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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Nefertiti Resting in a Chamber in King Tut's Tomb?

For Students 5th - 8th
Article reports on a theory that Queen Nefertiti may be buried in a hidden chamber inside the tomb of King Tut. Includes video.
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: King Tutankhamun's Tomb

For Students 2nd - 5th
Article reports on the probability of a hidden chamber inside King Tutankhamun's Tomb, and who might be buried there.
Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Columbus' Letter to the King and Queen of Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University provides the full text of a letter written about 1494 from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain regarding the Islands of Hispaniola.
Primary
National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Last Letter: Mary, Queen of Scots

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital facsimile, with transcriptions in English and French, of the last letter written by Mary, Queen on Scots. Addressed to Henry III, the French king, it tells of her impending execution, just hours away.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and Queen

For Students 9th - 10th
Serene ethereal beauty, raw royal power, and evidence of artistic virtuosity have rarely been simultaneously captured as well as in this breathtaking, nearly life-size statue of the pharaoh Menkaure and a queen. Read descriptions of this...
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Other

Kings and Queens of England

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete list of every King and Queen in English history from Egbert to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Library and Archives Canada

The "Four Indian Kings"

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit focuses on four Iroquois leaders who went to London to meet Queen Anne in 1710 and caused quite a stir in London society. Each of the Iroquois had their portrait done while in England. This resource is archived, and not...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Six Wives of Henry Viii

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS series about Henry's six wives, which originally aired in 2003, tells each wife's story in her own words. Includes background information about each woman, why she was chosen to be queen, her role as queen, her struggles with her...
Interactive
BBC

Bbc: History: Kings and Queens Through Time Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Each British monarch beginning with Henry III is represented in this timeline. Click on the monarch's portrait to access "fast facts," the monarch's family tree, and links to further information about the monarch's life or reign. Archived.
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Curated OER

Queen Isabella

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Augustan Age 1689 1745

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Augustan Age and Alexander Pope, who coined the term. It featues links to a Pope biography, "The Rape of the Lock," text, notes and questions, and "The Rhetorical Organization of the Neoclassical Couplet."
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Stela of King Ahmose the First

For Students 9th - 10th
This limestone stela was dedicated by King Ahmose the First, who expelled the Hyksos from Egypt, to his grandmother Queen Tetishery. It shows scenes of the king making offerings to the queen.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Bed of Queen Hetepheres

For Students 9th - 10th
This marvelous bed, which belonged to Queen Hetepheres, rests on four gilded wooden supports in the form of lion's legs. Her son, King Khufu, transferred her funerary bed from Dahshur to Giza to provide more security.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Sarcophagus of Queen Kawit

For Students 9th - 10th
The sarcophagus of Queen Kawit, who was the wife of King Montuhotep the Second, was one of the most noteworthy in terms of the low-relief sculpture in the Theban court. The outer faces of this limestone sarcophagus are decorated with...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: King's County, 1908

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed travel map of Ireland in 1908, showing all or portions of counties Westmeath, King's, Galway, and Queen's. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, ports, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal...
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Toronto: Statue of King Edward Vii

For Students 9th - 10th
Statue of King Edward VII, Queen's Park (Toronto)
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Queen Alexandra

For Students 9th - 10th
(1844-1925) Consort of King Edward VII. She founded the Imperial Military Nursing Service and instituted the annual Alexandra Rose day.
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Trans Jessie L. Weston[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 22-page PDF of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Jessie L. Weston.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Six Wives of Henry Viii: Tudor Times

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Tudor England by playing an interactive riddle game. Find clues to six riddles in paintings that commemorate events from Henry's life and reign.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: What Was Columbus Thinking

For Teachers 5th - 8th
These lesson plans guide students' thinking about the effects Columbus' journey to the New World had on Native Americans and uses primary sources such as excerpts from Columbus' diary and letters to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.
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PBS

The Ethiopian City of Aksum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a description of the legendary city of Aksum. This Ethiopian city thrived between the 1st and 10th centuries and possessed wealth beyond compare for its time. Also, this town was home to the Queen of Sheba and, according to...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Persephone

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, and see the pictures.
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend

For Students 9th - 10th
Full-featured online exhibition about Elizabeth I, her reign, and Elizabethan times.
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Able Media

Classics Technology Center: Guided Tour of Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool site explores over 1500 years of ancient Egyptian history. Includes pictures and descriptions of the highlights of Egypt. Don't skip the section on mummification!

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