Activity
Other

Stratford Hall Plantation: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, dedicated to preservation, research and education. The Association interprets to the public Stratford Hall and the plantation life of the Lee Family, whose ideals and leadership...
Graphic
Curated OER

Cut Out From an Ukiyo E Image Depicting Row of Houses With People

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition review on the Japanese art form Ukiyo-e. Very nice images and history of this art form with an interpretation of an historical link of Japan and the Western world.
Handout
Digital History

Digital History: The Civil Rights Movement Moves North

For Students 9th - 10th
Summers of the late 1960s was a time of widespread violence and rioting in the nation's major inner cities. What was previously thought of as a problem of the South had spread nation-wide and was now demanding immediate attention.
Website
US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: Black Americans in Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes historical essays about African Americans in Congress along with profiles of the congressional careers of each African-American Representative and Senator, images of artifacts, educational resources for teachers,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Bronck House

For Students 9th - 10th
Oldest structure in upstate New York; excellent example of Dutch colonial architecture.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: John Ballantine House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of John Ballantine, of the Ballantine brewing family. Now part of the Newark Museum.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Albert Einstein House

For Students 9th - 10th
The home of Albert Einstein after his flight from Germany until his death.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Harold C. Bradley House

For Students 9th - 10th
Prairie School home designed by Louis H. Sullivan.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Samuel Gompers House

For Students 9th - 10th
Samuel Gompers was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924. Gompers helped found the AFL, and vigorously pursued its three goals of higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions for...
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: William Sidney Mount House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home and studio of painter William Sidney Mount.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Pietro and Maria Botto House

For Students 9th - 10th
Rallying point of the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, now home to the American Labor Museum.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Thomas Moran House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the Hudson River School painter Thomas Moran who helped inspire the creation of the National Park system.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Thomas Cole House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home and studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Old House

For Students 9th - 10th
Built in 1649; asserted to be "one of the finest surviving examples of English domestic architecture in America".
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Rudolph Oyster House

For Students 9th - 10th
Early 20th century seafood processing plant.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ct: Russell Henry Chittenden House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Russell Henry Chittenden, the "father of American biochemistry".
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Susan B. Anthony House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Susan B. Anthony, prominent 19th century women's rights activist.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Henry Barnard House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of educator instrumental in the development of the American public school system.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: George Eastman House

For Students 9th - 10th
The home of George Eastman, founder of Kodak, now an internationally known photography museum.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Colorado: Yucca House Natl Monument

For Students 9th - 10th
Unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Joseph Henry House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Joseph Henry, whose scientific research on electromagnetic self-inductance led to the electrical telegraph. He was also the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Boughton Hill (Gannagaro)

For Students 9th - 10th
The site of a 17th-century Seneca village known as the Town of Peace and birthplace of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Vermont: Justin S. Morrill Homestead

For Students 9th - 10th
Gothic Revival home of Justin Smith Morrill, Vermont representative and senator known for the 1862 and 1890 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: Alvin Cullom York Farm

For Students 9th - 10th
At the 1918 Battle of the Argonne Forest during World War I, Sergeant Alvin C. York distinguished himself with a one-man action that killed 25 enemy soldiers, took 132 prisoners, and captured 35 machine guns. York received the Medal of...

Other popular searches