Grade Range: K-4
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities
Duration: 5 Minutes
Date Posted: 3/8/2012
Dance is just one way to turn music into something you can see. Your computer can take music and turn it into a different kind of visible art. Part of an OurStory module entitled An American Story in Dance and Music, this activity include...
Grade Range: 6-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities
Duration: 60 Minutes
Date Posted: 9/24/2012
The 101 Questions activity includes reading and responding to the current USCIS Naturalization test, determining a hypothetical 101st question on the exam, and displaying their final product in a classroom or online gallery walk. The activity incl...
Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Worksheets, Primary Source
Date Posted: 1/22/2011
In this set of classroom activities developed for the exhibition America on the Move , students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including historical maps to answer ques...
Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Worksheets, Primary Source
Date Posted: 1/22/2011
In these classroom activities developed for the exhibition America on the Move , students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including historical maps and answer questions...
Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Worksheets, Primary Source
Date Posted: 1/22/2011
In these classroom activities, developed for the exhibition America on the Move , students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including a historical map and photography by...
Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Worksheets, Primary Source
Date Posted: 1/22/2011
In these classroom activities, developed for the exhibition America on the Move , students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including a historical map and answer questio...
Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Primary Source, Worksheets
Date Posted: 1/22/2011
In these classroom activities, developed for the exhibition America on the Move , students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including a historical map and answer questio...
Grade Range: K-4
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Primary Source, Worksheets
Duration: 15 Minutes
Date Posted: 3/5/2012
Learn how firefighters' gear help them do their jobs, then imagine your own special gear that would help you help others in your community. Part of an OurStory module entitled September 11, 2001, this activity includes photographs of a fi...
Grade Range: 3-8
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Reference Materials
Date Posted: 11/19/2008
Using this classroom activity, students will be able to cite the origins and outcome of the War of 1812 and be able to place the creation of the Star-Spangled Banner in a chronological framework. The activity includes a narrative about the war of ...
Grade Range: K-4
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Reference Materials
Date Posted: 1/14/2009
In this OurStory module, children will read Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers , a children's book that tells the story of Grace Bedell and the famous letter that she sent to Abraham Lincoln in 1860. The module includes links to hands-on...