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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
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Abstract: examines the rich mix of societies coexisting in the New World before Europeans arrived. It looks at what was life like here before 1492; how Europeans, Africans, and Americans reacted to each other; and the immediate results of their contact.
1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
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Abstract: This site recounts the struggle for control of Hawaii between native Hawaiians and American business interests in the late 1800s. This 1897 petition and a lobbying effort by native Hawaiians convinced the U.S. Congress not to annex the islands. But months later the U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana and ... More »
1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions
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Abstract: A lesson plan in which students create their own multi-media epic poems about the year 1900. Walt Whitman's Song of Myself and Hart Crane's The Bridge serve as artistic models for students, who also draw on life histories, sound recordings, and other primary resources.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
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Abstract: provides photos, letters, and other documents about one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history. Although it lasted only about a minute, the quake and its fires left over 500 city blocks in ruins and more than half of San Francisco's population homeless.
21st Century Explorer
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Abstract: This site answers questions that include: Why do we want to travel to Mars? How would your body change in space? Where would a space explorer find water and oxygen? How can we travel faster in space? Student actors (on video) and hands-on activities are featured with each answer. The site is for Grades ... More »
3... 2... 1... Liftoff! Educator Guide
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Abstract: Introduces children to the International Space Station (ISS), the most complex international scientific endeavor in history. Activities focus on the purpose and construction of the ISS, the history of rockets, and the role of rockets in space station assembly. Activities emphasize hands-on involvement, ... More »
4Teachers
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Abstract: 4Teachers helps teachers integrate technology into instruction. It features various tools for teachers: one for creating quizzes that students can take online, another for organizing and annotating web sites, a third for developing rubrics, and more. A webzine presents brain games, web lessons, and stories ... More »
9-11-01 Remembrance
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Abstract: offers firsthand accounts of September 11 by National Park Service employees. It includes interviews and photos from a dozen sites, including the Statue of Liberty, Washington, D.C., and western Pennsylvania. One site -- Federal Hall National Memorial, located a few blocks from the World Trade Center ... More »
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
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Abstract: includes documents from the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention and ratification debates, and the first two federal congresses. These documents record American history in the words of those who built our government.
A Child Becomes a Reader
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Abstract: tells what parents can do to help children (ages 0-4 and 5-8) become readers. It includes suggestions about what to look for in day care centers and preschools, and a summary of scientific research on how children learn to read and write.
A Civil War Soldier in the Wildcat Regiment
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Abstract: A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers documents the Civil War experience of Captain Tilton C. Reynolds, a member of the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Comprising 164 library items, or 359 digital images, this online presentation includes ... More »
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
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Abstract: shows the typewritten draft of the December 8, 1941, speech in which Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. The draft shows Roosevelt's hand-written edits, including his change of the phrase a date which will live in world history to a date which will live in infamy. Students can ... More »
A Design for the East Building
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Abstract: This site presents drawings by the architect I.M. Pei and his design team for the National Gallery's East Building, which opened to the public in 1978.
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
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Abstract: is a documentary on this movement within Orthodox Judaism. The Hasidic ideal is to live a hallowed life in which even the most mundane action is sanctified. Hasidim live in tightly-knit communities centered around a rebbe, the community's political and religious leader. Most of the 200,000 American Hasidim ... More »
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
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Abstract: tells the story that began during World War II, when nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced from their homes into detention camps established by the U.S. government. Many spent three years living under armed guard, behind barbed wire.
A Nation Repays Its Debt: The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio
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Abstract: tells how the federal government created a network of soldiers' homes and national cemeteries to honor Civil War veterans. The 110-acre Dayton cemetery contains the remains of veterans from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, and all 20th ... More »
A New Lease on Life
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Abstract: explains how objects such as a letter written by Abe Lincoln and a dress worn by Lady Bird Johnson's are preserved to ensure safety while on exhibit in a museum. The site looks at steps taken by conservators to preserve objects, including examination, stabilization, research, and restoration.
A Sense of Water
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Abstract: This site asks students to discover how the need for water can be felt, seen, and heard in the song, voice, craft, religion, and ritual of a culture. They then capture this sense of water in a narrative poem.
A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
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Abstract: This site features units on Chinese history, culture, and society. Each unit organizes photos, maps, and art around a theme: China's geography, archaeology, religion, calligraphy, military technology, painting, homes, gardens, clothing, and the graphic arts. Questions highlight key facets of Chinese ... More »
A Walk Through Time
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Abstract: looks at the evolution of timekeeping?how humans have measured the passage of time throughout history. The site describes and shows depictions of ancient calendars, sun and water clocks, mechanical and quartz clocks, and world time scales and time zones.