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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Crisis in Sudan

For Students 9th - 10th
The continuing crisis in Sudan is reviewed in both text and a vividly graphic audio video clip.[6:43] The causes and effects, growing population, shortage of food, and violence are discussed. A gripping visual meant for upper middle and...
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Freedom Summer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive collection of documents, images, digital collections, and teacher resources related to the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. Civil rights activists traveled throughout Mississippi registering rural Mississippians...
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Civil Rights Documentation Project: 1964: Freedom Summer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief description of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and listen to the comments of some of the civil rights activists who participated in the project in 1964.
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Read Works

Read Works: News Debate Firefight

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether teens should or should not be allowed to play violent video games. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Saudi Aramco World: New Voices: New Afghanistan

For Students 9th - 10th
With the fall of the Taliban in 2001, many Afghans believed that, after 23 years of war, their country would be at peace again. Although recent increases in violence have dampened that spirit, there is nonetheless a small population of...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: A New Civil Rights Movement

For Students 5th - 8th
A very brief overview of the inception of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s, its successes and failures into the 1960s, and a prediction of despair in the 1970s.

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