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Becoming US

Grade Range:

8-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

2/7/2020

Becoming US is a new educational resource for high school teachers and students to learn immigration and migration history in a more accurate and inclusive way. The people of North America came from many cultures and spoke different languages long before the founding of the Uni

Educator Guide for World War I: Lesson and Legacies

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

3/19/2018

In honor of America's entry into "The War to End All Wars" in 1917, World War I: Lessons and Legacies explores the war and its lasting impact and far-reaching influence on American life. From the Great Migration to the 1918 flu pandemic and from the unionizat

World War I: Lessons and Legacies

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

11/15/2017

Japanese American Incarceration: The Diary of Stanley Hayami

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

5/17/2016

Students will gain historical reasoning skills by studying primary sources and comparing them to secondary sources. They will become more familiar with the conditions in Japanese American concentration camps through the personal writings of Stanley Hayami, a high school student who was incarcer

Japanese American Internment Era Collection

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources

Date Posted:

5/17/2016

During WWII almost 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted from the West Coast regions that were deemed military exclusion zones, moved cities and states away, and controlled under severe restrictions. We can better understand the lives, experiences, and stories of these people by studying objec

Teaching Japanese American Incarceration through Comics

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

5/17/2016

Students will learn about the personal experiences of Japanese American incarcerees during World War II and will practice communicating information concisely by developing an original comic.

Congressional Gold Medal Experience

Grade Range:

3-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media

Date Posted:

5/16/2013

Nearly seven decades after the beginning of World War II, the Congressional Gold Medal was bestowed on the Japanese American men who served with bravery and valor on the battlefield, even while their families were held in internment camps by the very country for which they fought. Through videos,

Runaway Robot

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media

Duration:

40 minutes

Date Posted:

7/31/2023

Runaway Robot is an exciting new cross-curricular digital game for secondary classrooms from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Anchored in content from the museum’s exhibition Discovery a

Social Studies Online playlist

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media

Duration:

60 minutes

Date Posted:

12/29/2020

Join the National Museum of American History's for an online exploration into key social studies topics, highlighting museum resources from the Smithsonian. This series features museum educators and curators from different Smithsonian museums. Each video is about 30-60 minutes.

Cindy Whitehead’s Skateboard Conversation Kit

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

9/24/2020

In this lesson plan, students will learn how Cindy Whitehead, a skateboarding pioneer, changed the culture of skateboarding and fought for girls to have greater access to all sports. Students will examine the question: Why does gender equality in sports matter?

Stories from Puerto Rico

Author:

Robert L. Muckley

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Bilingual:

Yes

Bilingual stories from Puerto Rico that illustrate the rich culture and history of the island.

Sylvia Stark: A Pioneer

Author:

Victoria Scott

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Non Fiction

Chronicles the life of a woman who was born a slave in Missouri in 1839, moved with her family to California, and later lived on a small island off the coast of British Columbia until she was 105.

The Last Dragon

Author:

Susan Miho Nunes

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

A little boy becomes part of a Chinese-American community as he works to restore an old Chinese dragon.

The Song of the Coqui

Author:

Nicholasa Mohr

Reading Level:

Pre-School,Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

A lyrical and dramatic retelling of three animal stories that come from the rich heritage of Puerto Rican folklore.

The Vejigante and the Folk Festivals of Puerto Rico

Author:

Edwin Fontanez

Reading Level:

Pre-School,Early Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

Awards:

Bilingual:

Yes

An entertaining tool for discovering Puerto Rico's rich vejigante tradition - beautiful coloring activities and informative historical notes illuminate the style and symbolism of Puerto Rico's folk festivals.

Under My Hijab

Author:

Hena Khan

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Grandma's hijab clasps under her chin. Auntie pins hers up with a whimsical brooch. Jenna puts a sun hat over hers when she hikes. Iman wears a sports hijab for tae kwon do. As a young girl observes the women in her life and how each covers her hair a different way, she dreams of the possibilities i

Vejigante Masquerader

Author:

Lulu Delacre

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

Bilingual:

Yes

Learn about Puerto Rican Carnival with Ramon, who longs to masquerade along with the older boys, the vejigantes, in the month-long celebration in Puerto Rico.

We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement

Author:

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Reading Level:

High School

Genre:

Fiction

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is a 16-year-old climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful new voice on the frontlines of a global youth-led movement. He and his group the Earth Guardians believe that today’s youth will play an important role in shaping our future. They know that the choices made right

Working Cotton

Author:

Sherley Anne Williams

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

A poetic look at life as a young cotton field laborer.

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Educator Guide for World War I: Lesson and Legacies

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Japanese American Incarceration: The Diary of Stanley Hayami

Japanese American Internment Era Collection

Teaching Japanese American Incarceration through Comics

Congressional Gold Medal Experience

Runaway Robot

Social Studies Online playlist

Cindy Whitehead’s Skateboard Conversation Kit

Stories from Puerto Rico

Sylvia Stark: A Pioneer

The Last Dragon

The Song of the Coqui

The Vejigante and the Folk Festivals of Puerto Rico

Under My Hijab

Vejigante Masquerader

We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement

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