The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

A historian discusses the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas, and, more broadly, the competing expectations of the Indians and English colonists in terms of the relationship of the two groups.

The poet describes how it makes her feel that her husband has a crush on the actress Myrna Loy and it makes it hard to enjoy movies together because she can't compete.