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| Afghanistan IIIThe history of British imperial interference in 19th Century Afghanistan is replete with useless wars, miscues, mismanagement, ineptitude and disastrous choices. Afghanistan’s attitude toward the outside world is in many ways shaped by this record of incompetence.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Afghanistan IIFor more than a century after 1800, the region known today as Afghanistan was the field upon which Britain and Russia played a great game of diplomatic and military conquest.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Battle of Omdurman ISudan is located in northeastern Africa. It is the continent’s largest country and, in the late nineteenth century, Britain added it to its expanding colonial empire.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Battle of Omdurman IIIn September 1898, Anglo-Egyptian--effectively British--control of the northeastern African nation of Sudan was secured by force of arms at the Battle of Omdurman.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Canberra, Australia's Capital IIThe site for its new capital chosen, Australia turned to an international competition to choose the designer. The winner was an American, Walter Burley Griffin.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Science Matters: Cyrus McCormickDenied a renewal on his patent for a mechanical reaper in 1848, Cyrus McCormick turned salesman and blew the competition away.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Mother Jones IThe working children of 19th century America, many of whom were under the age of twelve, often labored in appalling conditions. These children found a voice; it was that of Mother Jones.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Mother Jones IIHardened by famine, plague and fire Mary Harris, Mother Jones, became the champion of workers, especially working children at the turn of the 20th century in America.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| LFM: John Paul JonesIn the annals of the United States Navy, no name shines brighter than John Paul Jones. Born in Scotland in 1747, Jones was drawn to the sea and by 1772 was master of his own merchant ship, Betsy.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Developing Hollywood CemeteryWilliam Henry Haxall and Joshua Jefferson Fry introduced the rural or garden cemetery concept to Richmond. The two of them who when they returned from Massachusetts to Richmond met with some of the other business leaders in the area and had a discussion about creating a second Mt. Auburn in Richmond.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
