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All of the links in this section are open education resources that SNN has visited and reviewed. Most of the links are from federal government agencies and nonprofit organizations that manage libraries, museums, and galleries throughout the country. There are also international organizations included in the database, a database that will continue to expand as SNN reviews additional educational resources.

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RAGBRAI
Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa - bicyclists ride from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River across Iowa in one week! (sponsored by the Des Moines Register)

Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation

Recipes for Healthy Hearts
Recipes for healthy hearts by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)

Restore the Gulf
Restore the Gulf - a recovery effort for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Rhode Island
Rhode Island state government website

Rhode Island tourism
Visit Rhode Island website

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California

Riding Through History - RAGBRAI
Riding Through History, an exhibit on RAGBRAI at the Iowa State Historical Museum; RAGBRAI is a bicycle ride across the state of Iowa form the Missouri River to the Mississippi River

Ringling
The Ringling, an art and historical museum in Sarasota, Florida

Ringling Center for Elephant Conservation
Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation in Sarasota, Florida; largest herd of Asian elephants in the Western Hemisphere;

Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on the Boston Common honors the Union Army leader of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first all-black regiment in the US Army during the Civil War

Rocket Boys Festival
Rocket Boys Festival, held annually in West Virginia near Coalwood to honor the Rocket Boys, Homer Hickam and his high school friends who built and launched rockets; Homer wrote a book - Rocket Boys - that was made into a popular movie - October Sky

Rocket Contest
Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) - Rocket contest for high school students sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

Rockwell Museum
The Rockwell Museum - art museum in downtown Corning, New York located in the Old City Hall building

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California

Roosevelt (FDR) Day-by-Day log
primary source log of FDR's daily activities during his four terms in office from 1933 to his death on April 12, 1945 (FDR Presidential Library and Museum)

Roosevelt: Day of Infamy speech (primary source doc)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to Congress on Dec. 8, 1941 following the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7 - Day of Infamy speech

Rosa Parks - Library of Congress
Rosa Parks, mother of the civil rights movement: learning materials from the Library of Congress

Roscosmos
Roscosmos - the Russian Federal Space Agancy

Rose Center for Earth and Space
Rose Center for Earth and Space (Hayden Planetarium) by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City

Rosie The Riveter Association
American Rosie The Riveter Association

Rosie the Riveter Trust
Rosie the Riveter Trust

Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park
Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park - National Park Service (NPS), established in 2000

Rotary International
Rotary International, a service organization of business people

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center

   
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  • CDC: Masks are a powerful weapon against COVID-19 CDC: Masks are a powerful weapon against COVID-19
    Aug. 12, 2020 - A sure sign of the COVID pandemic is the ubiquitous presence of masks. The cloth protectors can be seen hanging from rear view mirrors in cars, folded up in pockets and purses, and of course, looped around ears. The CDC has guidance on how to properly wear and clean masks.
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  • Ford and the Motor City look to the future Ford and the Motor City look to the future
    July 30, 2020 - Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company who put the world on wheels in the early years of the 20th century. He was born on this day in 1863. That's not a typo. Henry Ford was born less than one month after the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. Bill Ford, his great-grandson, is currently the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company.
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  • CDC: Masks are a powerful weapon against COVID-19 CDC: Masks are a powerful weapon against COVID-19
    Aug. 12, 2020 - A sure sign of the COVID pandemic is the ubiquitous presence of masks. The cloth protectors can be seen in many places. Masks are seen hanging from rear view mirrors in cars, folded up in pockets and purses, and of course, looped around ears. The CDC has guidance on how to properly wear and clean masks.
    Read More
  • Ford and the Motor City look to the future Ford and the Motor City look to the future
    July 30, 2020 - Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He put the world on wheels in the early years of the 20th century. He was born on this day in 1863. That's not a typo. Henry Ford was born less than one month after the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. Bill Ford is Henry's great-grandson. He is currently the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company.
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