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U.S. State and Territory Online Encyclopedias

This collection of free, authoritative source information about the history, politics, geography, and culture of some of the states and the territories.

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  • Sor Juana, la poetisa: Los sonetos

    Created March 8, 2011
    Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

    Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, una muy importante figura literaria a nivel mundial y la primer gran poeta de la América Latina, es un producto del Siglo de Oro Español.

  • Sor Juana Sonnet Unscrambler

    Created March 4, 2011

    President Martin Van Buren is born

    Submitted by edsite.admin on November 26, 2010 - 4:13pm
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    History & Social Studies
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    Event Date Display: 
    December 5, 1782
    Related Lesson Plans: 
    The Panic of 1837 and the Presidency of Martin Van Buren
    Related Initiatives: 
    We The People
    Related Links: 
    American Experience: Martin Van Buren
    American Presidents: Martin Van Buren

  • JFK, Freedom Riders and the Civil Rights Movement

    Created November 17, 2010
    JFK, Freedom Riders: Burning Bus

    Students learn how civil rights activists including the Freedom Riders, state and local officials in the South, and the Administration of President Kennedy come into conflict during the early 1960s.

    Mexican Revolution begins

    Submitted by edsite.admin on November 17, 2010 - 1:48pm
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    An EDSITEment Spotlight on the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution

    Main Subject Areas: 
    Foreign Language
    History & Social Studies
    Event Date: 
    Repeats every year until Tue Nov 20 2035 .
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    Event Date Display: 
    November 20, 1910
    Related Lesson Plans: 
    Esperanza Rising: Learning Not to Be Afraid to Start Over
    La Familia
    Lesson 2: "To Elect Good Men": Woodrow Wilson and Latin America
    Mexican Culture and History through Its National Holidays
    Related Links: 
    The Getty
    Interactive Timeline, History of Mexico
    The Centennial of the Mexican Revolution, 1910–2010
    Image of monastery in Mexico

    When Worlds Collide

    This PBS website looks at how the Old and New Worlds mixed after Columbus landed on Hispaniola in 1492. The 90-minute documentary and website trace milestone events during the 16th century and illustrates how both the New World and the Old were radically transformed by contact. The extensive resources for teachers and students include a timeline, scholarly essays and lesson plans.

     

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    NEH Exhibitions Today

    Discover what's open in your area right now or visit a digital version anytime.

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    Mission US: For Crown or Colony?

    Let your students fill the shoes of 14-year-old printer's apprentice Nat Wheeler as tensions mount before the Boston Massacre in Mission US, "For Crown or Colony?," an NEH-funded multimedia project featuring a free, interactive educational game set in 1770s Boston, with lesson plans, and more.

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  • Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus

    Created October 27, 2010
    Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus

    Meet the people whose encounter with Columbus led to the creation of a New World.

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