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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

Clean Getaway

Author:

Nic Stone

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED. Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either. Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds history, memories

Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak

Author:

Kay Winters

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Different colonial Bostonians introduce themselves through Kay Winter's poems or free-verse vignettes that describe their work and their feelings about the current political situation on December 16, 1773. The poems are enhanced by historical notes and a glossary.

Colors of the Navajo

Author:

Emily Abbink

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A look at Navajo life through colors.

Coming to America: The Story of Immigration

Author:

Betsy Maestro

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

An illustrated chronology of immigration over the course of American history.

Country Crossing

Author:

Jim Aylesworth

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

A children's book that contrasts the serenity of the country with the hustle of automobiles.

Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine

Author:

Eileen Lucas

Reading Level:

High School

Genre:

Non Fiction

An illustrated account of the "Little Rock Nine."

Crow Chief

Author:

Paul Goble

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

The Native American folktale of the hunt for buffalo.

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Author:

Derrick Barnes

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every

Cuentitos de Mami Amor

Author:

Rebecca Padilla

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

A story of a woman's experience immigrating to Chicago from Puerto Rico.

Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village: 1868

Author:

Michael Bad Hand Terry

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A photographic look at life in a Plains Indian Village during the 19th century.

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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

Clean Getaway

Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak

Colors of the Navajo

Coming to America: The Story of Immigration

Country Crossing

Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine

Crow Chief

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Cuentitos de Mami Amor

Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village: 1868

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