 11th - 12th
On November 3, 1936, President Roosevelt was swept back into office by what was, at the time, the largest landslide victory, of the twentieth century. Roosevelt carried all but two states and won 523 electoral votes to Landon's 8. Such...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Discussion Guide: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by James Boyne

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Bruno is only nine years old when his father, a commandant in Hitler's army, is transferred from Berlin to Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The house at "Out-With," as Bruno calls it, is small, dark, and strange. He spends long days...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: After by Francine Prose

For Teachers 6th - 9th
The shootings at Pleasant Valley were fifty miles away, but at Central High a grief and crisis counselor is hired, security is increased, and privileges are being taken away. If you break the new rules, the punishment is severe. And the...

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