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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

Seven Brave Women

Author:

Betsy Hearne

Reading Level:

Pre-School,Early Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

Author Betsy Hearne entertains readers with stories about seven generations of women in her family, from the Revolutionary era to today. In the lives they built and the objects they left behind, the author finds a legacy of strength, courage, and wisdom that spans the link between mothers and dau

Shake It, Morena! And Other Folk Tales From Puerto Rico

Author:

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

This collection of folk tales features games, songs and riddles from Puerto Rico.

Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois

Author:

Joanne Shenandoah

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

A collection of Iroquois creation tales.

Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds

Author:

Jorge Argueta

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Bilingual:

Yes

Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them. This powerful book by award-winning Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta des

Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave

Author:

Monty Roessel

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A Navajo family shares their tradition of weaving.

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.

Tale of Two Teddies: The First Teddy Bears Tell Their True Stories

Author:

Kathleen Bart

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Non Fiction

The origin of the teddy bear and the influence of Teddy Roosevelt.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Author:

Clayborne Carson

Reading Level:

High School,Adult

Genre:

Non Fiction

Carson, director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers, has pieced together an incomplete study of King's life by supplementing his extant autobiographies (e.g., Stride Toward Freedom and Where Do We Go from Here) with previously unpublished and published writings, interviews and speeches.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Author:

William Kamkwamba

Reading Level:

High School,Middle School

Genre:

Non Fiction

When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that woul

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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

Seven Brave Women

Shake It, Morena! And Other Folk Tales From Puerto Rico

Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois

Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds

Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave

Stories from Puerto Rico

Sylvia Stark: A Pioneer

Tale of Two Teddies: The First Teddy Bears Tell Their True Stories

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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