This resource presents a comprehensive and in-depth collection on the history of Western social dance from the late Middle Ages onward. Readers will find images of historical dance instruction manuals, historical information on the...

Detailed and extensive account of the plight of Native Americans during the westward growth of America. Includes maps, audio recordings, authentic letters, speeches,a great timeline, and much more.

Find contemporary newspaper accounts of the shooting of President Willian McKinley, his death, the swearing of Theodore Roosevelt as president, and the capture, trial, and execution of the assassin.

This collection contains thousands of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company and gives viewers the opportunity to explore America from the period of 1880 to 1920. Images include rural America, city life, men and women at work,...

This two-part feature on African American history offers an in-depth look at the events of the 1960's civil rights movement. Discusses voting rights, laws, military segregation, freedom rides, sit-ins and the NAACP. Includes historic...

Examine some of the rare books, maps, prints and other artifacts in this online exhibition. The exhibition explores several themes on the cultures and history of the Americas. The collection focuses on the period of pre-contact through...

The digital revival of the glass plate images of the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I by photographer Sergei Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Very interesting from both historical and technological points of view.

This site from the Library of Congress provides a concise biography of the first vice-president of Abraham Lincoln. Learn about his upbringing, his vice-presidency, and his political career after that.

This informative and easy-to-read site contains information about how the United States formed its first government under the Articles of Confederation. From the Library of Congress

A special message to congress by Lyndon Baines Johnson, from March 16, 1964, proposing a nationwide war on the sources of poverty.

Mother's Day was begun by President Woodrow Wilson. This Library of Congress site gives you the background and some wonderful old photographs.

Library of Congress exhibit presents this timeline with photos and images as part of a special commemoration of the centennial of flight.

You have a day off of school the first Monday in September to honor the workers of America. A history of our Labor Day celebration is provided by this Library of Congress timeline.

This Library of Congress exhibit uses historic, primary documents to trace the life and accomplishments of Winston Churchill.

An exhibition of The Water-Babies illustations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Originally shown in the Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon Library of Congress June through September 1999.

Library of Congress presents historical material for the date July 21. Primary source documents including photos, letters, diaries and historical text. Looks at the First Battle of Bull Run and the author Ernest Hemingway.

This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...

Students frequently echo sentiments such as, "The government is too big," or "The government should make welfare mothers pay for their own needs." It seems that many citizens, high schoolers included, have begun to believe in reduced...

Library of Congress presents primary source documents, essays, photos and maps of historical events on May 10th including a ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah for the meeting of the Union Pacific and Central railways and the capture of...

This web page from the U.S. Library of Congress includes a brief bibliographic record and a link to a digital copy of the original. The Treaty of Ghent was negotiated in Belgium and it ended hostilities between the United States and...

Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 contains just over a hundred pamphlets and books (published between 1772 and 1889) concerning the difficult and troubling experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and...

This site includes a unit about the Great Depression. Students will create a creative writing based on Dorothea Lange's 1936 "Migrant Mother" photograph. They will also write a position paper on the United States' current welfare issue....

A video selection of various medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, including bibles and books of hours.

Brief summary from the Library of Congress of Thomas Jefferson's involvement in the Declaration of Independence.