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2008
Digital Cooperative is a global exploration of censorship in the digital age. We studied the topic from academic perspectives, analyzed five countries in in-depth case studies, conducted exclusive interviews with industry experts, and created interactive quizzes. Our goal is to raise awareness increase understanding of this often invisible issue.
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2008
The aim of our website is to act as a resource package for children and teenagers for them to find out more about the different political and government systems there are. We also aim to raise awareness and interest of the youths to politics and government so as to play a part in their own nation’s political scene.
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2007
We think that the Holocaust is an interesting and complex subject. We present information gathered from The Romanian Association of Jews, pictures from the past or from now (Auschwitz) and statements. After accessing the site, you can watch a short introduction in which we gathered pictures and statements from the memories of some survivors.
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2009
An informative website that shows the way of life in Medieval Europe during the eleventh through fifteenth centuries.
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2009
Benito Mussolini is best known as Hitler's best friend. Look at our site to find out more about his life.
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2009
We thought that brilliant minds in our history deserved the most to be “showed”, because they changed the world with their discoveries and also dedicated the entire life working in order to make the world round.
So, we have to learn from their work in order not to “reinvent the wheel”, brilliant minds are an example good to follow in life.
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2009
Discover how children's lives changed throughout time.
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2009
The purpose of this web site is to find out the awareness of the population on Timor Leste’s plight and to serve as a one-stop easy to understand web site for anything related to Timor Leste. We hope that the survey results will help to generate some buzzes among the audience and also help to dispel some misplaced hope or myths of Timor Leste.
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2009
• Did the teachings of Martin Luther King change the world for the better?
• Curriculum standards
Writing:
1. Write a variety of expository texts which include a thesis in the introduction, supporting details in the body, and transition words throughout leading to the conclusion. Additionally, writing will include information from primary and secondary sources that has been quoted, paraphrased.
2. Use appropriate conventions for documentation in the text, notes and bibliographies by adhering to those in style manuals.
3. Write a narrative which explores experiences and events, using language in natural, fresh and vivid ways to establish a specific tone.
4. Write responses to literature or texts to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in words or passages; analyze the imagery language, universal themes, and unique aspects of the text; supporting important ideas and view points through accurate and detailed references to texts.
Reading:
1. Read various types of authentic texts in order to interpret, extract information, identify literary elements and techniques, make judgments, form conclusions, and establish global relationships through analysis and critical thinking.
2. Participate in interdisciplinary projects requiring the integration of language skills with academic areas.
3. Apply reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and summarizing in order to better understand the text.
• Expected outcomes
Writing:
1. To communicate in different situations producing comprehensible written texts.
2. To solicit, give and exchange information understanding the purpose and message in various situations.
3. To learn writing techniques that can be applied in academic and personal setting.
4. To understand the importance of the written word in self-expression.
Reading:
1. To comprehend authentic literary and expository texts of various lengths.
2. To skim and scan for meaning of authentic texts for various communicative purposes.
3. To draw conclusions and find relationships that aid in the interpretation of the text.
4. To develop a positive attitudetowards reading, respect for diverse cultures, and motivation to further promote reading in English.
Self-expression:
1. To respect and value differing beliefs, ideas and opinions; to view dialogue as a platform for conflict-resolution and an approximation to the truth.
2. To promote motivation and a quest for knowledge; to search for, select and use relevant information.
• Required resources:
-Computer
-Internet Web-pages
-Primary source information (survey, interview, or letter)
• This project will make people think about discrimination.
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2009
This website teaches about genocide. It tells what genocide is and describes several instances of genocide in the 20th century. It also discusses the global reaction to those instances and what people, even kids , can do to help stop and prevent genocide.
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2009
History show us / people who are still alive everything. Wars, conflicts still happen and happen again. Do presidents, army leaders, the World Organization Leaders, the Ambassadors in the world realize and do understand history ?
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2009
This website talks about hitler and what and why he did the things he did.
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2009
This website contains information about intolerant times in world history.
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2009
Thing: - Why?
- School’s programes
Why?:
We think, a lot of student don’t know anything of Mathias Corvinus. But we think too, the students to be interested of him. Accordingly, we writing everything of the best Hungarian king, Mathias King’s life and his rule.
School’s programes
The 2008 was ’the Renaissance year of Hungary’ and the ’King Mathias’ year’ because, the school, and we did some interesting games of Mathias too. (felraktuk) to this site, our board game, Quies, and other tings. You can read more in the website.
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2009
This project will focus on lessons learned from history and how we can avoid repeating past mistakes.
