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Dpla: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition explores the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad and its impact on American westward expansion.
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Dpla: America During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition explores the pandemic's impact on American life.
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Dpla: Staking Claims: The Gold Rush in Nineteenth Century America

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition explores the Gold Rush, a group of related gold rushes to Western territories in the second half of the nineteenth century, and its impact on American history and culture.
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Dpla: Roosevelt's Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition tells the stories of the CCC's administration and controversial policies, the men who joined, and the contributions its projects made to the history of conservation in the United States.
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Dpla: Activism in the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
American sociopolitical activism became especially prominent during the period of societal upheaval which began during the 1950s. The African American civil rights movement led the way, soon followed by a substantial anti-war movement...
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Dpla: The Panic of 1837

For Students 9th - 10th
This set uses primary sources to explore the financial practices that contributed to the Panic of 1837 and the impact of the crisis on America's politics, economy, and people.
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Dpla: Creating the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set document the creation of the US Constitution. Includes teaching guide.
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Dpla: Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set uses documents, images, and music to reveal the story of Cherokee removal, which is part of a larger story known as the Trail of Tears. Includes teaching guide.
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Dpla: Beginnings of the American Red Cross

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary set uses photographs, letters, posters, and publications to explore the beginnings of the American Red Cross under the initial leadership of Clara Barton. Includes teaching guide.
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Dpla: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set includes photographs, book excerpts, and documents that provide context for both events and themes in the novella. Includes teaching guide.
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Dpla: Immigration Through Angel Island

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set use documents and images to reveal the story of Asian immigration through Angel Island. Includes teaching guide.
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Dpla: Settlement Houses in the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set document the establishment of settlement houses. Includes teaching guide.
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Dpla: Immigration and Americanization, 1880 1930

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this set of primary documents allow users to immerse themselves in the debates that surrounded turn-of-the-century immigration and to consider the nature of Americanization. Includes teachers guide.
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Dpla: The Homestead Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this primary set document the Homestead Acts and the experiences of American homesteaders during the late 1800s. Includes teaching guide.
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Dpla: Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses photographs, videos, reports, speeches, and memorandums to explore the motivations and effectiveness of the Great Society. Includes Teacher's guide.
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Dpla: There Is No Cure for Polio

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore polio. Set includes an overview, primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.
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Dpla: Shays' Rebellion

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of illustrations, documents, and texts help give a new perspective on Shays's rebellion and its impact. Includes a teaching guide.
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Dpla: Space Race

For Students 9th - 10th
This set focuses on the Space Race during the mid-1950s and 1960s and examines the impact of the Space Race today. Includes a teacher's guide.
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Dpla: Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser

For Students 9th - 10th
The documents, images, photographs, and articles in this set explore Henry Clay, an influential part of US history in the early 1800s. Includes a teaching guide.
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Dpla: The New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set allows you to explore the crisis of the Great Depression, as well as the dramatic developments of the New Deal, through photographs, speeches, letters, and oral histories. Includes a teaching guide.
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Dpla: The Boston Tea Party

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set allows you to explore the Boston Tea Party through photographs, cartoons, letters, and oral histories. Includes a teaching guide.
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Dpla: Battle of Gettysburg

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Battle of Gettysburg. Set includes an overview, primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.
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Dpla: John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to document John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and the broad range of responses it provoked across the country. Includes a teaching guide.
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Dpla: Women and the Temperance Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary set uses photographs, letters, posters, and publications to explore women and the Temperance Movement. Includes teaching guide.