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Head to Head: History Makers

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

4/16/2018

Head to Head invites students to think deeply about how American history has been shaped in countless ways by people in different eras and from diverse backgrounds. The learning begins with the guiding question: Who changed America more?

Girlhood Leadership and Learning

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

60 minutes

Date Posted:

8/9/2022

In support of the traveling exhibition of Girlhood (It's complicated), the Smithsonian has developed a set of curricular materials and platforms to create meaningful learning opportunities for girls (and all students) in your learning network connected to this content.

"IN AMERICA How Could This Happen...," flag

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Artifacts

Date Posted:

1/2/2022

As COVID-19 deaths spiked in 2020, Suzanne Firstenberg’s public art installation "In America: How could this happen…" memorialized the number of people in the United States who lost their lives to the Corona virus pandemic as of November of 2020. The work (taking up 4 acres of the Washington, DC

Blog Post: Rea Ann Silva: The woman behind Beautyblender

Grade Range:

8-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials

Date Posted:

12/30/2020

“While the iconic egg-shaped Beautyblender sponge is wildly popular and used by makeup professionals and everyday people from all backgrounds all over the world, few people know the story behind the company and how it got its start. The history and development of Beautyblender, as well as the life

Girl Is Not a 4 Letter Word skateboard created by Cindy Whitehead

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Artifacts

Date Posted:

9/24/2020

A skateboarding pioneer, Cindy Whitehead turned pro at seventeen, skating both pool and half-pipe and becoming one of the top-ranked vert skaters while competing against the boys. But Whitehead had no choice but to wear boys’ shorts when competing; there were no skate products for girls in the 197

Blog Post: A Watched Pot Never Boils

Grade Range:

8-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials

Date Posted:

9/4/2020

“With the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing civil unrest, historians, educators, and the general public once again fixated on the “long hot summers” of the 1960s. Where every year, for the latter half of the decade, America was embroiled in widespread violent protest. While this keystone

Blog Post: When Watchmen were Klansmen

Grade Range:

8-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials

Date Posted:

9/4/2020

““You know how you can tell the difference between a masked cop and a vigilante?” “No.” “Me neither.” This exchange between Laurie Blake, former costumed vigilante turned FBI agent, and Angela Abar, masked Tulsa police detective, lays out a conundrum at the heart of HBO’s 20

“Immigrant Communities Marching Together” Poster

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Artifacts, Primary Sources

Date Posted:

9/3/2020

The May 1, also known as May Day, celebrates workers’ rights and is often marked by public marches. Constantly being adapted, May Day has seen many evolutions since its start at the Haymarket Square in Chicago in 1886. One demonstration of great significance is the May Day marches of 2006, in whic

Poster in Korean stating “Today we march, tomorrow we vote”

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Artifacts, Primary Sources

Date Posted:

9/3/2020

T-shirt, "Todos Somos Inmigrantes"

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Artifacts, Primary Sources

Date Posted:

9/3/2020

...If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad

Author:

Ellen Levine

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

Bilingual:

Yes

Informative children's book about the underground railroad.

A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass

Author:

David Adler

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.

A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth

Author:

David Adler

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A chronological telling of Sojourner Truth's life.

A-tisket, a-tasket

Author:

Ella Fitzgerald

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

An illustrated picture book of Ella Fitzgerald’s rendition of the nursery rhyme. Cut paper, mixed media and computer techniques form the city-scape backgrounds.

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad

Author:

Pamela Duncan Edwards

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

The story of a slave's escape on the underground railroad.

Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad

Author:

Elvira Woodruff

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

The story of two boys growing up in Pennsylvania during 1853, where they encounter slave traders, Harriet Tubman, and the Underground Railroad.

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Author:

Jeanette Winter

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

The story of a group of slaves' escape on the underground railroad by following directions from the song "follow the drinking gourd."

IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All

Author:

Chelsea Johnson

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

The brainchild of three women-of-color sociologists, IntersectionAllies is a smooth, gleeful entry into intersectional feminism. The nine interconnected characters proudly describe themselves and their backgrounds, involving topics that range from a physical disability to language brokering, offerin

Jip: His Story

Author:

Katherine Patterson

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

This historical tale by Katherine Paterson involves its young protagonist, Jip, in the great 19th century struggle between slave owners and abolitionists while sending him into a test of his own loyalty and courage.

Meet Addy

Author:

Connie Porter

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

A young girl excapes slavery with her mother (from the American Girls Collection).

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Head to Head: History Makers

Girlhood Leadership and Learning

"IN AMERICA How Could This Happen...," flag

Blog Post: Rea Ann Silva: The woman behind Beautyblender

Girl Is Not a 4 Letter Word skateboard created by Cindy Whitehead

Blog Post: A Watched Pot Never Boils

Blog Post: When Watchmen were Klansmen

“Immigrant Communities Marching Together” Poster

Poster in Korean stating “Today we march, tomorrow we vote”

T-shirt, "Todos Somos Inmigrantes"

...If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad

A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass

A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth

A-tisket, a-tasket

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad

Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad

Follow the Drinking Gourd

IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All

Jip: His Story

Meet Addy

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