There are a number of social, emotional, and physiological reasons why teenagers start smoking, and why they continue smoking into adulthood. Help class members understand why smoking begins in youth—and how to protect themselves from...

A survey of fifty-seven landscapes and portraits that reveal visions of early America and its birth as a new nation as rendered by early American artists.

An informative site containing twenty-one different images of quilts made in America prior to 1850. A brief paragraph below each picture describes the colors, fabrics, and message of each quilt.

Consider the English identity of American colonists by examining the sorts of imported goods and decorative arts Americans chose to purchase and display.

A PDF of a global map of the world economy in 1775.

This graph gives information about the value of U.S. exports from 1790 to 1817.

Chart of total value of imports and exports of selected years from 1790 to 1900 in dollars. There are also questions that go along with the charts/graphs.

Published images from the mid-1800s to the early part of the 1900s depicting Native Americans from tribes all over the United States.

A collection of prints, drawings and photographs at the National Gallery of Art from the Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Collection. Nice examples of early American drawings and prints.

Presents key ideas for examining the cultures of Native American tribes that lived in North America in early colonial times. Discusses the major groups, the way of life of each group, and where they lived.

"The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," features 84 photographs from the early years of photography in the 1850s through the 20th century. Included in the collection are works by early, modern, and...

Several examples of pots for coffee, tea, and chocolate from the colonial period. Learn how Americans adopted the practice of drinking coffee and tea, and how this practice affected society, daily life, and the decorative art created by...

An interesting site that contains paintings, sculptures, and photographs by African American artists. Each piece has a short paragraph below it describing the artwork, and the message the artist was trying to convey.

These maps, historical primary materials, show the early settlements in Liberia that were created by the American Colonization Society as they resettled free black Americans in West Africa. A timeline of the history of Liberia is included.

Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Filipino Americans faced racial prejudice and discrimination during the early 1900s. This anti-Asian racism is connected to U.S....

A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.

The Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia offers visitors the opportunity to view images of over 800 maps that go back almost 500 years. Researchers get a first-hand look at the lives of early Americans with these original maps...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum offers this introduction to American artist Abbott Handerson Thayer, who is known for his idealized and other-worldly depictions of women, angels, and nature. Read a brief biography of the artist, then...

Photographs of Native American children at several Indian schools from the late 19th century and early 20th century.

A PowerPoint presentation covering American history during the second Industrial Revolution. Learn the forces behind monopolies, the growth of cities, and the development of labor unions among other aspects of progression at this time in...

Archive of historical photographs of the museum's dioramas and exhibits from the early twentieth century offers a glimpse into the work of exhibition designers from eras past.

An interior view of an early American colonial parlor.

Early American -- Still Life with Steak by Sharon Core, 2008.

This site lists Early American Actors and the plays they were in. It includes links to their pictures.