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US Department of the Treasury

U.s. Department of the Treasury: George W. Campbell

For Students 9th - 10th
A painting and description of Secretary of Treasury George Campbell's brief time in office.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: American Radicalism

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Radicalism Collection holds over 17,000 items. It includes books, pamphlets, periodicals, posters, and ephemeral material covering a wide range of viewpoints on political, social, and economic issues in America. The emphasis...
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Zane Grey's novel which deals with farming in the Northwest, World War I, and the I.W.W. labor union.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Poetry by Rupert Brooke

For Students 9th - 10th
Bibliomania provides a brief biography of the World War I poet Rupert Brook (1887-1915) and links to full-text poems.
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Other

American Revolution: A Naval History of the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This online reproduction of the original 1913 text by Gardner W. Allen is organized chronologically beginning in 1775 and ending with 1783. An appendix includes source citations, a list of vessels, officers, privateers and other...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Admiral James B. Stockdale, Usn

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of James Bond Stockdale, one of the most decorated officers in the Navy's history. He was a captive of war for seven years in a brutal prison in North Vietnam and survived through sheer determinism and heroism. His story came...
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US National Archives

White House: President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended

For Students 9th - 10th
In this announcement to the country, President George W. Bush discusses the end of combat in Iraq and the future of the War.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Challenges of the Twenty First Century: The Domestic Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the domestic issues facing the Bush administration during the first decade of the 21st Century, including education, recession, war, and Hurricane Katrina. Site provides questions for discussion, glossary and links to primary...
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Other

U.s. Department of Defense: President Bush Proclaims End to Major Combat

For Students 9th - 10th
Kathleen T. Rhem analyzes President George W. Bush's announcement that the combat in Iraq has ceased. (May 1, 2003)
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: The Eniac

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the description and history of the ENIAC, including its development and use in World War II.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Teaching the Holocaust Through Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teaching a topic as emotional as the Holocaust requires different pedagogical techniques. One way to humanize the Holocaust is through poetry. This lesson centers around the poem "Refugee Blues" that was written a year before the war....
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Anna Wagner Keichline

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical look at the life of Anna Wagner Keichline - architect, inventor, suffragist, and World War I Special Agent.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Winfield Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
From the book, "Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff," by William Gardner Bell, this brief biography of Winfield Scott lists the dates of his many military accomplishments, including his successful capture of Mexico City, ending the...
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Radical Republicans

For Students 9th - 10th
A good description of the beginnings of the Republican Party before the Civil War, and the transformation to Radical Republicanism during Reconstruction as they attempted to guarantee equal rights for African Americans. Information is...
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the text of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, "The Gettysburg Address," delivered November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This page also offers audio readings by six famous people: Johnny Cash, Jeff Daniels, Jim Getty,...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Bush Legacy Lies in 9/11, Iraq, Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
How will history remember George W. Bush? Article discusses his early years, the Iraq War, the economy, health, education, and Katrina.
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Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archive: Wilhelm Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The Harold B. Lee Library provides a biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled Germany during World War I.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Henry W. Benham

For Students 9th - 10th
General Benham, born in Connecticut in 1817, died in New York June 1st, 1884, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, and assigned to the Corps of Engineers. Served in the Mexican War, 1847-'8, and was brevetted...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry W. Lawton

For Students 9th - 10th
(1843-1899) American soldier in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General W. S. Hancock

For Students 9th - 10th
(1824-1886) American soldier that served in the Mexican War, Seminole War and ion the Western Frontier.
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Curated OER

Captain w.g. Barker, and Wreckage of German Fokker d.vii Aircraft, 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to interviews with World War I veterans who fought in the air in World War I.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Henry W. Halleck

For Students 9th - 10th
General Henry W. Halleck served during the Civil War and was involved in the Pittsburg Landing.-E. Benjamin Andrews 1895
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General George W. Cullum

For Students 9th - 10th
General Cullum, born in New York city, February 25th, 1809, died in New York city, February 28th, 1892, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1833, and brevetted a second lieutenant in the Engineer Corps. During the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General George W. Morgan

For Students 9th - 10th
General Morgan, born in Washington County, Pa., September 20th, 1820, died at Old Point Comfort, Va., July 26th, 1893. At the beginning of the War with Mexico he was made colonel of the Second Ohio Volunteers, and he was subsequently...

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