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Grade Range:
4-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Duration:
8 minutes
Date Posted:
3/1/2012
Explore the history of America in the 1800s through short videos, mini-activities, and practice questions in this segment of Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship. The eight questions included in this segment cover topics such as the Civil War, slavery, the Louisiana Pur
Grade Range:
4-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Duration:
8 minutes
Date Posted:
3/1/2012
Explore the history of the peopling of America through short videos, mini-activities, and practice questions in this segment of Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship. The eight questions included in this segment cover topics such as American Indians, British colonists, s
Grade Range:
4-12
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Interactives & Media
Duration:
2 minutes
Date Posted:
6/15/2010
Eugenia Phillips, a Southern spy, tells of her encounter with Union troops trying to incriminate her. This video is part of the Price of Freedom learning resources package for use with the Women's Role in the Civil War lesson plan. It was produced to accompany the exhibition
Grade Range:
4-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media
Date Posted:
6/10/2008
This website offers students an opportunity to share their own reflections and responses to the issues explored in the online exhibition, A More Perfect Union, as well as reading those of other visitors
Grade Range:
4-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Duration:
9 minutes
Date Posted:
3/1/2012
Use short videos, mini-activities, and practice questions to explore American history from the 1900s in this segment of Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship. The nine questions included in this segment cover topics such as World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and Se
Grade Range:
5-8
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Worksheets
Duration:
21 minutes
Date Posted:
12/31/2010
In this episode of the History Explorer podcast series, curator Larry Bird discusses the development of holiday parades, department store window displays, and light shows and examines larger issues in American culture in the late nineteeth through mid-twentieth centuries including 
Grade Range:
5-8
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Worksheets
Duration:
15 minutes
Date Posted:
11/16/2010
In this episode of the History Explorer podcast series, students will hear from Xavier Carnegie, the Museum’s Creative Director and one of the lead actors for the “Join the Student Sit-Ins” theater program about the research he conducts to develop and enhance his performance.
Grade Range:
5-8
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Date Posted:
7/7/2008
In this interactive game, students explore the changes in America transportation over time as they match a variety of vehicles with their destinations and time periods. This interactive is included in the online exhibition entitled America on the Move, which focuses on transportation in
Grade Range:
5-8
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Worksheets
Duration:
16 minutes
Date Posted:
2/14/2010
In this episode of the History Explorer podcast series, listen as archivist Reuben Jackson discusses the Sioux City Ghosts, an African-American travelling baseball team and swing band from the 1930s. The teacher’s guide includes links to the podcast in two formats and related images.
Grade Range:
5-8
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Worksheets
Duration:
13 minutes
Date Posted:
11/22/2010
In this episode of the History Explorer podcast series, numismatics curator Karen Lee discusses the history and meaning of the dollar, including unusual items that have been used to represent the dollar in the U.S., and discusses the value of studying money.  The teacher guide incl
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