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Interactives & Media
With and without the vote and throughout American history, young people have been a force to be reckoned with as they take action and stand in support of the issues that matter most. In 2020 this legacy will continue; 22 million young people will be eligible to vote in American elections for the
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Lessons & Activities
With and without the vote and throughout American history, young people have been a force to be reckoned with as they take action and stand in support of the issues that matter most. In 2020 this legacy will continue; 22 million young people will be eligible to vote in American elections for the
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
Becoming US is a new educational resource for high school teachers and students to learn immigration and migration history in a more accurate and inclusive way. The people of North America came from many cultures and spoke different languages long before the founding of the Uni
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media
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
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
Investigate the authentic journal of Alex Van Valen, a man who set sail in 1849 to stake his claim in the California gold fields, to discover what life was like during the gold rush. This dynamic project from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History includes student questions to help
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Reference Materials, Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Railroads have moved people and cargo around America for more than 180 years. By using this OurStory module, children and adults can enjoy exploring the history of trains in America. Focused on actively reading Jingle the Brass, a historical fiction picture book about a ride on a steam l
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Reference Materials, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
For more than a century, women in the United States struggled to obtain the right to vote. In 1920, the suffrage movement finally achieved victory with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. By using this OurStory module, children and adults can enjoy exploring
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Reference Materials, Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Robert Smalls was born a slave in South Carolina, but made a daring escape to freedom on the ship CSS Planter and joined the Union in fighting to end slavery in America. By using this OurStory module, children and adults can enjoy exploring one aspect of the Civil War. Focused on actively reading
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
In this lesson, students will examine the difference between history and memory by debating the legacy of John Brown. Using video clips of an actor playing Brown, students are invited to debate his actions and determine how history should remember him. The video segments are also avai
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Primary Sources, Interactives & Media
In this webcast, students will hear from Freedom Rides veterans Congressman John Lewis, Jim Zwerg, Rev. James Lawson, and Diane Nash, and view clips from the PBS American Experience documentary Freedom Riders. The site includes a teachers guide and the webcast included questions from studen
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
A photo-essay of the Kennedy children's lives in the White House.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
A picture book that tells the story of Marian Anderson, including the successes and challenges she found in the United States and abroad.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Baylor uses prose-poetry to tell the story behind the broken clay pots scattered across the southwestern hillsides.
Reading Level:
Pre-School,Early Elementary School
A family's cross-country communication changes during the development and demise of the Pony Express. Told in rhyme.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
An African-American family moves to Kansas after the Civil War to create a new life.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School
Story of a Japanese American girl and a Native American boy who become friends in an internment camp on a reservation
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Learn about Puerto Rican Carnival with Ramon, who longs to masquerade along with the older boys, the vejigantes, in the month-long celebration in Puerto Rico.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
This poetic children's book explores the Washington D.C. subway and familiar sights and sounds of the city.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School
Torn between his love of all things American and the traditional ways of his parents and grandparents, a young Japanese American comes of age during the political upheaval of WWII.
