Explore the relationship between geography and economy using primary sources. After examining wills, advertisements, and other primary sources, individuals consider how the Chesapeake Region came to be home first to indentured servants,...

The articles and images in the June 1964 edition of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter detail the events in St. Augustine that were instrumental in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The stirring...

The story of the Vietnam War is often told through images. Young historians analyze images and primary sources —including the Vietnamese Army's Seven Commandments poster and photos of the daily life of soldiers—to construct a...

Just how long did it take the framers to write the Constitution? What role did the drafting process play? Scholars examine various drafts from the Constitutional Convention to gain a better understanding of its formation. Interactive...

Using primary sources, maps, and an interactive M&M game, young historians examine the American revolution as if they were detectives trying to solve a crime. Resource includes graphic organizers and a final writing prompt to aid...

Unlike most children, Edith Lee-Payne of Detroit went to the March on Washington with her mother to celebrate her 12th birthday. Pupils walk the march with her by analyzing a closeup image of her that has come to represent the pivotal...

Historical illustrations reveal more than what they are meant to portray. After reading Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, high schoolers view a series of illustrations, movie posters, photographs, and book covers that exemplify...

Dred Scott was a harbinger of the Civil War. An enslaved man claimed freedom because his owner had taken him into free territory. Not only did the Supreme Court rule that Dred Scott and his wife were to remain enslaved, but it also ruled...

While the Iranian Hostage Crisis was a watershed moment, few history classes take on the complex series of events leading up to it. Using declassified documents, including a hostage's diary, young historians create their own reports to...

Young historians have the opportunity to see photos from the war in the Pacific and learn more about what each photo represents. Scholars use their knowledge of WWII to match dates and descriptions to real-life photos from the war. The...

A varied collection of primary resources from American history. They include portraits, banknotes, artifacts, newspaper items, paintings, and illustrations.

A collection of three teacher-developed curricular units that use primary resources. Topics include the Ottomans, river pollution in India, and Chinese bronze bells. Additional units are available for a reasonably priced membership.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the invention of the telephone.

This collection uses primary sources to explore twentieth-century mining in the Mojave Desert.

This collection uses primary sources to explore leaders of Latin American revolutions.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Elie Wiesel's Night and the Holocaust.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Invisible Man written by Ralph Ellison.

This collection uses primary sources to explore The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the early history of Rock and Roll music.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the golden age of musical theater on Broadway.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the cultural impact of swing dancing.

This collection uses primary sources to explore social realism in American art.

This collection uses primary sources to explore visual art during the Harlem Renaissance.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the impact of women blues performers.