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2009
What can we do to help our world like what our leaders do?
Required Resources: Internet
It will make us realize we can make a change.
• Curriculum standards
Writing:
1. Write a variety of expository texts which include a thesis in the introduction, supporting details in the body, and transition words throughout leading to the conclusion. Additionally, writing will include information from primary and secondary sources that has been quoted, paraphrased.
2. Use appropriate conventions for documentation in the text, notes and bibliographies by adhering to those in style manuals.
3. Write a narrative which explores experiences and events, using language in natural, fresh and vivid ways to establish a specific tone.
4. Write responses to literature or texts to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in words or passages; analyze the imagery language, universal themes, and unique aspects of the text; supporting important ideas and view points through accurate and detailed references to texts.
Reading:
1. Read various types of authentic texts in order to interpret, extract information, identify literary elements and techniques, make judgments, form conclusions, and establish global relationships through analysis and critical thinking.
2. Participate in interdisciplinary projects requiring the integration of language skills with academic areas.
3. Apply reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and summarizing in order to better understand the text.
• Expected outcomes
Writing:
1. To communicate in different situations producing comprehensible written texts.
2. To solicit, give and exchange information understanding the purpose and message in various situations.
3. To learn writing techniques that can be applied in academic and personal setting.
4. To understand the importance of the written word in self-expression.
Reading:
1. To comprehend authentic literary and expository texts of various lengths.
2. To skim and scan for meaning of authentic texts for various communicative purposes.
3. To draw conclusions and find relationships that aid in the interpretation of the text.
4. To develop a positive attitude towards reading, respect for diverse cultures, and motivation to further promote reading in English.
Self-expression:
1. To respect and value differing beliefs, ideas and opinions; to view dialogue as a platform for conflict-resolution and an approximation to the truth.
2. To promote motivation and a quest for knowledge; to search for, select and use relevant information.
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2009
Relive the Italian Renaissance…Learn about the characteristics of Italy’s golden age, and how it affected our modern civilization.
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2009
This website gives information about the middle ages.
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2009
Dive into the ocean and explore the wonders of the Titanic.
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2009
How has the world changed since the 20th century?
Understanding the past will help us to solve problems in the future.
• Curriculum standards
Writing:
1. Write a variety of expository texts which include a thesis in the introduction, supporting details in the body, and transition words throughout leading to the conclusion. Additionally, writing will include information from primary and secondary sources that has been quoted, paraphrased.
2. Use appropriate conventions for documentation in the text, notes ad bibliographies by adhering to those in style manuals.
3. Write a narrative which explores experiences and events, using language in natural, fresh and vivid ways to establish a specific tone.
4. Write responses to literature or texts to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in words or passages; analyze the imagery language, universal themes, and unique aspects of the text; supporting important ideas and view points through accurate and detailed references to texts.
Reading:
1. Read various types of authentic texts in order to interpret, extract information, identify literary elements and techniques, make judgments, form conclusions, and establish global relationships through analysis and critical thinking.
2. Participate in interdisciplinary projects requiring the integration of language skills with academic areas.
3. Apply reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and summarizing in order to better understand the text.
• Expected outcomes
Writing:
1. To communicate in different situations producing comprehensible written texts.
2. To solicit, give and exchange information understanding the purpose and message in various situations.
3. To learn writing techniques that can be applied in academic and personal setting.
4. To understand the importance of the written word in self-expression.
Reading:
1. To comprehend authentic literary and expository texts of various lengths.
2. To skim and scan for meaning of authentic texts for various communicative purposes.
3. To draw conclusions and find relationships that aid in the interpretation of the text.
4. To develop a positive attitude towards reading, respect for diverse cultures, and motivation to further promote reading in English.
Self-expression:
1. To respect and value differing beliefs, ideas and opinions; to view dialogue as a platform for conflict-resolution and an approximation to the truth.
2. To promote motivation and a quest for knowledge; to search for, select and use relevant information.
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2009
Our website is about the crusades. It teaches kids and adults what the crsades were, how many there were, the seige weapons, and global impact of the crusades. We also have an brief animation. There is a quiz that you can take too.
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2009
Our website explores the Westward expansion of the United States. The major aspects will be Connecting the Country, Tall Tales, People, Expedition, and Law Enforcement. There is also an interactive quiz for students to test their knowledge.
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2009
Our website is about unsolved world mysteries. Walk down a street of mysteries and discover things you have never imagined before.
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2008
ASEAN is a regional organization consisting of 10 states in Southeast Asia. Formerly a turbulent area, this website traces how the “Balkans of the East” developed into a thriving economic region. Though it holds potential for further economic growth, there are still several stumbling blocks to ASEAN’s success.
