Grade Range: 6-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities
Duration: 15 Minutes
Date Posted: 9/25/2012
Use this teacher guide and student worksheet to analyze a small collection of naturalization interviews from the Museum’s YouTube channel. By analyzing the oral histories, students will improve their primary source investigation skills and g...
Grade Range: K-4
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities
Duration: 90 Minutes
Date Posted: 7/7/2008
Students will analyze images and objects relating to Celia Cruz then create an autobiographical exhibition using personal objects. This lesson is a resource included in the online exhibition entitled ¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of...
Grade Range: 6-12
Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities, Primary Source, Worksheets
Duration: 10 Minutes
Date Posted: 4/2/2012
Louisa Susannah Wells was a female colonist who was loyal to King George III, who was banished from America and returned to England after the War of Independence. Listen to a dramatic reading of her narrative, and then study the supporting p...
Grade Range: 9-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Primary Source
Duration: 45 Minutes
Date Posted: 5/6/2010
Use a video clip and primary sources to develop an understanding of the challenges facing the ground troops during World War II’s Battle of the Bulge, then take on the role of one of those soldiers and write a letter home. This lesson plan (...
Grade Range: 1-6
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities
Duration: 20 Minutes
Date Posted: 9/4/2012
Believe it or not, some plants can grow without soil. This type of gardening is called hydroponics. Here's how you can get started growing green. This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, discussion questions, and ideas ...
Grade Range: K-4
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Reference Materials
Duration: 30 Minutes
Date Posted: 3/15/2010
Discover the beauty in nature in your neighborhood or a local botanical garden in this activity related to First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson and her work to protect the environment and bring beauty to every community. This activity guide incl...
Grade Range: K-4
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
Date Posted: 6/10/2008
Students will learn how to start their own collection after reading about Teodoro Vidal, a man who collected objects from Puerto Rico in this OurStory activity. OurStory is a series of modules designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring h...
Grade Range: 2-6
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities
Duration: 50 Minutes
Date Posted: 6/10/2008
This lesson will help students become aware of, and sensitive to, the Japanese American internment camp experience. By creating a list of things that are important and familiar to them and then choosing what they will take and leave behind, studen...
Grade Range: 9-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Primary Source
Date Posted: 6/10/2008
In this lesson, students will answer the question, "What makes a good magazine cover design?" Students will examine cover designs used by House and Garden, Children's Playmate, Life, Steel Horizons, and Ladies' Home Journal and compare the artisti...
Grade Range: 6-12
Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities, Primary Source, Reference Materials
Date Posted: 9/12/2009
This website provides online access to a collection of oral histories, photos, documents, and objects related to bracero history. Students can browse the archive, use social bookmarking tools to share resources, add th...