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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

Objects of History: Woman Suffrage

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media

Duration:

30 minutes

Date Posted:

2/24/2020

The videos support the 2019 National Youth Summit where the following question was discussed: Are the tactics used by suffragists to fight for political power still effective? To play all of the videos on YouTube, visit the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksxsSc1TmQ&list=PLZxSSLX6InCQ7

Religion in Early America

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials

Date Posted:

7/22/2017

The role of religion in the formation and development of the United States is at the heart of this one-year exhibition that explores the themes of religious diversity, freedom, and growth from the colonial era through the 1840s. National treasures from the Museum’s own collection are on view, s

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials, Interactives & Media

Date Posted:

7/22/2017

What happens when a people decide to govern themselves? America’s national treasures come to life in this compelling exhibition that examines the bold experiment to create a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” American Democracy: A Great Leap of Fait

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.

Labor Leaders Video Series

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials, Interactives & Media

Date Posted:

3/9/2016

Labor leaders often rose from the ranks to secure for fellow workers a living wage, safer working conditions, shorter hours, and balance the scales of economic justice through direct action as well as state and federal legislation. In this video series, learn about 5 labor leaders.

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

The Name Jar

Author:

Yangsook Choi

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she? Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tell

The Smithsonian Book of the First Ladies: Their Times, Lives, and Issues

Author:

Edith P. Mayo

Reading Level:

High School,Adult

Genre:

Non Fiction

With a foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Smithsonian Book of the First Ladies: Their Lives, Times, and Issues presents highlights from the lives of all 43 First Ladies.

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 Storyteller's Candle

Author:

Lucia Gonzalez

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Bilingual:

Yes

During the early days of the Great Depression, NYC's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpre, introduceds the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three King's Day fiesta.

The Virgin Vote: How Young Americans Made Democracy Social, Politics Personal, and Voting Popular in the Nineteenth Century

Author:

Jon Grinspan

Reading Level:

High School,Middle School

Genre:

There was a time when young people were the most passionate participants in American democracy. In the second half of the nineteenth century--as voter turnout reached unprecedented peaks--young people led the way, hollering, fighting, and flirting at massive midnight rallies. Paren

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

We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

Author:

Cynthia Levinson

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Non Fiction

The inspiring story of one of the greatest moments in civil rights history seen through the eyes of four young people at the center of the action. The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March was a turning point in American history. In the streets of Birmingham, Alabama, the fight for civil rights lay in