George Mason University
Chnm: Children & Youth History
"Children & Youth in History is a world history resource that provides teachers and students with access to sources about young people from the past to the present."
Library of Congress
Loc: Her Story
A rich Library of Congress resource page that is filled with links to historical and primary documents offering a female perspective throughout history. Lesson plan links are also given.
Library of Congress
Loc: Interviews With Today's Immigrants
This site, part of a larger lesson plan about immigration from the Library of Congress, provides interviews that students had with immigrants from around the world.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: The Immigrant Experience: Down the Rabbit Hole
Through a series of six activities, learners read about, connect to, and draw conclusions about the immigrant experience, via personal experience and a collection of resources, including Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," oral...
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: The American Dream
With the help of digitized primary documents -- pictures, photograph, recordings, and written accounts -- students will explore and define what the "American Dream" meant for people over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Eleanor Roosevelt, American Visionary
This site features photos and artifacts from the life of one of the most dynamic and controversial First Ladies in U.S. history, as well as a virtual tour of her home.
Library of Congress
Loc: On the Homefront: America During Ww I and Ww Ii
Using primary source documents from the Library of Congress, learn about volunteer work, civil defense, conservation efforts, economic initiatives, and patriotic support on the homefront in both World War I and World War II.
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: Gettysburg Address
This site provides the text of the Gettysburg Address.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Treasures: Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words
Learn about the life and contributions of Benjamin Franklin by examining his letters, books, cartoons, speeches, and manuscripts. An excellent resource for teaching and learning about the history of the United States using primary source...
University of Washington
University of Washington: Communism in Washington State
Did you know the Communist movement made a large impact on the state of Washington? Site contains the history of the movement that took hold of the state through interviews, film, pictures, and newspapers.
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PBS
Pbs Teachers: Conflicting Newspaper Accounts (Civil War Lesson Plan) [Pdf]
Multilayered lesson that begins with analysis of a series of photographs of the battle of Antietam and ends with writing an account of the battle in the style of a nineteenth-century war correspondent from opposing perspectives of North...
PBS
Crucible of Empire: Spanish American War Resources for Teachers
Find a collection of resources assembled by the producers of a PBS documentary about the Spanish-American War that supports classroom instruction on various aspects of the war. Includes interviews with historians; a transcript of the...
Duke University
Special Collections Library: Rose O;neal Greenhow Papers
A fascinating look at the documents concerning Rose O'Neal Greenhow. Included are letters she wrote from prison.
PBS
The West: Documents on the Sand Creek Massacre
Contains the text of documents on the Sand Creek Massacre, including two editorials from the Rocky Mountain News, Congressional testimony by John S. Smith, and a deposition by John M. Chivington
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: George Washington Papers: Series 2 Letterbooks
The list in Washington's own hand of his nominations for various offices in his administration including Attorney General.
Other
New York State Archives: Erie Canal Time Machine
Take a trip back in time to 1825 to learn about the Erie Canal. Resources includes three projects that require students to look at documents and answer questions.
NOAA
Noaa: Office of Coast Survey: Historical Map and Chart Collection
A collection of maps and charts related to the Civil War. Maps and charts can be downloaded and saved.
Ohio State University
E History: Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
A look into the coal mining industry in the Gilded Age through maps, timelines, images, and primary source documents.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Women's History Month
This site highlights historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units which commemorate the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate the contribution...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Constitution or Articles?
In this lesson, students will observe the political climate at the time of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and read the writings of the delegates who refused to sign the proposed Constitution, as well as those who supported it....
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The First Amendment
This resource presents lessons on the First Amendment. It contains many resources for use with children, and links to primary source documents.