This article about the life and music of Ella Fitzgerald explores major moments in the jazz singer's career.

The Industrial Revolution was a complex set of economic, technological, and social changes that occurred over a substantial period of time. This teacher's guide gives background information, and suggestions for stimulating student...

Collection of digitized prints of the library's holding of Civil War photographs. Includes information on how the photographs were taken, as well as an interesting look at photo manipulation.

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.

Official site for the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives includes information on: legislative activities, information on the Clerk's office, committee information, art and history of the House, historical...

Link directly to hypertext versions of the minutes recorded at the First and Second Continental Congresses. Included are the words of the various factions within the Congresses and the final resolutions that were passed, and then sent to...

The parts of the LCC call numbers are taught in this lesson using colored index cards to represent the four parts. Students will be able to recognize what each part of the call number stands for.

Photographs taken in the 1940s of various public places that had posted signs for "White" and "Colored."

This lesson uses primary sources - diaries, letters, and photographs - to explore the experiences of women in the Civil War. By looking at a series of document galleries, the perspectives of slave women, plantation mistresses, female...

This site provides the full text of the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, October 1774.

From the Journals of the Continental Congress, dated July 4, 1776 in which students can read the exact words which were read to the delegates at the Continental Congress, listing the grievances against the King of England.

This site provides the full text of the resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress.

Child labor was a terribly common, but dangerous thing near the end of the nineteenth century. Read this report of the conditions in a particular cannery in Maryland where many young children are working the lines.

What does the Declaration of Independence mean with the phrase, "All men are created equal"? Students examine "equality", and what it means now and what it meant during the time of Thomas Jefferson, and "develop a rationale for...

Brief basic facts about the District of Columbia including meaning of its name, date became a state, capital city, map.

This site describes how the Treaty of Versailles ended World War I. Includes photos.

This three-page article explores the operation of the first hydroelectric power plant and the spread of renewable energy in the United States.

Some houses today cost the same as the Virgin Islands! Learn about the history of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Site provides a brief explanation of Cabrillo's travels up the coast of California. A map of Cabrillo's expedition is also included.

Discover how the light of a lighthouse can be seen from great distances and who is credited with the invention.

This site briefly details various artists and group contributions to the history of dance. Includes some information on costume design and dance manuscripts.

An introduction to the Jalna series, "sixteen novels that tell the story of the Canadian Whiteoak family from 1854 to 1954." Read about this fictional family, learn what critics have said its content and author, Mazo de la Roche, and...

Can you match the picture to the correct invention? Read about these inventions and the importance of them. Also included are related sites to find further information about each invention.

Read about the sinking of the Luisitania in 1915 and find out about how it affected the American desire to enter World War I.