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Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media
Investigate the market revolution in the 1800s through the stories of five Americans from the Merchant Era. Optimized for desktops and laptops.
Resource Type(s):
Lessons & Activities
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
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities
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
Resource Type(s):
Reference Materials, Interactives & Media
Through innovative ideas and inventions, computer pioneers transformed the ways people worked, played, and communicated in the 1900s.
In this video series, learn about 6 pioneers in computing.
Resource Type(s):
Artifacts, Primary Sources
Printed in Morse code and transcribed by Samuel Morse himself, this message was transmitted from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., over the nation's first long-distance telegraph line.
Resource Type(s):
Artifacts, Primary Sources
Remington put its writing machines on the market in 1874 at a price of $125. The new Type Writer owed some of its identity to the sewing machines that Remington had recently added to its product line. The writing machine came mounted on a sewing machine stand, with a treadle to operate the carria
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Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
In this set of classroom activities developed for the exhibition America on the Move, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including historical maps to answer questions about farming, transportation, immigration, and racism in
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Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
In these classroom activities developed for the exhibition America on the Move, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including historical maps and answer questions about them to learn more about railroads, transportation, raci
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
In these classroom activities, developed for the exhibition America on the Move, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including a historical map and photography by Dorothea Lange and answer questions about them to learn more a
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
In these classroom activities, developed for the exhibition America on the Move, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including a historical map and answer questions about them to learn more about the expansion of transportati
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Follows five inventors: Elijah "the real" McCoy, Madame C.J. Walker, Granville Woods, Garrett Morgan, and Jan Matzeliger.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Ride a train with a friendly conductor who teaches a young boy how to talk like a railroader.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Text and illustrations show the process and purpose of creating the eight-wheeler locomotive.
Reading Level:
High School
A pictorial chronology of the growth of the railroad system.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
An exploration of the impact of trains on American life.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School,Middle School
A detailed history of one of the earliest steam locomotives in American history, rich with intricate pen and ink drawings
Author:
William L. Withuhn
Reading Level:
High School
An illustrated account of steam railroading.