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Curated OER

History Matters: I Will Kill Frick

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information about the Homestead strike and the treatment of the workers inspired some labor activists to plot the murder of Henry Clay Frick. Part of the autobiography of Emma Goldman.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Railroad Maps Collection: Transcontinental Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about plans for a transcontinental railroad and surveys which plotted out possible routes. Part of a larger site on the history of railroads and maps.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Billy and the Big Stick" by Richard Harding Davis

For Students 5th - 8th
This is the text of the short story "Billy and the Big Stick" by Richard Harding Davis, a well-paced comedy with a far-fetched plot that's all too plausible.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Bishop's Silence" by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Bishop's Silence" by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. The plot is woven about the poet's boast that whoever drinks of his wine would be lifted to Olympus and would taste joys beyond all imaginings.

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