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Freedom Archives

Special St. Augustine Issue

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
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...
Interactive
National Constitution Center

American Treasures

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
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...
Activity
National WWII Museum

Picturing the War in the Pacific Photos, Datelines and Captions

For Students 7th - 12th
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...
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Other

National Council for the Social Studies: Establishing Martin Luther King Day

For Students 9th - 10th
What do national holidays represent and how do they come to be? Using Martin Luther King Day as an example, follow how congress establishes the holiday and the president signs it into law. Primary sources included are memos to President...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Social Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore social realism in American art.
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Harvard University

The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online is a collection of hundreds of interviews of Soviet Refugees in the years of the Cold War. The collection is comprehensive including aspects of all walks of life of these refugees...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Deal.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis.
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Other

Utah Division of State History: Teaching Utah With Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
"Our Past Their Present" offers primary source sets on Utah history topics such as Japanese Internment and Women during World War II. Created by the Utah Division of State History to meet Social Studies Core Standards.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: There Is No Cure for Polio

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the polio epidemic and vaccine.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Impact of Television on News Media

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the impact of television on news media.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Rock 'N' Roll: Beginnings to Woodstock

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the early history of Rock and Roll music.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Golden Age of Broadway

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the golden age of musical theater on Broadway.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Feed the Hungry With Food Stamp Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to the history of food stamp programs.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Settlement Houses in the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore settlement houses during the Progressive Era.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Poetry of Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the poetry of Maya Angelou.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Pop Art in the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Pop art in the US.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Stonewall and the Gay Liberation Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection which uses primary sources to explore the impact of Stonewall on the gay liberation movement.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Act Up and the Aids Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore AIDS activism during the 1980s.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Rise of Conservatism in the 1980s

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the rise of conservatism in the United States in the 1980s.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Equal Rights Amendment.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The American Indian Movement, 1968 1978

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the American Indian Movement between 1968 and 1978.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: The United Farm Workers Delano Grape Strike

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Puerto Rican Migration to the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Puerto Rican migration to the US.

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