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- Smallpox
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.4
- Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus. Historically, smallpox had a mortality rate of as much as 30 percent. In the Americas, it killed as much as 90 percent of the indigenous population after contact with Europeans introduced the disease. Smallpox is now eradicated after a successful worldwide vaccination program.
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- The increasing power of destruction: Military technology in World War I
- In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 3.6
- World War I saw the first widespread military use of the machine gun, barbed wire, land mines, airplanes, and poison gas, all of which changed the nature of warfare and military strategy.
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- Gifted?
- It is important for gifted children to be with other gifted children, the more often the better.
- Format: article
- By Cathy Kroninger.
- Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression
- In The Great Depression and World War II, page 1.4
- Article about Herbert Hoover's unsuccessful attempts as President to stop the country's slide into economic catastrophe.
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- Propaganda war: Patriots vs. Loyalists
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 6.3
- In this lesson plan for grade eight, students adopt the role of a Patriot or Loyalist during the American Revolution. Students create advertisements to persuade others to join their side.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Andrea Stewart, Keisha Gabriel, and Patty Grant.
