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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

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

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

What Will You Stand For? Video

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities

Duration:

02.32 minutes

Date Posted:

10/23/2018

Throughout American History, young people have led, influenced, and defined the outcomes of our elections and politics. By organizing, lobbying, advocating, protesting, and voting, young voices supply our democracy with a never-ending source of fresh ideas, concerns, and hopes. This tradition con

The Suffragist Educators' Guide for the Classroom Videos

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

3/15/2018

Through a set of three classroom videos, examine the actions taken by suffragists in 1917 as they fought to win the right to vote. Students will meet Rebecca, a historical character from Takoma Park, Maryland, who

The Suffragist

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities

Date Posted:

3/1/2018

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History presents a filmed version of its on-the-floor program, The Suffragist. This set of three classroom videos examines the actions taken by suffragists in 1917 as they fought to win the right to vote. Students meet Rebecca, a histo

American Enterprise: Market Revolution 1820s-1850s

Grade Range:

5-12

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media

Date Posted:

3/1/2016

Investigate the market revolution in the 1800s through the stories of five Americans from the Merchant Era. Optimized for desktops and laptops.

American Enterprise: Ramsay's Ledger

Grade Range:

8-12

Resource Type(s):

Primary Sources, Interactives & Media

Date Posted:

3/1/2016

Decode a historic ledger that belonged to William Ramsay, a merchant in Alexandria, Virginia in the mid-1700s.

Many Voices, One Nation

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials, Interactives & Media

Date Posted:

7/22/2017

Many Voices, One Nation takes visitors on a chronological and thematic journey that maps the cultural geography of the unique and complex stories that animate the Latin emblem on the country’s Great Seal and the national ideal: E pluribus unum, Out of m

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Grade Range:

K-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials, Interactives & Media

Date Posted:

7/22/2017

What happens when a people decide to govern themselves? America’s national treasures come to life in this compelling exhibition that examines the bold experiment to create a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” American Democracy: A Great Leap of Fait

Computer Pioneers Video Series

Grade Range:

6-12

Resource Type(s):

Reference Materials, Interactives & Media

Date Posted:

3/9/2016

Through innovative ideas and inventions, computer pioneers transformed the ways people worked, played, and communicated in the 1900s. In this video series, learn about 6 pioneers in computing.

Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World

Author:

Laurie Lawlor

Reading Level:

Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School

Genre:

Biography

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring, here is a biography of Rachel Carson, the pioneering environmentalist. She wrote Silent Spring to wake people up to the harmful impact humans were having on our planet.

Rails Across America

Author:

William Withuhn

Reading Level:

High School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A pictorial chronology of the growth of the railroad system.

Rap and Hip Hop: The Voice of a Generation

Author:

Sherry Ayazi-Hashjin

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Non Fiction

The author traces rap and hip-hop back to African music roots (drumming and the griot) to America and the blues, spirituals, and jazz.

Ray Charles

Author:

Sharon Bell Mathis

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

This illustrated biography tells the story of Ray Charles from his childhood to age 4. It captures Ray’s feelings along his way to stardom.

Reading Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers

Author:

Karen B. Winnick

Reading Level:

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

This useful reading guide will help engage young readers as they read Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers, a children's book based on a true story about a girl who writes a letter to Abraham Lincoln. It includes 4 active reading helpers that will help children identify new vocabulary, make prediction

Refugee

Author:

Alan Gratz

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find s