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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

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

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.

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,

Anna Dickinson: Orator and Political Firebrand

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

60 minutes

Date Posted:

12/31/2021

This Learning Lab collection explores the life of Anna Dickinson, an abolitionist who became a prominent public speaker as a teenager during the Civil War. Consider the following guiding and supporting questions as you navigate the collection: What is the power of youth voice in the fight against

A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt

Author:

David A. Adler

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt.

A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale

Author:

David Adler

Reading Level:

Pre-School,Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

A picture book about the life of Florence Nightingale, a nurse who was dedicated to making hospitals clean and efficient. Through her life's work, she helped to make nursing an important and respected profession.

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 Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of Pioneer Family in 1840

Author:

Barbara Greenwood

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

An informational guide about the daily life of pioneers

Abbie Against the Storm

Author:

Marcia Vaughan

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

A fictionalized account of an incident in the life of a seventeen-year-old girl who tends her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm on the coast of Maine in the winter of 1856.

African-American Folktales

Author:

Richard Young

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Collection of African-American folktales from Africa, the Caribbean, and South America.

Ahimsa

Author:

Supriya Kelkar

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

It is 1942 and 10-year-old Anjali's mother has joined India's freedom struggle. Anjali gets unwillingly involved in the turmoil. She has to give up her biases against the Dalit community, or the so-called untouchables, and sacrifice her foreign-made clothes for khadi. When her world turns upside dow

Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir

Author:

Robin Ha

Reading Level:

High School,Middle School

Genre:

Biography

A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life—perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it’s been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in

An American Safari

Author:

Jim Brandenburg

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A photographical look at wildlife on the prairie.

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Objects of History: Woman Suffrage

Educator Guide for World War I: Lesson and Legacies

World War I: Lessons and Legacies

Religion in Early America

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Japanese American Incarceration: The Diary of Stanley Hayami

Japanese American Internment Era Collection

Teaching Japanese American Incarceration through Comics

Congressional Gold Medal Experience

Anna Dickinson: Orator and Political Firebrand

A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt

A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale

A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass

A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth

A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of Pioneer Family in 1840

Abbie Against the Storm

African-American Folktales

Ahimsa

Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir

An American Safari

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