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Milgram Experiment (Derren Brown) - YouTube - 0 views

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    modern mil gram 
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The Asch Experiment Hilarious! Or Is It? - YouTube - 0 views

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    very funny take on the asch conformity experiment 
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A letter written by the Schindler Jews - 1 views

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    The letter that Schindler's Workers wrote. This is referenced at the end of the movie 
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The Civil War . In the Classroom . Using the Series . Discussion Questions | PBS - 0 views

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    Discussion questions for each chapter of Ken Burns
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http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%205_Civil%20War%20and%20Reconstruction/Ema... - 0 views

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    Great way for students to critically think about the purpose and effect of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Sources are already modified! 
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Kansas Bogus Legislature - Slavery - 0 views

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    Laws made by the Kansas Legislature in 1855
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The Boys of War - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Great pictures and stories about teenage soldiers... some drummers as young as 8! 
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Music and the Civil War --PBS - 0 views

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    Lesson Plan which looks at two different versions of "Battle Cry of Freedom" and "Dixie"
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Video Gallery . The Abolitionists . American Experience . WGBH | PBS - 0 views

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    Key Video Clips: Bleeding Kansas, Harper's Ferry, John Brown's Trial 
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Video Clips: Road to the Civil War - 0 views

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    Key 2 minute video clips: Fugitive Slave Act and 2 on Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Teaching American History in Maryland - Documents for the Classroom - Maryland State Ar... - 0 views

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    Slave advertisements that Virginia planters and farmers placed in Maryland Newspapers 1840-1860
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Boston's Reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law - 0 views

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    Interesting information about Boston's fight against the Fugitive Slave Law... Towards the end there is a good excerpt from William Lloyd Garrison's law to prevent those holding public office to participate in the capturing of fugitive slaves 
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To Think, Perchance to ... Debating the Dream Act - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Well developed lesson plan on the dream act, where students look at demographics in their own region and school. 
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Texas Annexation Resources 4 Educators - 0 views

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    Unmodified primary sources on the annexation debate concerning Texas
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Primera_Republica_Federal_1825.PNG 1,455×1,250 pixels - 0 views

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    what mexico looked like before US invasion... possibility to use when adding population figures 
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    interesting picture of the short-lived california republic flag, (conniption to texas?) 
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    map just shows what modern states represent the mexican cession of 1848
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USA_Territorial_Growth_1850.jpg 1,400×616 pixels - 0 views

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    Good map which shows the various territorial gains over time in the US from 1775-1920
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