Browse Project Spotlight
What do the contents of pockets say about their owners? TAH teachers model strategies for examining and questioning artifacts. [...] »
What does architecture say about the past and the present? TAH teachers learn strategies for close examination of buildings in Washington, DC. [...] »
Analyzing a massive primary source? Divide it up! Teachers at the Smithsonian American Art Museum examine a Thomas Hart Benton mural. [...] »
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share complicated, personal views of how segregation looked and felt. [...] »
Take a look at artifacts from the past—what might they be? Teachers model questioning objects in this Smithsonian exhibit on inventions. [...] »
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to start analyzing primary sources! Teachers model analyzing works of art. [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner visits the original Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial with educators. They consider the different purposes the old and new memorials serve. [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner introduces educators to the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. He asks, what was its intended audience and purpose? [...] »
Historian Christopher Hamner engages educators in close questioning of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, DC. [...] »
How do the buildings and artifacts at Mount Vernon reflect the lives of the people who lived and worked there? Educators explore the slave quarters and question what they find. [...] »
