Teen Reads: Paula Danziger
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Teachers Packet: Riding the Bus - Taking a Stand
"Although this collection of lesson plans from the Alabama Department of Archives andHistory is targeted at teachers, the information and primary sources it contains are valuable foranyone wanting to understand the history of the civil rights movement. The best clicks (afterfollowing the link to Riding the Bus) are the original scanned documents. These include a pagefrom the Montgomery City Code (Section 10: Segregation of Races Required) and half a dozennewspaper articles. Don’t miss "Integrated Bus Suggestions" co-authored by Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. and distributed after the Supreme Court ruling by the Montgomery ImprovementAssociation."
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Susan B Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership
May 5, 2004: From Denise Nuno, a reader from Dallas, TX, who is not affiliated with the site. "This is one of several sites I have used to supplement the education of my 10 year-old granddaughter. Includes a brief history, list of short biographies, and links to National Women’s Hall of Fame and Women’s Rights National Historic Park. While not very detailed, the information is easy to read and a great introduction for young women."
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Susan B. Anthony Speech
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Susan B. Anthony House
"The Susan B. Anthony House, in Rochester, New York, was Anthony’s home "during the most politically active period of her life, and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872." The virtual tour is a treasure trove of little known facts. Other educational clicks are Biography (the most extensive biography of all of today’s sites), Timeline, Dollar Coin, and Links (a good collection of women’s history web sites.)"
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Wright Brothers
"On December 17, 1903 the Wright brothers made the world’s first flight in a power-driven, heavier-than-air machine that cost about $1000 to build. With Orville at the controls and Wilbur on the ground, the plane flew 120 feet in twelve seconds. Although man had dreamt of flying for centuries, it took these two unschooled young men (bicycle shopkeepers by trade) to finally lift us off the ground."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Susan B. Anthony
"Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906) was a tireless leader of the women’s rights movement, fighting over fifty years for women’s suffrage (the right to vote), equal education, property rights and even dress reform. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became a lifelong friend, and the two formed a partnership devoted to winning the right to vote."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Rosa Parks
"Buy a PRINTABLE ClassroomHandout for just $1.00 ’)">Email this page to a friend with a personal message On December 1, 1955, African-American Rosa Parks was arrested for refusingto give her bus seat to a white passenger. One year later, on December 20, 1956, the U.S.Supreme Court declared segregated bus seating illegal. During that year, the forty-two yearMontgomery seamstress lead a peaceful bus boycott that became a model for other civil rightsprotests."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Ronald Reagan
"Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004) was the fortieth president of the United States, serving two terms in office. During his presidency, his unwavering optimism and belief in the future slowly infected the whole nation, as the economy improved and the Cold War ended. He died June 5, 2004 at the age of ninety-three, after suffering with Alzheimer’s for ten years."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: George Washington
Did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree? And what’s this Ihear about wooden teeth? Challenge the old myths and learn the truth about theman we call "The Father of our Country."
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