History Explorer Results (13)
Related Books (7)
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
Engage middle school students in historical document analysis with three contrasting images of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Using a graphic organizer, students will examine three primary sources and analyze the different perspectives presented in each. After completing the analysis
Resource Type(s):
Reference Materials
“Immigrants were pouring into the country. They spoke a different language. They worshiped in a different way. Leaders were worried about the new residents' loyalty. Would they defend their new home in a possible military conflict, or undermine their neighbors? These were the questions early Ameri
Resource Type(s):
Reviewed Websites
This website, produced by the New York Historical Society, focuses on the debate in New York regarding the ratification of the Constitution. This online exhibition takes the form of a timeline features primary source documents, newspapers, broadsides, portraits and objects, allowing student
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Beginning with the Stamp Act that angered the patriots, readers meet George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other historical figures, and learn about the documents and battles that kept the fight for freedom alive. Each striking illustration introduces readers to the people, places, and events
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
The focus of this book is on American feminists from the pre-Revolutionary War period to the present both well-known and obscure. It is presented in loose chronological order with illustrations and time lines.
Author:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School
Longfellow's stirring tale of Paul Revere's ride and the first battle cry for American independence. Illustrations by acclaimed artist Charles Santore.
Author:
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Banneker, an 18th-century astronomer and mathematician, was a free African American who corresponded with Thomas Jefferson about ending slavery.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
An introduction to a free black man who contributed to science in the eighteenth century.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School,High School,Adult
History, science, politics, and public health come together in this dramatic account of the disastrous yellow fever epidemic that hit the nation's capital more than 200 years ago. Drawing on firsthand accounts, medical and non-medical, Murphy re-creates the fear and panic in the infected city, th
Reading Level:
Middle School
An account of immigration from the 1600s to present.
