National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Religion in the Civil War: The Southern Perspective

What part did Kentucky play in the Civil War? A constructed response essay assignment tests to ensure scholars understand the concepts and the arguments for the causes of the Civil War. Learners must read a primary source quote and then...

What are the "big questions" of Reconstruction? Article provides an overview of the Reconstruction period when Americans debated rights and the nature of freedom and equality. It focuses on who was an American and how citizenship should...

An excellent essay from the National Humanities Center that explores the civil rights movement after the groundbreaking legislation in the 1960s. It looks at how the civil rights movement has transitioned in the last part of the 20th and...

Essay on the origins of Mormonism and the challenges associated with its eventual establishment into the American mainstream.

Article discusses Paleoindian migration and animal extinction at the end of the Pleistocene era and explores what we can learn about conservation given what we know about Pleistocene climate and extinction.

This essay from the National Humanities Center tracks Jewish immigrants in America, discusses antisemitism and assimilation experiences through the twentieth century. Includes a guide for student discussion and online resources.

Essay on the lesser known plight of African Americans between the years 1890 and 1920. Site includes links to related resources, guiding questions for students and debate on the issue from historians.

Essay tracing the stereotypes and commonly held beliefs about Indians and how they have been written about and portrayed in film and literature. Section for guiding student discussion and scholarly debate.

Contains 9 sections of primary resource material, introductory notes, classroom discussion questions, and supplemental links to resources on the American Revolutionary War era from 1775 to 1783.

The National Humanities Center details how Marcus Garvey implemented the largest mass movement in African-American history when he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Very interesting and informative with pictures and...