Full coverage on Ford and the years of his administration. Find biographical facts, selected speeches (video and transcript), members of his cabinet, and special Miller Center presentations. Helpful essays on Gerald Ford's life,...

The Arts of Africa website lets you view objects from the Brooklyn Museum's collections of African art, including masks, ceremonial items, statues, jewelry, royal regalia, and household objects. With more than twenty audio tours that...

BackStory podcast with the American History Guys discussing the history of higher education in America including struggle over the purpose and nature of college and what the debate is about today. Audio and transcripts are provided in...

BackStory Radio explores the history of partisanship and asks whether it is tearing us apart in this country or serving to keep us together. This episode has no podcast; it is a brief article on the topic and transcripts of the comments...

BackStory Radio episode in which historian Alexander Keysar takes a look at unemployment over the years and discusses with callers to the show how it had shaped our national character and perceptions of joblessness. This is the...

BackStory Radio episode discussion of the Supreme Court nomination process past and present exploring media influence and whether or not the process has become more politicized. No audio; transcript only.

This site presents "Personal and scholarly perspectives," on the Peoples Temple cult movement, including its tragic end in the Jonestown Massacre. Content includes general information about the cult, as well as a photo gallery, tape...

Transcript of the conditions of the Treaty of Greenville. Links to significant names.

This site has a transcript of a speech given to the Indian National Congress by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1907.

Learn how map projections and chronological constructs are used in the study of world history and help us to understand and interpret the past. Part of a larger site on world history, this unit on maps offers complete reading,...

A transcript of the Monroe Doctrine written by President James Monroe in 1823. This document established a foreign policy that any European nations attempting to colonize in North or South America would be seen as aggression and the...

This is a video and transcript of John Kerry's testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the topic of the horrors committed by American soldiers in Vietnam and the resulting anger and suffering their participation in the war...

Fascinating look at the Mexican viewpoint of the immigration debate in the United States. Transcript, audio, and video of this July, 2006, report available.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

This National Public Radio page is constantly updated with the most recent NPR stories related to the war in Afghanistan providing an up to date and comprehensive archive. Material from Morning Edition and All Things Considered is...

Here is the transcript of the news conference President Harry S. Truman had on May 8, 1945, just before the release of his proclamation declaring the end of hostilities in Europe. Read why he released this early to journalists, and enjoy...

Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents a brief overview of the Emancipation Proclamation. Includes the transcript of the document. Links to related sites are available.

Learn all about Revolutionary War spies. Resource highlights an exhibition of transcriptions of spy letters from the American Revolution housed in the Sir Henry Clinton collection at the University of Michigan. Also features people of...

This site contains a complete transcription of The Bill of Rights, along with zoomable graphics of the original handwritten text. It also includes information about the historical context of the document, links to more constitutional...

This activity can be used during a unit on the U.S. Constitution. Students will analyze the Senate Journal of the First Congress and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article II of the Constitution in...

Search this data base and view interviews with veterans who recount their experiences in the First, Second, South African and Korean Wars. The data base may be searched by war, geographic location, campaign, branch, unit or occupation....

View the transcripts to the four presidential debates of the 1960 election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

Tennis player and LGBT rights activist Billie Jean King has been selected by President Obama to represent the United States as a part of the American delegation at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Learn why her selection is so...