The gold medal of the 2012 Olympics

The Olympics

To mark the 2012 Olympics, head back to the ancient city-state and Classical Greek civilization. Examine Greek values and cultural assumptions about human excellence and competition. Then, explore the great city of London, site of this year’s Games, as well as the 1908 and 1948 Olympics.

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Portrait of Elli Friedaman as a child in Hungary

Coming of Age in the Holocaust, Coming of Age Now

A free, interactive curriculum for middle and high-school students and their educators that features individual testimonies of thirteen people who were adolescents during the Holocaust.

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Death of Sir Winston Churchill British statesman

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Churchill Institute

Elizabeth I crowned queen of England

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Newberry Library: Elizabeth I

The Greek Alphabet

Getting to Know the Greek Alphabet

Roll over the different symbols below to learn more about the Greek Alphabet, from which the modern western alphabet evolved.

 

 

Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes expose of Soviet prison system “Gulag Archipelago”

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The Stalin Project
Joseph Stalin

Stalin Project

The Stalin Project is a multi-media, interactive resource about Stalin and the Soviet people. This site includes text written by the top scholars in the field, a database of over 500 images, primary source documents, videos, lesson plans, and other interactive material.

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Joseph Stalin born

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Winston Churchill born

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Witness at hearings

I Came to Testify

One of a five-part PBS film series funded by NEH, this is the moving story of how a group of sixteen women who had been imprisoned by Serb-led forces in the Bosnian town of Foca broke history’s great silence – and stepped forward to take the witness stand in an international court of law. Teacher resources and comments by viewers are included on the website.

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