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Questioning Artifacts,
a virtual exploration of Alcatraz Island, stimulates your students' curiosity as they conduct archeological inquiry to discover how artifacts - found and missing - influence our interpretation of history, cultures, and even ourselves.

 
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Honorable Duty: The Moral Dilemma of the Buffalo Soldiers places your students in the shoes of the African American troops sent to fight in the Spanish American War, the War for Independence in the Philippines, and American Expansionism in the Pacific during the height of Jim Crow.

Mission blue butterfly  

Did You Know?
The endangered mission blue butterfly inhabits from the Milagra Ridge in Pacifica, to portions of the Marin Headlands. This small butterfly is an important component of area grasslands. Its host plant is silver-leaf lupine, and it is only in its mature flight stage for three weeks?
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Last Updated: August 01, 2009 at 15:14 EST