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Resource Type(s):
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
Resource Type(s):
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):
Interactives & Media, Worksheets
In this episode of the History Explorer podcast series, Curator Shannon Perich discusses how portraiture can be used in historical research. Shannon presents three historical portraits (including Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother), describing the historical context of each, while also providin
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Worksheets
In this episode of the History Explorer podcast, curator Deborah Warner discusses the role of sugar and various sweeteners in American history. In addition to being a staple in the American diet, sugar's role in our nation's history touches on subjects of science and technology, labor and ca
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Reference Materials, Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
See one of America's earliest steam locomotives, the John Bull, come to life while riding the rails. Part of an OurStory module entitled All Aboard the Train!, this activity includes strategies that will help adults and children actively view a 4-minute video of the John Bull in
Resource Type(s):
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
Resource Type(s):
Reference Materials, Lessons & Activities
Jingle the Brass is a book about a young boy who learns words used by railroad workers of the steam-engine era while on an exciting train trip. Part of an OurStory module entitled All Aboard the Train!, this activity includes strategies that will help adults and children activel
Resource Type(s):
Lessons & Activities
Mama Went to Jail for the Vote is a work of historical fiction about a girl whose mother joins the suffragists in working to win the vote for women during the early 1900s. Part of an OurStory module entitled Winning the Vote for Women, this activity includes strategies that will
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Miguel learns the art of carving from his elderly neighbor.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School,High School
This biography follows the career and life of Miles Davis:from his childhood to adulthood and his musical growth along the way.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
A fictionalized account of the life of heroic Harriet Tubman.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
A young girl excapes slavery with her mother (from the American Girls Collection).
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
A young Mexican girl living near Santa Fe learns about the importance of her culture through family and music. (Part of the American Girl Collection)
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Young Molly experiences the effects of World War II as her family grows a victory garden, and both parents join the war effort. (Part of the American Girl Collection)
Reading Level:
High School,Adult
A biography of Maria Mitchell which includes extensive quotes from Maria Mitchell’s journals and letters.
Reading Level:
Pre-School,Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Loosely based upon the childhood of Maria Mitchell, America's first woman astronomer, here is story of a girl who yearns for adventure.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School
An illustrated biography and chronology of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement era.
Author:
Michael O. Tunnell
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
When a young girl can't afford to go visit her grandmother by train, her family discovers a less costly way for her to travel - by mail.
