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Whaling Library: Development of Japanese Whaling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Whaling Library offers essay on "Small-type Coastal Whaling in Japan". Good history of whaling in Pacific waters. Mention of influence of United States in 1820.
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National Humanities Center

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

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National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Maps: Causes of the Vietnam War

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay from The Oxford Companion to American Military History goes into the causes of the Vietnam War and shows how the United States became embroiled incrementally from the 1950s up to 1965. An interesting section explains how the...
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Khan Academy: Mission Church, San Esteban Del Rey, Acoma Pueblo

For Students 9th - 10th
Acoma Pueblo is home to one of the best-preserved early mission churches in the United States - San Esteban del Rey. View pictures of this church and read about the history in this essay.
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: George Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the life of George Washington (1732-1799 CE) through this site.
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Cover, Normandy

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Allied Invasion Planners Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Mallory

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Photograph, Artillery Equipment Is Loaded Aboard Ls Ts at Brixham, England.

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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General Eisenhower Talks With Men of Company E, England, 5 June 1944.

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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American Soldiers Under Heavy Nazi Machine Gun Fire in Normandy

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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4th Division Troops Shelter Behind Concrete Wall While Others Advance Off Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Photograph, Lines of Men and Material Stream Ashore, 8 June 1944.

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Photo, Tank, Modified With Iron Teeth, Cuts Through the Bocage.

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Flag Drapped Coffin of Maj. Thomas Howie Rests on Rubble of Cathedral in St. Lo.

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Painting, Soldiers Resting on Omaha Beach, by Manuel Bromberg.

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Map, Overlord Area 1944

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Map, the Final Overlord Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Map, the Bocage Country 2 July 1944

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Map, First Army Zone 11 20 July 1944 (Map)

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How to Make Something Simple, Hard

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will have completed a unit of forces and motion prior to the current unit of study on simple machines (lever, inclined plane, screw, wedge, pulley, wheel and axle). Students will review the functions and examples of...