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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Hans Christian Andersen

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource offers the complete texts of four of Andersen's best-known fairy tales: The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Ugly Duckling," "Thumbelina," and "The Swineherd." The texts can be read online or downloaded in MP3 format. In...
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales has been made available in hundreds of formats and languages by the Open Library. Edition titles are accompanied by year of publication.
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Curated OER

Hans Christian Anderson: Fairy Tales and Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site from Gilead Har?El provides a chronological list of the 168 stories by Hans Christian Anderson. Many include the text. Links to info on Hans Christian Anderson.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Hans Christian Orsted (1777 1851)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Hans Christian Orsted from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Digital Library Production Service: The New Testa

For Students 9th - 10th
A useful site for finding occurrences of single words or phrases in The New Testament, as written in the Douay-Rheims Bible, which was revised in 1750. Gives chapter and verse in response and links to an online Bible.
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PBS

Pbs: Pioneers of Heart Surgery

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses several pioneers of heart surgery, including Christian Barnard.
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San Jose State University

Sjsu: The Regions of Venezuela and Their Economic History

For Students 9th - 10th
A short account of the history of Venezuela, starting in the late 19th century. The article discusses the formation of the two major political parties-- the Democratic Action Party (AD) and the Social Christian Party (COPEI).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Three Children of Christian Ii of Denmark

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Three Children of Christian II of Denmark", created by Jan Gossart in 1526 (Oil on oak panel, 34 x 46 cm).
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Luther Seminary

Bible Tutor: Hebrews

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Bible Tutor provides a short, but informative introduction to the book of Hebrews that describes the message and significance of the book. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Slavery and the Making of America: Slave Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
What religions did slaves bring from Africa to America? This PBS series site provides the historical overview of how early African Americans preserved African spiritual beliefs and practices while enslaved, converted to Christianity, and...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of Dr. A. G. Rudelbach

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of Dr. A. G. Rudelbach", created by Christian Albrecht Jensen in 1858 (Oil on canvas, 31 x 25 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait as an Old Man

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait as an Old Man", created by Christian Seyboldz (Oil on copper, 41 x 30 cm).
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Flavian Emperors: Reign of Domitian

For Students 9th - 10th
William Morey, in his 1901 textbook, describes the emperor Domitian, the last emperor in the Flavian dynasty.
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Other

Ets: "The Summa Theologica" by St. Thomas Aquinas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents the entire text by Aquinas in translation. It covers material from the explanation for the existence of God to treatises on law and justice.
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Other

Al Islam: Slavery in Ancient Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives a history of slavery from pre-Islamic Times and its continuation under Islam.
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University of Pennsylvania

Penn Library: Books of Hours

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains information about the Book of Hours: a private prayer book, liturgies or calendar. "In Books of Hours are preserved some of the finest works of medieval art." Seven Book of Hours with descriptions are shown. Though...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Collective Learning (Part 4)

For Students 9th - 10th
In the final essay of a four-part series, David Christian explains how advances in communication and transportation accelerated collective learning.
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Other

Text Week: 1 John

For Students 9th - 10th
A very helpful website to research 1 John. This site includes links to many different internet sites about 1 John, as well as 2 and 3 John.
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Other

The Vatican: The Holy Father

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site for the Vatican, the headquarters for the Roman Catholic Church. Includes information on the Vatican Library, home to thousands of historic documents, the Vatican museums, and historical and current information on the Popes...
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Reorganization of Empire: The Reign of Constantine

For Students 9th - 10th
In this entry from William Morey's 1901 textbook you will read about Constantine and the changes he made that had a lasting effect on the Roman Empire.
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: The Reign of Marcus Aurelius (Ad 161 180)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this entry from William Morey's 1901 text to find out about Marcus Aurelius, one of the five good emperors, who was known as a philosopher.
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Reorganization of Empire: The Reign of Diocletian

For Students 9th - 10th
The reign of Diocletian is discussed in this article from William Morey's 1901 textbook. Check out the chart that shows how the Roman Empire was split into East and West.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Missionary in Many Lands by Erwin House

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Missionary in Many Lands by Erwin House (1861), a series of sketches of missionary life.
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Duke University

Duke University: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 is told with a timeline showing events leading up to the revolt, a narrative of the revolt itself and its consequences, and brief biographies of many of those involved in Spanish America, and the...