Nara: Teaching With Documents: In Case the D Day Invasion Failed

Learners discuss how much effort and planning would therefore be needed to plan a secret invasion such as D-Day. They use library and Internet resources to find out what strategies were employed on D-Day and what the results of D-Day were.

Get inside the mind of General Eisenhower regarding the D-Day invasion. An interesting activity uses historical documents to highlight the differences between Eisenhower's public stance on D-Day and his private opinions. Scholars analyze...

Check out this National Archives and Records (NARA) site to see the original Tennessee document ratifying the 19th Amendment. Also includes a short explanation as to why Tennessee's vote was so crucial.

Background information on the African American troops in the 369th Infantry accompanied by teaching activities that allows students to analyze photographs and use the information in many curricular connections.

Using documents from the U.S. Justice Department, students analyze the events following the revelations of the Watergate scandal, and the legal and constitutional arguments that ensued over whether Nixon should or could be indicted after...

This lesson plan takes a close look at a primary document written by General Eisenhower to General Marshall. The document reflects a lack of information about the invasion that was underway. There are activities and worksheets included.

D-Day was the Allies' biggest gamble of World War II. Using photos and footage from the war, the video teaches pupils about the invasion of Normandy and why it was a crucial—but risky—undertaking for the Allied forces. Viewers see how...

A workshop, appropriate for elementary, middle school, and high school students, through which participants examine a variety of primary documents and their relationship to the U.S. Constitution. This resource provides workshop...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited not only discrimination based on race, but also gender. Use this lesson plan to explore the document, particularly Title VII in examining the law.

Primary documents related to women's suffrage in the 1800s are presented here accompanied by teaching ideas. There is a script called 'Failure is Impossible' that was commissioned by the National Archives, as well as petitions, proposed...