Original founding documents supported by explanations and articles. Includes the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...

Discover highlights from American history, including military events and founding documents.

Read the original text of Benjamin Franklin's early proposal for unification of the colonies in common defense against the French. Proposed in 1754, Franklin's framework is considered one of the founding documents of the American republic.

A collection of letters and documents written by George Washington. His will is also here.

Several speeches about government written by James Wilson are found here.

A collection of letters and documents written by Thomas Jefferson.

A collection of speeches, letters and other documents written by James Madison.

Students will explore the documents that were used in shaping the United States, before, during, and after its creation. While studying these documents, students will use reading skills to interpret and analyze documents. By the end of...

This page from the Library of Congress links directly to a chronology of events leading to the declaration of independence from Great Britain, the drafting of the document, and Jefferson's vison as stated in the Declaration of Independence.

This site provides background information for a activity that correlates the National Standards for Civics and Government to the study of D-Day.Site also provides documents and photo's. Many teaching resources can be found at this site.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The Revolution and Early America unit covers the standard eighteenth century topics that would appear in any textbook. These lessons, however, will push students to dig deeper as they read the documents...

Archaeologists say that they've discovered over 400 Roman tablets at a site in London, including the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain.

In this fourth module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about training for a career in photography and different types of photography specializations. They look at several types in more depth, including commercial,...

In this activity, students will review and analyze the founding documents of the United States and understand Benjamin Frankin's contributions and connections to these founding documents. Franklin was the only man to help shape all of...

Biographical accounts of fifty men who played a wide variety of roles in bringing about America's break with Great Britain, and in the creation of the documents and plans that created the new nation, like the Declaration of Independence,...

This site provides a very brief description of three of the founding fathers of the Constitution: Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington. The site provides links to further biographies of all three men as well as...

As part of a larger site about the extraordinary Benjamin Franklin, this section focuses on his being one of founding fathers of the new United States of America. Read about the three major documents he signed as a delegate and diplomat.

A fact card describing the properties and characteristics of pyrite, where it is found, its effects on its immediate environment, its chemical structure, and where it fits on Mohs hardness scale.

A fact card describing the properties and characteristics of geodes, where they can be found, and how they may have formed.

This National Archives and Records Administration site relates the history of Eli Whitney and his remarkable inventions. Links to sites with patent information on the cotton gin. Tons of teacher's resources can be found at this site.

This site provides the texts of nearly 200,000 historical documents related to six Founding Fathers, including the papers of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. The...

View the complete text of the 1620 British Charter for the settlement of New England granting authority to colonize and govern.

"Contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents. The documents focus on three areas: the founding of the League, international statistics published by the League, and the League's work toward international disarmament."