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2008
"Communism-The Failure of an Utopian System" is a website which has the main purpose of drawing the World’s attention on what a well intended, but deficiently applied theory gave birth to. Contrary to what had been wanted to be, Communism turned out to be the source of endless humiliations, human degradation and,ultimately, of millions of victims.
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2008
Our website was designed to educate people about the growing problem of how resources are being used to fuel destructive conflicts with equally destructive consequences, and hopefully these youths whose hands our future lies in will gain awareness through our website and help end this problem.
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2008
This website has a lot of interesting information about Adolf Hitler, Ivan the Terrible, and Osama bin Laden.
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2008
Eminent domain is the ruling that the government uses to confiscate private property for public use. The government can enforce eminent domain even when the owner refuses to sell his or her property. The property owners receive payment for their land and if the amount given is not adequate, the owner may seek legal assistance.
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2008
Our group, Digital Distortion, feels that we should educate other young minds of The Gaza Strip crisis and the conflict between the Hamas and the Fatah and the Israeli Government for this strip of land. We want to inform teens about the government, common information, the war, and history. Our group decided to do our website on The Gaza Strip
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2008
This website introduces the exploring of the political world’s dynamism using civilizational factors as an analytical tool. The consultation of scholastic sources guarantees thorough and reliable understanding. Filled with superb graphics, thought-provoking games, challenging quizzes, insightful interviews and e-brochures.
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2008
Our website discusses the history of Logan, Queensland.
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2008
This website gives a tour round the History of Malta. It gives a timeline starting from prehistory and goes on towards the present date. Apart from information, the website includes short video clips photos taken by students of various historical places around Malta and a quiz to test students' knowledge.
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2008
Our site connects with the immigrant and non-immigrant communities. It shares the experiences and dreams of the voiceless.
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2008
Come and venture into the heart of the disasters of the world. Discover what really happened by finding out how mother nature caused your worst nightmares to become reality. Brace yourself for a real raging storm.
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2008
Our website teaches the history of one of the most well known groups in the United States. The Ku Klux Klan is a group that is prejudice and unjust. We have covered the history of this group because we just read a book in class that had the Ku Klux Klan in it. We hope that people do not think we support this group because we do not!
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2008
Our website is about the issues involving migrants - and how they contribute to and shape a nation's economy and progress. many great nations have propsered from migrants. yet migrants are frequently abused and exploited. On the other hand, a nation's well being may also be severley affected if brain drain is rampant.
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2008
Our website is about Ninjas. It includes their history, equipment, a video and other facts about Ninjas.
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2008
PAFTA’s website discusses internet users’ freedoms online and how the first amendment affects those freedoms.
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2008
This website proves an analysis of the perception of mental health from a scientific, historical, and literary point of view so that the reader can gain an understanding about mental disabilities and how they affect our life.
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2008
Schools of Tomorrow is an in-depth examination of education systems around the world.It discusses technology that can aid in teaching and suggests ways schools can change to better prepare students to enter this century's fast paced, culturally diverse and technology driven world.It also speculates what schools will be like in the decades to come.
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2008
Our site tries to offer as many information as it can about such a controversed and actual topic: TERRORISM.
We are sure that the young ones with open minds cand avoid a disaster.
It's important for us to be informed, carelessness can destroy us. Together for a safer world.
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2008
Our site is about the Cold War, a war that occurred primarily between the US and USSR for many decades.
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2008
The site describes the morals, methods, and general history of the death penalty as well policies towards it by different countries.
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2008
Our website teaches about the terrible tragedy of the Titanic. We hope you will learn just as much as we did.
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2008
This website is about the fascinating Victorian Era. Join us in a journey back in time and find about and its impact on society, industry and world politics. Learn about famous Victorians and of course... her majesty Queen Victoria! View our reconstructed 3d mansion and play our instructive game.
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2007
History of the ACE Basin and information on the wildlife, recreation, geography, etc.
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2007
Our website is about ancient egypt. It will tell you about Pharaohs, the way the people in Egypt lived, ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddess and famouse egyptian landmarks.
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2007
Describes third world conditions.
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2007
Who protects the nation of the United States of America? Even though the President of the United States is the Commander in Chief over the military, it is the Department of Defense, the State Department, and Homeland Security that deals with the everyday operations. But who or what is the Department of Defense?
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2007
We made an especial page of history,where you can learn news,and interesting things.
