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Grade Range:
5-12
Resource Type(s):
Artifacts, Primary Sources
Date Posted:
9/2/2020
Demand for inexpensive, mass-produced women’s clothing spurred the rise of early garment factories. The ILGWU was formed in 1900 by bringing together several smaller local unions to fight to end sweatshop production, higher wages, and improve working conditions in the cities where the garment fact
Grade Range:
K-12
Resource Type(s):
Artifacts
Date Posted:
3/1/2018
Originally a bakery or milk delivery wagon, tradition says that Lucy Stone used it at speaking engagements and to distribute the Woman's Journal. Around 1912 suffragists found the wagon in a barn on Stone's property. They painted it with slogans and continued to use it to sell the Woman's Journal
Grade Range:
6-8
Resource Type(s):
Reviewed Websites, Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities
Duration:
90 minutes
Date Posted:
10/13/2016
This historical investigation is aligned with the C3 Framework and from C3teachers.org.
This inquiry examines the emergence of the women’s suffrage movement in the 19th century as an effort to expan
Grade Range:
6-9
Resource Type(s):
Reviewed Websites, Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities
Duration:
90 minutes
Date Posted:
10/12/2016
This historical investigaiton is aligned with the C3 Framework and is from C3teachers.org.
This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the Great Compromise using various sources related to
Grade Range:
8-12
Resource Type(s):
Reviewed Websites, Lessons & Activities
Duration:
90 minutes
Date Posted:
10/11/2016
This historical investigaiton is aligned with the C3 Framework and is from C3teachers.org.
The goal of this inquiry is for students to gain an informed, critical perspective on the United States Const
Grade Range:
9-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media
Date Posted:
1/7/2013
In this brief video, curators Harry Rubenstein and Larry Bird share key objects from the political history collection representing inaugurations and presidential campaigns dating back to the early 1800s. See how objects are stored and continuity and change in campaign and inaugural material
Grade Range:
4-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Duration:
6 minutes
Date Posted:
3/1/2012
Explore Constitutional history through short videos, mini-activities, and practice questions in this segment of Preparing for the Oath: U.S. History and Civics for Citizenship. The six questions included in this segment cover topics such as the Constitutional Convention, the Bill of Rights, and a
Grade Range:
K-12
Resource Type(s):
Reviewed Websites
Date Posted:
10/11/2009
Gunston Hall's website is an excellent resource to help students and teachers research the life of George Mason. The resources included are a virtual tour of Gunston Hall and its surrounding grounds, timelines demonstrating George Mason's role in the American Revolution and the Constitu
Grade Range:
5-12
Resource Type(s):
Reference Materials
Date Posted:
8/23/2009
In this section of the online exhibition Treasures of American History, students will learn that by understanding the challenges of the past, they can draw lessons and inspiration for confronting new challenges in the present and future. The topics discussed in this sectio
Grade Range:
9-12
Resource Type(s):
Reviewed Websites
Date Posted:
8/7/2009
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
