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Supermarine Spitfire
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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire was a single-seater fighter plane, one of the most important aircraft of the Second World War (1939-45). Employed by the Royal...
Scenic Views of Ireland
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Scenic Views of Ireland

According to one legend, Ireland takes its name from the Gaelic Eire, derived from Eriu, the daughter of the Mother Goddess Ernmas of the mystical Tuatha...
Philadelphia Campaign
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Philadelphia Campaign

The Philadelphia Campaign (July 1777 to June 1778) was a major military operation during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), in which a British...
The Bound Children
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The Bound Children

The Bound Children is a Sioux legend highlighting the importance of proper behavior, not only among family members but within one's community. The widow...
Phoenician Maritime Trade and Cultural Exchange
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Phoenician Maritime Trade and Cultural Exchange

This lesson plan has two parts. During the first part, students will watch a video introducing the Phoenicians and answer the questions on Worksheet...
Conway Cabal
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Conway Cabal

The Conway Cabal was a movement undertaken by American military officers and political leaders to remove General George Washington from command of the...
Operation Chastise
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Operation Chastise

Operation Chastise, the 'Dambusters' raid, was an attack by a squadron of RAF Lancaster bombers on the dams of the Ruhr basin in Germany in May 1943...
Crazy Horse
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Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse (Tasunke Witko, l. c. 1840-1877) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior and warband leader considered among the greatest defenders of Sioux...
Lancaster Bomber
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Lancaster Bomber

The Avro 683 Lancaster bomber was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45). Lancasters...
Wreck of the Batavia
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Wreck of the Batavia

The Batavia was a Dutch East India Company ship that foundered on the coral reefs of the Houtman Albrolhos Islands, 60 kilometres (37 mi) off the coast...
Battleship Bismarck
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Battleship Bismarck

The Bismarck was a German battleship, the largest and most powerful capital ship in the Kriegsmarine. For all its weaponry and armour, the ship was...
Henry Laurens
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Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens (1724-1792) was an American statesman from South Carolina who played an important role in the politics of the American Revolution (1765-1789...
Childhood in Ancient Rome
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Childhood in Ancient Rome

Freeborn Roman children, ingenuiae, born of Roman citizen parents lived a life that was dictated by the level of society into which they were born...
How the Rabbit Lost His Tail
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How the Rabbit Lost His Tail

How the Rabbit Lost His Tail is a Sioux legend, part origin myth and part didactic tale, explaining why the rabbit looks as it does, why the owl is...
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