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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...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Impact of Television on News Media

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the impact of television on news media.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Detroit News Newsreels

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National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center News Regarding the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Other

Hoover Online!: Press Releases

For Students 9th - 10th
Press Release images available in full text are provided from the Hoover Presidential Library concerning the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Read background concerning its inception and details about the way it worked in an attempt...
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Evening News Tom Brokaw

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an interview of Tom Brokaw that investigates the importance and impact of the Evening News shows put on by the big broadcast networks.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Spiro Theodore Agnew: "Television News Coverage"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Spiro Agnew's speech "Television News Coverage" expressing his disappointment in the news media's behavior after a Presidental speech on Vietnam; it was delivered at a Republican Midwest regional meeting on...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Dame and Her Donkeys Five From Leadenhall Press, Limited

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Dame and Her Donkeys Five from Leadenhall Press, Limited (1888). This is an illustrated story told in verse from the Leadenhall Press Series of Forgotten Books...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Deborah Dent and Her Donkey by Leadenhall Press

For Students 1st - 3rd
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Deborah Dent and Her Donkey by Leadenhall Press (1887), an illustrated, humorous children's tale.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Aung San Suu Kyi: Press Conference With President Obama

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [41:07] of Burmese Opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi and President Obama speaking at a press conference on November 14, 2014, in Rangoon, Burma where they discussed the new democracy in Burma.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: President's Special News Conference on Coal Strike

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1946, as the United States was recovering from World War II, coal miners struck. Read the transcript of a news conference President Harry Truman held to address this pressing economic issure.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Fdr: Joint Press Conference With Churchill

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the press conference held at the conclusion of the Casablanca Conference on January 24, 1943. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill both speak about what the conference accomplished and how the Allied troops would now move forward.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: The President's News Conference on v E Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the transcript of the news conference President Harry S. Truman had on May 8, 1945, just before the release of his proclamation declaring the end of hostilities in Europe. Read why he released this early to journalists, and enjoy...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Colfax County, New Mexico Boys of Rough Riders: News

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper article from The Raton Range, Raton, New Mexico describes the local men of Colfax County, New Mexico, who joined what would become the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the Rough Riders.
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NASA

Nasa: "Pravda" Press Release

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA provides the full text from the tersely worded "Pravda," the Russian national newspaper, that announced the successful launch of Sputnik.
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Other

Duke University Press: Duke Journals: The Carlyle Letters Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This website is a compendium of letters written by Thomas Carlyle and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle, to each other and to others. You can search by date, recipient, or subject.
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Other

The National Academies Press: Open Book: Eager to Learn

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A complete copy of the book Eager to Learn by The National Research Council's Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy, edited by T. Bowman, M. Suzanne Donovan, and M. Susan Burns, copyright 2000. The book focuses on preschool education and...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Jack the Conqueror, or Overcoming Difficulties by Pacific Press

For Students 4th - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Jack the Conqueror, or, Overcoming Difficulties by Pacific Press (1890), a collection of children's stories.
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University of California

University of California, Berkeley: Boston News Letter May 15, 1704

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The front page of "The Boston News-Letter," the first newspaper in the English colonies.
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Rcfp: State of Ohio, Ex. Rel. (Amicus Brief)

For Students 9th - 10th
A "friend of the court" document in which the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press explains why it believes that The Columbus Dispatch newspaper had the right to access government information for possible publication.
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BBC

Bbc News: Text of Kagame's Victory Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of Rwandan President Kagame's victory speech is found on this site. This was the first presidential election since the genocides of 1994. Links to related topics including the genocide are included.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Fake News in the 1890s: Yellow Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th
The illustrations, photographs, cartoons, and posters arranged in this primary source set trace the origins of yellow journalism. Teaching guide included.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Obama's 100 Days Press Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the text and audio of President Barrack Obama's press conference delivered on his 100th day in office.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Russian Britain Relations Sour After Expulsion of Diplomats

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer a July 2007 report on the deterioration of British - Russian relations stemming from the investigation into the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko. Also provides links to related news stories.

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