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We Shall Overcome: March on Washington

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Unlike most children, Edith Lee-Payne of Detroit went to the March on Washington with her mother to celebrate her 12th birthday. Pupils walk the march with her by analyzing a closeup image of her that has come to represent the pivotal...
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Center for History Education

Should the Colonists Have Revolted Against Great Britain?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Should the Americans have taken the plunge and revolted against Great Britain? Using documents, including the famed Common Sense and a Loyalist response, pupils conduct a lengthy investigation of the question. The interesting resource...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: "Introduction to Poetry," by Billy Collins

For Students 9th - 10th
"Introduction To Poetry" is, appropriately, the first poem in the Poetry 180 site. Collins describes how he wishes students would read poetry, as opposed to the way they are trained to read it.
Primary
Iowa State University

Isu: Introduction to Persuasive Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has detailed notes about persuasive speeches, and what it takes to effectively create and present a persuasive speech. Organized into the following sections -- "Introduction to Persuasive Speaking," "Patterns of Organization...
Primary
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: "A Modest Proposal": An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal."
Primary
Other

Nearpod: Introduction to Probability

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson, students will learn how to solve basic probability problems.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Movies

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Critias by Plato

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of Critias by Plato including an introduction and analysis. This mythical conflict is prophetic or symbolical of the struggle of Athens and Persia.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: The Wealth of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania.com provides the full and complete text to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. Includes an introduction to the text, along with a table of contents that allows access to each individual chapter by link.
Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: World War Ii Resources: Events Learing Up to World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The 78th Congress published a pamphlet in 1944 which gave a chronological history of events that led up to World War II. Read the very detailed information set out year by year. The introduction explains the scope of the pamphlet.
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of the introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, a book about Momaday's Kiowa ancestors' journey from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the US...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: The Making of the u.s. Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
The introduction to the first volume of the Annals of Congress, in which there is a short history of the creation of the Constitution, and the text of the Constitution as it was first written.
Primary
York University

Classics History of Psychology: New Methods Intellectual Level of Subnormals

For Students 9th - 10th
Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon's work from 1905 serves as an introduction to the classic study on intelligence by Henry L. Minton, University of Windsor.
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York University

Classics History of Psychology: The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic series of lectures presented by Sigmund Freud and first published in the "American Journal of Psychology" in 1910 entitled "The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis" with introduction and commentary by Dr. Raymond E. Fancher.
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Texas A&M University

New Spain Index: Adams Onis Treaty of 1819

For Students 9th - 10th
After a brief introduction, you can read the full text of the Adams-Onis Treaty negotiated with Spain by John Quincy Adams.
Primary
Other

The Book of Galatians

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to Galatians in an outline form that is easy to read. A good place to begin research.
Primary
Other

Archive It: Macbeth Plugged

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides an annotated, on-line version of the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth. It provides an introduction, character bios with images, themes, a glossary, summaries of each scene of each Act, and the complete text with...
Primary
Other

Enuma Elish: The Mesopotamian: Babylonian Creation Myth

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent translation of the Enuma Elish, with an introduction to the work and a short summary before each tablet. This is part of a Christian resource website.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Apology by Plato

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of Apology by Plato. The Apology or Platonic defense of Socrates is divided into three parts: 1st. The defense properly so called; 2nd. The shorter address in mitigation of the penalty; 3rd. The last words of...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem in trochaic tetrameter relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of two poetry collections: Songs of Innocence (19 poems) and Songs of Experience (20 poems) by William Blake. It also provides an introduction for each collection.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: King Henry Iv Part Ii by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the five-act historic play King Henry IV Part II by William Shakespeare including an introduction, a list of characters, and an epilogue.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the three-act Norwegian play The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen including an introduction and a list of characters
Primary
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Interview With Betty Friedan

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with Betty Friedan with a general introduction to her writings; discusses her thoughts on economic issues facing women.

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