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A&E Television

History.com: Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
For almost 30 centuries -- from its unification around 3100 B.C. to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. -- ancient Egypt was the preeminent civilization in the Mediterranean world. From the great pyramids of the Old Kingdom...
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of Aristotle (384-322 BC). Discusses his early life, his education, his relationship with Alexander the Great as tutor, the breadth of his work in various science disciplines, the school he established in Athens, and...
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University of Hawai'i

Univ. Of Hawaii: Penicillin the Wonder Drug

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Univ. of Hawaii, is a great place to learn info about Alexander Fleming, the guy who discovered Penicillin, as well as info about Penicillin. Also contains info about the two other men, Howard Florey and Ernst B....
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Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot: Probability Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines probability and has a computer-based random number generator. The site has links to more than 100 probability problems which require some prior statistical knowledge to solve, or they can be great "openers" for teachers...
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Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot!: Pythagoras' Theorem

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the Pythagorean theorem, giving a proof from Euclid, and gives a great interactive visual aid with a good explanation with it.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Ancient Greece: Part Ii: C. 650 350 b.c.

For Students 9th - 10th
Unit two of ancient Greece focusses on Sparta, women, warfare and the conquest of Alexander the Great. Module includes unit guide, primary source materials, videos and map collection.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
A good resource for information on Ancient Greece. Delves into the early history, the Mycenaean Civilization and their Gods, the Archaic Period, the Classical Period, and Alexander the Great. Features a timeline of historical facts.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Battle of Gaugamela

For Students 9th - 10th
Reference page provides detailed information on the Battle of Gaugamela, the final meeting between Alexander the Great of Macedon and King Darius III of Persia.
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abcteach

Abcteach: People

For Teachers 1st - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Print worksheets from biographies and autobiographies from famous people such as Sally Ride, Clara Barton, Abraham Lincoln, Francis Scott Key, Alexander the Great and many more.
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Digital History

Digital History: Hamilton, Jefferson, First National Bank of the Us [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
As with so many other ideas, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were on opposite sides of the formation of a national bank. Read why Hamilton thought it was a great idea, why Jefferson opposed it, and what they each wrote to...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Neutrality and the Jay Treaty [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
See why a war between Great Britain and France showed the vulnerablity of the new United States. Should the United States help France, after that country gave so much in the Revolutionary War, and risk the economic and military enmity of...
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Website
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: The Second Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the achievements that occurred during the second Industrial Revolution are found on this site. It includes information on gas and electric power, communications, public transportation, the motor and flight industries, and...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Granville T. Woods: The Multiplex Telegraph

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Granville Woods' successful invention, the multiplex telegraph, which greatly improved railroad safety. From the Lemelson-MIT Project.
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Other

Left Justified: Founding Fathers

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical accounts of fifty men who played a wide variety of roles in bringing about America's break with Great Britain, and in the creation of the documents and plans that created the new nation, like the Declaration of Independence,...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Alexander the Great Refuses to Take Water

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Alexander the Great Refuses to Take Water", created by Giuseppe Cades in 1792 (Tempera with wax on canvas, 81 x 114 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem", created by Sebastiano Conca from 1735-37 (Oil on canvas, 52 x 70 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Alexander the Great

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Alexander the Great", created by Couly Ii Nouailher, c. 1541 (Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper, diameter 23 cm).
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Persepolis: The Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes

For Students 9th - 10th
Famous for monumental architecture, Persian kings established numerous monumental centers. This article looks at one of those centers: Persepolis. Read about the history and view pictures of the architecture, art, and sculptures of...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Men of Philadelphia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find short biographies of twenty-three of the fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention and their ideas about government. These men were certainly not representative of the common man in the new United States, but they were...
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British Library

British Library: Abolitionist Campaigners

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of short biographies of individuals who were involved in the anti-slave trade movement in England during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
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Curated OER

Division of the Empire of Alexander the Great After the Battle of Ipsus, 301 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the division of the Empire of Alexander the Great after the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC. This map is color-coded to show political divisions in various regions of the Empire, including the Empire of the Ptolemies in northern...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Alexander the Great and Roxane

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Alexander the Great and Roxane", created by Pietro Antonio Rotari in 1756 (Oil on canvas, 243 x 202 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Story of Alexander the Great

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Story of Alexander the Great", created by Loyset Liedet from 1450-90 (Manuscript).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Ideal Portrait of Alexander the Great

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Ideal Portrait of Alexander the Great", created by Andrea Del Verrocchio during the 1480's (Marble, 43 x 33 cm).