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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: My Time as Caz Hazard Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After continually getting into trouble at school for bullying, and being suspended for violence, Caz and her friend Amanda must deal with the suicide of a girl they had picked on. Many issues come into play in this novel - peer...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Rebuilding the Old Order

For Students 5th - 8th
Reconstruction in the South engendered corruption, greed, a poor economy, and a backlash against the idea of allowing freed slaves to take part in political and civic life. Read about the formation of paramilitary groups who attempted to...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Jim Crow Stories: Ida B. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of the inspirational Ida B. Wells, who, as a journalist, railed against violence against African-Americans in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: India 1999

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has information about some cases of religious, ethnic, and political conflict that have taken place in India. It includes a section about Islamic militants as well as caste violence.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Saddam Hussein, a Life of Violence

For Students 9th - 10th
An effective synopsis of the life of Hussein, from his young life through the rule of Iran to his capture in December, 2003.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Newshour Extra: Reports of Violence in Libyan Protests

For Students 9th - 10th
Video and summary by PBS on the violent uprising of February, 2011. The video discusses the fact that Moammar Gadhafi has engaged the military to handle the protests. February, 2011
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Curated OER

History Matters: Get the Rope! Anti German Violence in World War I Era Wisconsin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this harrowing account of a German-American farmer whose nativist neighbors suspected his alliegiance to the United States after the country entered the war against Germany in World War I.
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Other

Learning Alive: Violencia Domestica

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice conjugating verbs with this article on domestic violence. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in the designated tense: imperfect subjunctive, preterite, or imperfect. Answers may be checked at the end of the...
Article
TES Global

Tes: Romeo & Juliet 2006 Article: "Civil Blood"

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article "Civil Blood: Why Are the Capulets and Montagues at War?" by Carol Chillington Rutter, Professor of English Literature at Warwick University, discusses the themes of violence and love in...
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BBC

Bbc: Tackling Nigeria's Violent Oil Swamps

For Students 9th - 10th
A May 2007 description of the violence that plagues the Niger delta region and the importance of this oil-rich but impoverished area to Nigeria's economy.
Article
American Psychological Association

What Makes Kids Care?

For Students 9th - 10th
Sometimes a site just has to be read - and parents - read this one! If a key element to ending senseless violence is teaching children to care about their fellow humans, this article gives some guidance on how to teach just that.
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Digital History

Digital History: Explorations: Lynching

For Students 9th - 10th
Through the use of primary source documents, resource explores the lynching of blacks in the South during the Jim Crow era.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Segregation: Antilynching Dramas

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief plays by Georgia Douglas Johnson that protest lynching are examined within this resource. Links to each play are provided in addition to a series of questions for discussion.
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Recollection of 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
Walter White, who later became head of the NAACP, recalls witnessing the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots at age 13.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Child Abuse: Physical

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the physical abuse of children, causes, symptoms to be on the alert for in a child, ways to prevent it happening, and how to get help.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan unit with good background information for learners. Details the history of lynching and race riots in America and the treatment of African-Americans from 1880 to 1950.
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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Covered in Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
This Human Rights Watch Report provides a detailed summary of the war in the Congo, the war's causes and consequences, and the responses of the international community to the war's escalating violence. The report can be read online or...
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Digital History

Digital History: To the Heart of Dixie

For Students 9th - 10th
In the early 1960s civil rights activists put the ban on segregation to the test. In 1961, "Freedom riders," boarded buses headed south to test the federal ban on segregated travel. And in 1962, the University of Mississippi was ordered...
Article
Kidsource OnLine

Kid Source on Line: Video Games and Children

For Students 9th - 10th
The effects of video game use and video game violence on children are detailed here. Numerous early studies from the 80s and 90s are cited.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oliver Twist (Study Guide)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a study guide to Dickens' famous novel, "Oliver Twist." Content includes a biography of the author; a synopsis of the novel; Dickens' preoccupations and techniques; use of the good, the bad, and the ugly; occurence of...
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Other

Educators for Social Responsibility: Online Center

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a free source of K-12 lesson plans and resources on international security, conflict resolution, peacemaking, violence prevention, and social responsibility.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Political and Social Unrest Escalates to Violence in Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Revolutions calling for political reform spread throughout North Africa and the Middle East in 2011. Here is a report on early protests in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen. Many protests turned violent in the wake of suppression. (March 2011)
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Native American Resilience and Violence in the West

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about the struggles the new United States government had in coming to terms with the various Native American tribes who lived in the new country.
Article
Other

Nacla: Young Assassins of the Drug Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells about the life of young drug traffickers, why and how they become a part of the drug world. From an article written in 1994 for the North American Congress on Latin America.

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