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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Bulgaria: History

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at the history of Bulgaria from its beginnings in the 7th century up to the current times. Find out about its place in the Ottoman Empire, collaboration with the Nazis in World War II, and its overthrow of Communism....
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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: World War I & 1920s

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate historical events. In this lesson plan students analyze historical evidence as they consider eight document-based questions about the post-war era of...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Portugal's Seafaring Expertise Launched the Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 15th century, a small kingdom with a population of approximately 1 million launched the era of maritime exploration that would transform the world. Portugal turned to the boundless Atlantic Ocean as its only outlet to the wider...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The League of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Overivew of the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gallery: The Modern World

For Students 9th - 10th
Innovations in transportation, communication, and weapons transformed the world in the 20th century. The modern era is the most complex yet, and the most fragile. This photo gallery highlights some of these innovations.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Art History Learning Stools [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will learn about the art that documents our world via art history, genres, and master artists. They will select an era or artist that inspires them, research it, and create an artwork using collage, painting and drawing...
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Raleigh Charter High School

Mrs. Newmark's Page: World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Quiz yourself on the United States involvement in World War I.
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Digital History

Digital History: Postwar America: 1945 1960

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter focus on the political, social, and economic events following World War II. Examines both foreign and domestic issues, including the origins of the Cold War and Civil Rights movements.
Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

For Students 9th - 10th
The study resource from Khan Academy provides a video lesson for Period 7: 1890-1945 in American History. This lesson discusses President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
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Read Works

Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Children of War

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares an interview of a World War II-era native German whose family fled Berlin. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: The Booker T. Washington Era

For Students 9th - 10th
One section of this "Booker T. Washington Era" page of the LOC's African American Odyssey site is devoted to a very brief biography of Booker T. Washington. Other sections of the page summarize the history of African Americans between...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Weapons of World War I

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The middle schoolers will use the Internet and the school's media center to discover the weapons of World War I. They will compare and contrast the weapons used during that time period with the weapons that are used in warfare today. At...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Eugene v. Debs and American Socialism

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the growth of the Socialist Party in America under the leadership of Eugene V. Debs. Find out about the strikes he led, his political activities, and his arrest for sedition in 1918. Read also about the radical union,...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Strange Case of Alger Hiss [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at the case of Alger Hiss who was accused in 1948 of belonging to the Communist Party, imprisoned, and who denied the association his...
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US Senate

Historical Minutes: An Era of Investigations: 1921 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
Read these series of essays written by U.S. Senate historians that detail important events and people during the era of investigations in the Senate just before the Great Depression and continuing up to the entrance to World War II. The...
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: William Strayhorn

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the historical contributions made to the jazz world by this noted composer and arranger from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Pennsylvania During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the contributions of Pennsylvania's major industries and Pennsylvanians to World War II. Included in this detailed, historical account are links to maps and pictorial images of the era.
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Gcse Music

For Students 3rd - 8th
GCSE Music provides links to a variety of music topics including composers, composing music, music theory, music technology, performing and evaluating music, music styles, world music, and traditional music from the UK.
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University: Contemporary Britain (1939 1980)

For Students 9th - 10th
Lecture outline for university-level course in British history since 1939 (ending at the Thatcher era).
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Panama Canal

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection uses primary sources to explore the construction of the Panama Canal.
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: The Ulbricht Era, 1949 71

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the years Walter Ulbricht was a Communist leader in East Germany after coming out of exile from World War II. Discover what happened during his time holding high positions within the KPD.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 6: Becoming a Modern Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: America in the First World War

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief overview of the United States in the World War I era. Read about initial American neutrality, American entrance into the war, and the American homefront.
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Other

Timelines of History

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, you can see timelines of various eras and events in history. View a chronology of World War II as well as chronologies of video game systems and personal computers. This website provides good examples of simple, yet informative,...