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Becoming US

Grade Range:

8-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

2/7/2020

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

Young People Shake Up Elections (History Proves It) Educator Guide

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

30 minutes

Date Posted:

2/19/2020

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

Young People Shake Up Elections (History Proves It) video series

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media

Duration:

45 minutes

Date Posted:

2/19/2020

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

"1778-1943 Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty" Poster

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Artifacts, Primary Sources

Date Posted:

2/3/2011

To control the form of war messages, the government created the U.S. Office of War Information in June 1942. OWI sought to review and approve the design and distribution of government posters. Posters such as this one and their messages were seen as "war graphics," combining the sophisticated sty

"Migrant Mother," by Dorothea Lange

Grade Range:

9-12

Resource Type(s):

Artifacts, Primary Sources

Date Posted:

3/22/2012

During the Great Depression, government photographer Dorothea Lange took this picture at a migrant farmworkers' camp near Nipomo, California. Lange's brief caption recorded her impressions of the family's plight: "Destitute pea pickers ... a 32-year-old mother of seven children." F

"Woodsy Owl" Anti-Pollution Poster

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Artifacts, Primary Sources

Date Posted:

3/10/2015

The U.S.D.A. Forest Service introduced Woodsy Owl in 1971 as an anti-litter and anti-pollution symbol to promote wise use of the environment. The campaign, which continues today, is primarily aimed at school-age children and uses slogans such as “Give a Hoot! Don’t Pollute” and “Lend a Ha

1880s Agricultural Nation Classroom Activity Guide

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

1/22/2011

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

1920s Industrial America Classroom Activity Guide

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

1/22/2011

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

1930s and 1940s Highways Classroom Activity Guide

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Date Posted:

1/22/2011

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

Jazz Baby

Author:

Carole Boston Weatherford

Reading Level:

Pre-School,Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Young children tap their feet, clap the beat, and are introduced to the rhythm of jazz as they read or listen to this story told in rhyme.

Jazz in American Culture

Author:

Burton W. Peretti

Reading Level:

High School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A look at how jazz is history and its history key to the development of American culture since the early 1900s, and the role of the arts in history.

Jingle the Brass

Author:

Patricia Newman

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Ride a train with a friendly conductor who teaches a young boy how to talk like a railroader.

Jip: His Story

Author:

Katherine Patterson

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

This historical tale by Katherine Paterson involves its young protagonist, Jip, in the great 19th century struggle between slave owners and abolitionists while sending him into a test of his own loyalty and courage.

Joey Goes to Sea

Author:

Alan Villiers

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

Joey was a ginger cat who really did go to sea with Alan Villiers on the ship Joseph Conrad.

John Muir: America's First Environmentalist

Author:

Kathryn Lasky

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

Lasky's picture-book sketch of naturalist's John Muir focuses on Muir's special love of California's snowy Sierras and Yosemite Valley and his successes in founding Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Club.

Julia Morgan Built a Castle

Author:

Celeste Davidson Mannis

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

This picture book tells the story of American architect Julia Morgan's life, education, and work.

Juneteenth for Mazie

Author:

Floyd Cooper

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom.

Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln

Author:

Jean Fritz

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

The story of the Gettysburg Address, illustrated with watercolors and archival photographs.

Just Like Me

Author:

Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

From Vanessa Brantley-Newton, the author of Grandma's Purse, comes a collection of poetry filled with engaging mini-stories about girls of all kinds: girls who feel happy, sad, scared, powerful; girls who love their bodies and girls who don't; country girls, city girls; girls who love their mother a

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Iron Worker's Hard Hat

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Becoming US

Young People Shake Up Elections (History Proves It) Educator Guide

Young People Shake Up Elections (History Proves It) video series

Objects of History: Woman Suffrage

"1778-1943 Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty" Poster

"Migrant Mother," by Dorothea Lange

"Woodsy Owl" Anti-Pollution Poster

1880s Agricultural Nation Classroom Activity Guide

1920s Industrial America Classroom Activity Guide

1930s and 1940s Highways Classroom Activity Guide

Jazz Baby

Jazz in American Culture

Jingle the Brass

Jip: His Story

Joey Goes to Sea

John Muir: America's First Environmentalist

Julia Morgan Built a Castle

Juneteenth for Mazie

Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln

Just Like Me

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