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2007
On this website you will find an indepth view of women's first stride to work factory jobs in America. You will also find two achademic views into the lives of Susan B. Anthony, a brave women that helped get women the privlage to vote,and Joan of Arc, a couragous young women showed thatwomen had a place in battle and she changed the world.
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2007
Are you interested in learning about thinkers who have and will change our lives? Many inventors are alive today in our memories. Their inventions are used today. There are also future inventors that we have yet to meet. You could be one of them.
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2007
Our site covers the history of medicine from a very early stage ,up to the future predictions.
We also covered several cultures of the world in the different stages of the history as well as some of the remarcable personalities who distinguished themselves throughout their work in this field.
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2007
Welcome to our kid friendly website about the United States Military. We found that there many kids have no knowledge of the military and would only know what they hear and read from their parents and newspapers. When most kids hear the word military they think about war, guns, death, terrorists, etc. The Military Memories team wanted to go beyond
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2007
A discussion of poverty in Mongolia through the ages.
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2007
Learn about the ancient civilizations of Atlantis, Easter Island, and the Etruscans.
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2007
Our website discusses power, absolute power, and their effect on characters as well as on the common population. It discusses power throughout the past and present, as well as its significance in classic novels.
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2007
In 1989 Romania became a democratic country. We will try to answer in this site to some question about the "golden age", Bloody Revolution of 1989 and the period after 1990
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2007
Given less than two cents a day, slaves were torn apart in hunger and desperation to live. Their work was never appreciated, and they strived for freedom. This website shows the depth of slavery around the world, showing what slavery was back in the 1200-1800s, and how it was somewhat abolished. It also presents the slavery we have today.
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2007
Social divide consists of many types of divide like digital, income and racial divide. However, we are only focusing on wealth and status divide. In status divide, we only discuss on the divide between the citizens and foreigners. You will learn about the causes, consequences and possible solutions of these divides.
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2007
Our website explains student rights (mainly freedom of expression) to the average person.
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2007
This is a collection of different aspects of World War II that have been asked about the war to understand why it happened.
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2007
It's a website about Tsin Dynasty.The cultute,people,inventions,food,cities,streets and the army.
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2007
A scientific and philosophical study of how our civilization perceives time and the progression of history. This website covers the theories of Einstein, Kant, Hawking, and Newton.
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2007
This site provides comparative information about world governments, types of government, and influential leaders of governments throughout history.
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2007
On this site, you can explore the Westward Expansion movement of the United States
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2006
This informative website will help you see what transpired during the Holocaust era. This site gives ensight into the horrors of the concentration camps, the life of Anne Frank, the survivors of the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler, and World War II. It is our intention to inform readers about this tragedy with hopes that it does not ever occur again.
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2006
The main purpose of this website is to educate others about many of the influential brotherhoods which have existed throughout history. Some of these brotherhoods are famous and others are infamous. We hope to show you how mystery, intrigue, and even murder played a part in the world's history through these brotherhoods.
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2006
Short history and a review of the most important spiritual values in some of the most important religions in the world
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2006
This site demonstrates the shared journey we have taken to explore the past history of Ancient Egypt, its people and their lifestyles.
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2006
An investigation focusing on foreign affairs through the United Nations. The United Nations describes itself as a "global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity." Developed from a wartime alliance in 1945, the U.N. consists of 1
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2006
Ever thought about how horses affected us? This site has the things you wanted to learn about horses. You will learn more about early, wild, mythical, arabian, carriage, performing, and medieval horses.
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2006
Our site shows the position of Hungary in the second half of the 20th century in time of communist dictature on relationship of politics, ideology and economics. By this site we can look at that era detachedly until change of regime, with the performance of regime, the rebellions, and everydays in that era.
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2006
Our website is about the Japanese prints. The webpage focus on the different types of prints such as ukiyoe, which means floating world and the first multi-color prints introduce. In addition to the webpage, there is information on famous artists and an art gallery of their superb work.
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2006
Have you ever wondered who created some of our world's most fabulous artwork? Well, this is the site for you! To learn about very impressive artists and their lives, visit our site. Oh, you can view some of our artwork. Who knows ... one of us may be the next famous artists!
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2006
Come and explore our in depth research. Our site also includes samples of modern Japanese music and GREAT pictures of Japanese theatre. Our site is also great if you want to learn about geishas, instruments and everything else about Japanese theatre and music.
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2006
Our site is about holidays/days that have bad reputations! We cover Friday the 13th, Carnival, Mardis Gras, Halloween and Day of the Dead. Included is historical information about each day, where and why it is celebrated, and much more. We have linked to or created several cool activities for you to try as well.
