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Rethinking the rise of the West: Global Commodities - 0 views

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China World_History

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China rules the world via the silver trade. A new way of viewing the age of (european) exploration.

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Falser Words Were Never Spoken - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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But ours is an era in which it’s believed that we can reinvent ourselves whenever we choose. So we recast the wisdom of the great thinkers in the shape of our illusions. Shorn of their complexities, their politics, their grasp of the sheer arduousness of change, they stand before us now. They are shiny from their makeovers, they are fabulous and gorgeous, and they want us to know that we can have it all.
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  Sounds like a very Chinese way of telling history. Perhaps we in the West are just as guilty, i.e. "Christopher Columbus discovered America and was a good man."
  
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National security: FBI poised to loosen restrictions on monitoring Americans - latimes.com - 0 views

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Social_Studies Government

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Privacy and the FBI get further apart.

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Social_Studies Government

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Printable election maps.

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Plenty More Fish In The Sea? - 0 views

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Social_Studies World_History Government History

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Visualizations of social problems. Very effective for getting the message across. Turns data points into main points.

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Simulation of peoples' lives around the world. Data driven game of chance with decision making as part of the process.

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How To Draft A Bill - 0 views

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Social_Studies Government

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The Powers of Congress How to draft a bill in 9 steps

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The Powers of Congress History of all bills that have gone through congress.

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The Powers of Congress How a bill is passed

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The Powers of Congress Instructions for creating a bill

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The Powers of Congress Bill writing with samples

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Simple overview of categories for explicit powers

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Pre-Columbian Americas, map of native tribes

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The European Renaissance - 0 views

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The European Renaissance, lots of good information, college level

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Patterns of Speech: 75 Years of the State of the Union Addresses - Interactive Graphic ... - 0 views

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State of the Union frequency of words used comparison

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Constitution Defined, Contextualized - 0 views

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Mint Launches Online Finance Game for Middle School Classrooms | Fast Company - 0 views

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Econ Lessons, on-line, visual

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Canada Boundaries - American Borders - 0 views

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Main Border, Western Boundary, Oregon Border, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota Border, Alaska Boundary, Pig War, San Juan Islands

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The Border Dispute and the "Aroostook War" - 0 views

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War of 1812, State vs Federal struggles under Prez Andrew Jackson, Main border with Canada, Jay's Treaty, Benjamin Franklin, Paris Treaty

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