History Explorer Results (135)
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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):
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
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, 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
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Lessons & Activities
In 1962, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring changed the way people thought about their relationship to nature. Warning readers of the impact of man-made pesticides on birds, insects, and other wildlife, Carson’s book caused a firestorm of public responses and is considered by some experts
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media
Join the National Museum of American History's for an online exploration into key social studies topics, highlighting museum resources from the Smithsonian. This series features museum educators and curators from different Smithsonian museums. Each video is about 30-60 minutes.
Resource Type(s):
Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
Take a trip or conduct a phone interview with a member of the League of Women Voters. The League of Women Voters was created in 1920 to help organize women voters and encourage their active participation in civic life. Part of an OurStory module entitled Winning the Vote for Women, this activity
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Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
What kinds of food do you eat? How do the foods you eat today compare to the types of foods that sailors ate during long voyages of the past? In this activity, students will cook one or more historical maritime recipes and then compare the foods they eat to what was served on ships in the past. I
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Reference Materials, Lessons & Activities
Explore a local train-related site with safety and discussion tips for kids and families. Part of an OurStory module entitled All Aboard the Train!, this activity includes strategies for selecting a train-related field trip in your area (such as train stations, train tracks, or train mus
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Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
Field trips are great ways to learn about life on the water. In this activity, students will find and explore a local maritime area-a river, seashore, or another place related to the water, and share the experience with others. The activity guide includes printable tip sheets tailored to he
Reading Level:
Pre-School,Early Elementary School
A humorous and poignant fictional story, this book is also an eye-opening view of the women's suffrage movement.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
A young girl learns how mail is delivered to her father as he works on an offshore freighter.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School
Bolden brings readers close to the great leader, Martin Luther King, and to the civil rights movement through detailed historical analysis and extensive notes.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Written in the art form Hughes cherished most, this biography in verse captures glimpses of the poet's world through his voice as author-poet Tony Medina imagines it.
Author:
Dr. Jean A. Lukesh
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School
A young reader's biography of Ben Kuroki, a Nebraska-born, Japanese American who fought very hard to become an American aerial gunner and a hero during World War II.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
A story of Miles Davis as a teenager searching for Charlie Parker in New York City.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Text and illustrations show the process and purpose of creating the eight-wheeler locomotive.
Author:
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Middle School
The third in the "Little House" series, this book tells about the months the Ingalls family spent on the prairie of Kansas, around the town of Independence. Based on true events in the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the book takes place from 1869–1870.
Reading Level:
High School,Adult
A full history of lighthouses, lightships, buoys, fog signals and the boats and people who tend them. including maps and photographs.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
A picture book that describes the role of the lightship and its crew.