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2006
This is a website about the Industrial Revolution, primarily focusing on the First Industrial Revolution in England, dealing with both causes and effects and later expanding on Industrial Revolutions in other societies and how they have formed and shaped societies and cultures.
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2006
This webiste is full of information that will not only teach you about Roman gladiators, but will also make you hold onto the information you learn. You will learn about the types of Roman gladiators, the weapons they used, and simply what kind of people they were.
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2006
This site is about the important records in five different sports: hockey, soccer, football, basketball and baseball. We are all sports fanatics, so this was the most fun thing to research. Come on in and find out some very interesting facts about lots of different sports. Try our activities when you are finished.
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2006
History and Information on St. Augustine.
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2006
Our website will be dealing with the current situation with President Bushâs Budget proposal for 2006. We will be creating a website in TRiO Upward Boundâs defense and hopefully convince others to fight for Upward Bound. This program means a lot to us so we hope to improve our side of the fight by creating and successfully finishing the website.
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2004
Our website is designed to educate you about money and how it has changed over the years. We hope you enjoy our website and also learn a lot about money throughout the ages and the world.
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2004
This site contains a brief overview of the history of military transport on land, sea and in the air. Each item area is timelined to give visitors a perspective on past, present and future developments in the areas metioned.
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2004
australian history
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2004
This website is designed to teach people about the most important aspects of the twentieth century. Events shown in the form of a timeline from the invention of the assembly line to the development of the personal computer, the Internet, and beyond will be highlighted along with newsmakers, inventions, science, music, fashion, and sport.
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2004
Various types of money, its worth, and how it was created.
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2004
This website explores methods of keeping secrets that have been used in warfare. Some of these methods include the Navajo Code, the Caesar Cipher, and Slave Quilts.
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2004
Students have explored the music, dress, and toys of the 1960s.
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2004
Egypt, a land of mystery and wonders, had once been part of the British Empire, one of the greatest empires ever created. Explore the idea of Colonisation as we bring you through the history of these two countries in the period of British Egypt! Journey with us as we bring you through the British colonisation of Egypt.
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2004
This website gives you lots of information about the Silk Road. That website contains may items including a timeline and an interactive page, also with pages that explain the history, geography, important events and countries associated with the Silk Road.
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2004
Our website is on ‘The Sixties’. Originally we were going to do the history of heavy metal, and heavy metal today. But someone [Sarah] told us that it was a bad idea. We wanted to do something historical, yet interesting. Then Jason and Sean came up with the idea to do our Thinkquest site on ‘The Sixties’.
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2004
We give you information about 13 different presidents. You will find a Word Search Puzzle of some of the Presidents' nicknames, and an amazing webpage full of great facts about each president. There we talk about when they were born and other interesting facts about the presidents.
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2003
This Web site will provide a history of 9/11 and supporting links that include President's response, fallen heroes, history of the flag, patriotic songs/composers, and 9/11 celebration remembrances.
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2003
Enter this site to learn about the culture and heritage of Mexico.
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2002
Do you wonder what your town will be like in the future? You first need to dig into its past. Our site will show you how to research your town's local history. We hope to show you how fun and informative local history can be.
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2002
This web site is about all of the events that happened in the year 2001. Included are facts on sports, news events, fashion, scientific breakthroughs, entertainment, and literature.
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2000
The site is about Slavery in Brazil, which began in the early XVIth Century and ended with the abolition in 1888.The site focuses on conditions which the Africans were brought to Brazil to work; people who stimulated slave traffic and slave punishment and resistance. There issome information about the way African people, half of the Brazilian population, still have to fight against discrimination, a heritage from slavery times.
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2000
We are making a web site to educate kids about historical events in a fun, enjoyable way. We will try to get as many different views and opinions on topics from people around the world. We will show examples of prejudice and friendship and try to incorporate games, quizzes, surveys, and other fun activities. We will also show examples from the award winning novels The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (the story of a girl who was wrongly accused of being a witch) and Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (the story of a young boy's struggle with his crippled hand during the Revolutionary War). Also, we will relate examples in the text to other similar historical events. We will use different unique sources to gather our information. We will also try to support our information with different opinions and teaching methods. This is how e are going to make a web site teaching kids about prejudice, friendship, and history.
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2000
The site will introduce the Aborigene culture through an historic and geographic overview. It will develop also the tradictions and religion in their unknown and mysterious aspects. Our object is to sensitize people to this population often misunderstood and criticized in contemporary culture. Our team, fashinated by the lifestyle of Aborigenes, wrapped up magic and spirituality to invite visitors to appreciate and discover this infinite world.
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