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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Touring Turn of the Century America

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
Website
Harvard University

Harvard University Library: Open Collections: Immigration to the u.s.,1789 1930

For Students 9th - 10th
Find books, pamphlets, photographs, maps, and manuscripts about immigration to the United States, principally nineteenth-century immigration. With a timeline of key dates in U.S. immigration history and a browsable list of search themes...
Handout
HyperHistory Online

Hyperhistory.com: Timelines of the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Peruse this timeline of the Great Depression and gather information about this era in United States History. Short, interesting paragraphs summarize U.S. and world events with an emphasis on economic issues.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Second Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline on the history of the second amendment.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Congress Cannot Grant Itself a Raise

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of Congressional pay.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Civil Liberties in Wartime

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of civil liberties at wartime.
Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: America and Nazi Book Burning

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive history of the purification of Nazi Germany by burning objectionable books.
Activity
Other

Kids Voting Usa

For Students K - 1st
Kids Voting USA offers learning activities on the history and importance of voting, as well as a timeline of suffrage in the United States. Each learning activity includes materials, objectives, and questions to be raised in class.
eBook
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Early America: The First Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives an overview of the timeline of humans establishing themselves in the Americas, starting with the crossing of the Bering Sea land bridge some time before 12,000 B.C. Archaeological evidence shows humans moving south and eventually...
Graphic
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The Making of African American Identity [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Handout
PBS

Pbs Frontline: Al Qaeda's New Front

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Frontline investigates the threat radical jihadists pose to Western Europe and it allies - including the United States.
Handout
Other

Indiana Historical Bureau: Northwest Ordinance of 1787

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of events significant to Indiana and the United States preceding and following the enactment of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: American Presidency: William J. Clinton

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical sketch of America's forty-second president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
Article
Other

Family Search: Philippine Insurrection, 1899 to 1902

For Students 9th - 10th
During the Philippine Insurrection, more than 125,000 American soldiers were sent to the Philippines, and over 4,000 deaths occurred during this conflict. This was also known as the Philippine-American War and the War of Philippine...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Harlem Renaissance Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This unit on the history and contribution of the Harlem Renaissance combines research and creative presentations in the form of slideshows, a timeline, and desktop publishing.
Website
Other

Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources, such as a timeline of women's struggle for equality in America, on topics related to the history of women in the United States. Also find information on two nineteenth-century rights activists, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: American Presidency: George W. Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical sketch of America's forty-third president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
Activity
CBS

Cbsnews: Hunting Bin Laden

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive site that has a timeline, the history of Osama Bin Laden, and his video tapes. Covers many different aspects of the hunt for Bin Laden and gives detailed information about Bin Laden and what the United States is doing to...
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Freedom of the Press

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline on the history of freedom of press in the United States.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Right to Be Informed of Criminal Charges

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the history of right to be informed of criminal charges in the United States.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Right to Be Confronted by Adverse Witnesses

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the history of right to be confronted by adverse witnesses in the United States.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Right to Assistance of Counsel

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the history of right to assistance of counsel in the United States.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Right to Trial by Jury in Federal Civil Cases

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the history of right to trial by jury in federal civil cases in the United States.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Protection Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the history of protection against cruel and unusual punishment in the United States.