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Curated OER

Social Studies, Music, The Blues, Urbanization, and Technology

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Enable young scholars to use the blues to explore urbanization, technology, and their effects on everyday life in the 20th century. Musicians were among the large number of people who, between 1914 and 1945, participated in the Great...
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Doing Things the Wright Way

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate 20th century inventions in order to examine how inventions reflect the historical events during which they were developed an
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Curated OER

What's Old Is New Again

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore cultural trends in the United States in the 20th century and examine the resurgence of some of those trends in today's society.
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Time in a Capsule

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the meaning and process of categorizing items, people and events as 'the best.' students then defend pieces of literature, images, and sounds that they feel most represent 'the best of the 20th century.'
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Curated OER

Ethnic Groups in World War II

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students understands important issues, events and individuals of the 20th Century and can summarize the contributions of people of various racial and ethnic groups in the development of Texas and the United States.
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Paul Robeson: 20th-Century Renaissance Man, Hero In Any Century

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore several themes relevant to the life of Paul Robeson and the social, artistic, & political realities of the first half of the 20th century, identify and interview heroes in their communities, and publish profiles on...
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Emory University

Emory University: Wilfred Owen (1893 1918)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers only a brief biography and a photo of Owen. What makes the site worthwhile is the number of full texts of Owen's poetry (e.g., "Strange Meeting" and "Futility")and an audio excerpt of a letter that Owen wrote to a friend.