Center for History Education
Should the Colonists Have Revolted Against Great Britain?
Should the Americans have taken the plunge and revolted against Great Britain? Using documents, including the famed Common Sense and a Loyalist response, pupils conduct a lengthy investigation of the question. The interesting resource...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Sisters or Tis Best to Think Before We Act by Anna Sargeant
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Sisters or 'Tis Best to Think Before We Act by Anna Marie Sargeant, a children's novel.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Think Before You Act
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Think Before You Act by Mary Martha Sherwood, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Think Before You Act
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Think Before You Act by Mary Martha Sherwood, a fiction book for children.
BBC
Bbc: Voices From Kashmir
First person accounts by the people who live in Kashmir includes what they think about the conflict between India and Pakistan.
Scholastic
Scholastic: World War Ii: American Homefront: From Homemaker to Shipbuilder
An account of how World War II changed the lives of not just the soldiers, but also the people on the homefront. Find out how their daily life changed, and how they helped in the war effort. Includes many photos, questions to think...
George Washington University
National Security Archive: Kennedy Considered Supporting Coup in S. Vietnam
A fascinating look into recently declassified tapes and documents that traced President John Kennedy's thinking on whether the United States should support a military coup against South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in the summer of...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Prairie Diaries
This site from NPR is an excellent example of personal narratives from the heartland. Read and listen to excerpts from Kansans about a day in their life. What were they doing, what were they thinking, what was going on in their lives.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions
This video explores the misconceptions that students hold about natural selection. Go inside your student's heads to see what they are thinking during a lesson on evolution. Follow these suggestions for addressing these common...
Curated OER
History Matters: "I Will Not Promise the Moon"
As a candidate for President in 1936, Alf Landon gave a speech opposing the Social Security Act. Read his reasons for not supporting the law and why he didn't think that workers should be forced to save for their retirement.
The History Place
The History Place: Ronald Reagan: "Tear Down This Wall"
Primary source text, graphics, photos and audio-clips of President Reagan's historic speech given on June 12, 1987, in West Berlin calling for an end to the Cold War and the Berlin Wall.
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Franklin and Marshall College
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary: Franklin and the American Enlightenment [Pdf]
Essay on the Enlightenment as typified in America by Benjamin Franklin.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: An Interview With Thomas Jefferson
"What do you think Thomas Jefferson was like as a person? What were his interests and hobbies? Where did he go to school? Imagine yourself as a reporter in 1826, about to interview Mr. Jefferson at Monticello, his home."
Other
Study Questions: Ecclesiastical History & Caedmon's Hymn
Medieval English literature course study questions that provides excellent critical thinking on Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" and Caedmon's "Hymn."
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Reckless Poem
This non-prose piece shares the perspective of the author who thinks that she loses her real "self" occasionally.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: World War Ii Resources: 1935 Neutrality Act
Text of Franklin Roosevelt's approval of the Neutrality Act of 1935, passed by the Congress in August, 1935. Read why Roosevelt thinks this act is a reasonable reflection of American foreign policy in the mid-1930s.
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