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Nara: Teaching With Documents: Glidden's Patent Application for Barbed Wire
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides an elaborate lesson plan on Joseph Glidden's patent for barbed wire. Content includes extensive background information about barbed wire, images of the original patent...
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Nara: Teaching With Documents: The United States Enters the Korean Conflict
This is a lesson plan outline which correlates the relationship between NSC-68 and U.S. policy in Korea. A National Archives and Records Administration site (NARA) with additional links to more teaching resources.
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Nara: Treasures of Congress: Progressive Reform: Direct Election of Senators
Article briefly describing how direct election of United States senators came into being with the passage of the 17th amendment.
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Nara: Prologue Magazine: u.s. Marines in the Boxer Rebellion
On this site provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), we are provided with a discussion of the history and laws that affected immigrant women and their citizenship. Includes some information about the Cable...
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Nara: Guide to Federal Records: War Labor Policies Board
The National Archives and Records Administration provides this description and functions of the War Labor Administrator during World War I. Includes "Administrative History" and "Records of the War Labor Policies Board 1918-19."
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Nara: Powers of Persuasion: United We Win
In spite of racial discrimination and segregation in the military and in civilian life, the overwhelming majority of black Americans participated wholeheartedly in the fight against the Axis powers. This site explores the posters,...
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Nara: Prologue Magazine: Women and Naturalization
A lengthy essay on George Washington proposing that his real accomplishments as first President of the U.S. and winner of the Revolutionary War have been overshadowed by the myths and stories of the Cherry Tree, teeth, and no lies....
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Nara: Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art From Wwii
A wonderful site for real U.S. Government propaganda posters from WWII. Provided by the National Archives and Records Administration(NARA).
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Nara: Guide to Federal Records: Public Works Administration [Pwa]
Extensive information on all the projects completed under the Public Works Administration. Includes a brief history. Provided by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Nara: Guide to Federal Records: War Production Board (Wpb)
This comprehensive National Archives and Records Administration site provides a wealth of information regarding the war production board. Select from various records detailing administrative history, operating units, regional records,...
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Nara: Teaching With Documents: Launching the New u.s. Navy
The National Archives and Records Administration provides the original letter President John Adams sent to the U.S. Sentate on May 18, 1798 nominating Benjamin Stoddert as the first Secretary of the Navy to lead the newly created...
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Nara: Treasures of Congress: Progressive Reform: Speaker Cannon
Check out this National Archives site for an overview of Progressive political reform, highlighting a 1910 revolt against the Speaker of the House.
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Nara: American Originals: Letter From Upton Sinlcair to President Roosevelt
Click here to see an original page of a letter from Upton Sinclair to President Roosevelt regarding the conditions of meat-packing plants.
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Nara: Guide to Federal Records: War Industries Board
This National Archives and Records Administration site contains various records of the War Industries Board, disclosing the administrative history of the War Industries Board as well as specific events.
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Nara: Guide to Federal Records: Reconstructon Finance Corporation
From the Federal Records in the National Archives, find the Table of Contents listing all the records and history of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. (The actual documents themselves are not here.) Click on Administrative History...
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Nara: Teaching With Documents: Unfinished Lincoln Memorial Interactive Lesson
This interactive link provides both learners and teachers with historical insight to the symbolism behind the dramatic construction of one of our nation's greatest monuments. Site includes pictures of various moments in the construction...
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Nara: Teaching With Documents: Images of the American Revolution
The National Archives and Records Administration provides a lesson plan on the American Revolution. Content includes excellent historical background, as well as several primary source documents, pictures, and engravings detailing various...
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Nara: Picturing the Century: A New Century
This site has a series of photographs of different areas in the United States during the beginning of the 20th century.
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Nara: A New Deal for the Arts
Some of the New Deal programs during the Great Depression were designed to support artists and the arts. This National Archives and Records Administration site explores the products of the time period.
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Nara: Income Tax Records of the Civil War Years
This article presents an excellent historical overview of the income tax as well as look at the tax records of the Civil War years.
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Nara: History in the Raw
Site offers excellent reasons to approach history by using primary documents -- diaries, letters, drawings, and memoirs. Also gives teachers suggestions on where to find great sources.
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Nara: Teaching With Documents: Fdr's First Inaugural Address
Features background on FDR and his platform for dealing with the Great Depression. Included are primary source documents of his first inaugural address and photos related to his New Deal programs.
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Nara: Deadly Virus: 1918 Flu Epidemic
Online exhibit that shows through text, photos, and historically significant documents the toll of the flu epidemic of 1918 in America.
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Nara: American Originals: Black Hills Treaty
This web page from the National Archives and Records Administration has a link to a copy of the actual Treaty of 1868, when the United States recognized Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation.