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The Library of Congress’s By The People program works to transcribe historical documents with the help of volunteers who …

The Digital Library on American Slavery is a database of primary sources related to slavery, comprising three types of …

The YouTube channel Crash Course was created and hosted by brothers John and Hank Green with the mission of making …

PBS Origins is a YouTube channel featuring short and medium-length videos that cover various historical moments and …

The Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series is a project of the Phillip Collection to showcase the story and work of the …

The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank is a project focused on the human impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which both …

The Freedom site is a creation of the Library of Congress, whose mission is to “engage, inspire, and inform Congress and …

Teaching American History was created after the late Senator Robert Byrd secured funding for the project from the …

Analyze data from the U.S. Census Bureau in the social studies classroom.

The definitive online exhibition and archives about how American experiences of race and ethnicity have shaped and been …

Help middle school students improve their skills in writing arguments through source-based reasoning and social study …

Classroom activities for teaching aspects of World War I and World War II.

A series of five primary source based learning modules that encourage high school students to explore American history …

Classroom simulations give students insight into the real-world skills of diplomatic negotiation.

Browse educational videos, lesson plans, and primary sources detailing the importance of 1619 in Virginia and American …

Explore over 450 primary source documents related to the story of the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island.

Build students’ historical thinking skills and civic understand using Library of Congress primary sources.

Transcibe WWI era newspaper images and increase access to historical collections.

Dwight D. Eisenhower’s life and career in pivotal moments, including a timeline and lesson plans

View over 1 million images from U.S. national parks and historic sites.

Local newspaper research to broaden understanding of American’s knowledge of the Holocaust from 1933 to 1945.

Features over 224,000 records of individuals buried or memorialized in ABMC cemeteries and memorials worldwide.

Watch and listen to thousands of public broadcasting programs from across the U.S.

In the age of Amazon, take students back to a time when delivery in the U.S. was still developing.

Search more than 4,500,000 primary sources from across the country from one website!

What did the effects of the 18th Amendment look like? Explore 1921 through 1933 through images and film.

How was the 1955–1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott covered in Montgomery? Take a look with this archive from a Montgomery …

Invite young students into colonial history with the stories of children from three very different families.

Do you remember when everyone got chickenpox as a kid? Your students might not! Learn about how vaccination has changed …

Exploring the material culture of Native Americans in North and South America? Search this museum’s online collections …

Does your textbook make Reconstruction sound simple? Explore the real pain and complexity of Reconstruction with primary …

Wisconsin teachers, bring the Civil Rights Movement home to your students with this archive of primary sources.

Covering urbanization and industrialization? This homicide index can help students understand social changes and …

Why did the painter frame Lincoln in greenery? Learn about interpretations of the Civil War through period and recent …

This site offers a grab bag of digital history exhibits. Definitely worth perusal.

Discover the rich history of DC’s cherry trees and what they reveal about U.S./Japan relations.

There’s more to the White House than the President himself—music, art, staff, pets. . .

Looking for ways to grow awareness of injustice of Japanese internment? This site likely has the perfect primary source …

What did U.S. sailors mean when they refer to seeing “the meatball”? What did Japanese pilots think about the attack?

View testimonies on the Holocaust, create videos, and learn the importance of ethical editing.

Whether you’re bolstering your teaching of local history or the War of 1812, the MHS has artifacts to help.

Consider broaching local or women’s history using a quilt as a gateway artifact.

How was the TV-viewing world introduced to the events of 9/11 in the U.S. and around the world?

Get out of the political arena and teach your students about the emergency response and human issues that resulted from …

Ever wondered about the wartime experiences of Latinos and Latinas? VOCES seeks to help remedy the gap in U.S. popular …

Was Nixon as reluctant to initiate the Christmas bombing as his memoirs suggest, or was he as eager as he claimed …

Explore Old Ironsides—live the life of a ship’s boy or learn about the people who fought aboard her.

Even the Founding Fathers wrote rough drafts! Interact with early versions of the Declaration of Independence, …

Unearth an important part of U.S. military history—the conscientious decision not to fight.

Get classroom attention by using the “swashbuckling” history of the USS Constitution as a knowledge vehicle.

For all of your questions concerning the “star of the north,” Minnesota.

If you’re searching for 9/11 materials, this website offers easy access to materials across the Library of Congress’s …

Have you ever wondered what your zip code means or when the codes came into use?

Winning a war using…food? Explore sources concerning World War I and gastronomical homefront movements.

This website contains a vast collection of resources on Texas history and culture.

Experience a multimedia website that engages learners and makes Tennessee history accessible.

A comprehensive guide of everything you ever wanted to know about Oregon history, and more!

This website showcases images of the Silver State and supplements historical entries with virtual galleries and thematic …

Do you really know Louisiana? KnowLA is a valuable resource for any teacher or student of U.S. and Louisiana history.

The website provides valuable resources for teachers that illuminate key events in U.S. and Arkansas history.

Explore this education- and tourism-centered website for lesson plans for teachers, as well as dozens of thematic topics …

Looking for an extensive collection of sources on Virginia history? Here’s a valuable resource for any teacher or …

What would life be like without freedoms we take for granted—of the press, right to assembly, and more?

Chapman spent more than 20 years painting Civil War Charleston after his stint in the Confederate Army.

Making labor history access less of a chore.

Guam is often left out of discussions of U.S. history. Remedy the situation!

What was life like in abolitionist Frederick Douglass’s home in Washington, DC? The NPS takes a look.

Meet Virginians from the 1860s, and learn about their lives.

The U.S. was formed on ideals, but how do these ideals manifest in reality? Are they ever at odds?

Humanitarian law and history are hardly mutually exclusive.

This site, produced by PBS, uses multiple resources to examine the history and influence of Jewish culture in the U.S.

Do you want to use humor to your advantage in the classroom? Hope for America examines comedy and satire in American …

There’s far more to West Virginia than stereotypes suggest. Why not take some time to explore the state?

Connect with your ELL students with this bilingual Puerto Rico Encyclopedia!

9/11 impacted more than just the nation. This repository of oral history video and audio clips reflects the tragedy from …

Engage your students in historical thinking with this interactive site on the rebellion led by Daniel Shays.

This site is precisely what it promises. . . and more.

Live in California? Trying to find local New Deal projects?

Looking for official documents concerning the U.S. stance on terrorism?

View photographs taken by everyday people as they came to terms with the 9/11 attacks, or watch oral histories.

What did soldiers do between battles? Sometimes, fought off boredom!

What coverage did websites give the 9/11 attacks?

Access children’s pictures and Italian oral histories regarding 9/11, among other sources.

What does our choice of memorial design say about the U.S. today?

Looking for resources on the Constitution? What better place to look than a center dedicated to its legacy?

Think of all the celebrity advertisements you see everyday. Why pick that particular person for that particular poster?

Allow the National Woman’s Party to show you their collection on women’s progress to equality.

Delve into Great Plains urban development c. 1900 by way of a compelling, unsolved murder mystery.

Looking for proof that students can handle extensive local history projects? You’ve found it.

The Supreme Court is the final law of the land. Uncover its intricacies with this resource from PBS.

Did you know that the gear a paratrooper had to carry could weigh as much as 120 pounds?

Union strikes. Murder. Itinerant songwriting. The life of martyr Joe Hill could hardly have been more dramatic or …

What role have women played in war and the military?

Interested in teaching about the Civil War from a maritime perspective?

Games can be more than mindless fluff. When content-rich, they can engage your students in learning during play.

Team up with the National Archives and Records Administration to bring primary sources into your classroom!

This collection of short videos recognizes the civil rights movement as ongoing struggle.

Watch some Texas history, submit your own, or learn to make local documentaries.

Looking for a little professional development? Miss your college classes? Try Yale’s.

Find a wide variety of classroom resources focused on social history, from classroom activities to primary sources.

Peruse an extensive collection of pamphlets related to African-American life leading up to, during, and following the …

Looking for a primary source website created especially for elementary teachers?

A wheeled pull toy depicting Nixon with a crown? If you’re looking for a unique object to bring up in class, start with …

What was life like for Amanda Akin, Civil War nurse in Washington, DC?

Look into how historical sites are researched, prepared, and made public.

Sift through the music and entertainment of the past.

What role did Virginia play in defining the U.S. and upholding rights we now consider basic and essential?

Daily life in 19th-century New York City, music history, and Civil War commentary all in one place.

Looking for a documentary related to your classroom unit? Check Snag Learning for something pertinent or inspiration for …

If you need a succinct copyright overview for your students, this is a place to start.

Dance the jitterbug, or enjoy lunch break to the sounds of a brass band.

Compare Republican and Democrat accounts of the great debates.

Meet the American men and women who traveled the South in the name of black/white equality.

Slavery in Canada? Who were these people? What were their lives like?

Ever wanted to be Sherlock Holmes? Look at history the way a detective looks into crime.

What is Congress? Why should anyone care?

How do objects capture the past? And how do you display objects to make a point about the past?

Bring history home to young students with sources they can relate to—and prompt older students to think about the …

Make whaling, a rich part of New England history, relevant to young students with the diary of a six-year-old at sea.

Trace Virginia’s route to secession in the Civil War with more than 200 primary sources.

Are you a Virginia educator teaching VA state history? My your task easy! Explore the Library of Virginia’s 70 …

Wanting to go deeper into the history of labor and marginalized groups in the U.S.?

Teaching 20th century presidential history or political events? Explore this site for interactive timelines, exhibits, …

Slavery, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement—you have to teach these topics, so check out these essays to enrich …

Beautiful scenery or impassable peaks? These 17 in-depth essays analyze how the North American view of nature has …

Attention Secondary teachers! Searching for essays on religion, the environment, or African Americans in U.S. history? …

The Smithsonian offers rich resources for teachers, but tracking them down can be difficult. Use History Explorer’s rich …

Link literature and history with activity sets for 18 books and a database of over 270 other books for young readers.

The International Center of Photography (ICP) explores the history of photography and history through photography.

At the virtual home of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture, six exhibits highlight ethnic culture in …

Teaching media history and the spread of pop culture? Explore over 7,000 digitized programs and commercials.

Studying the American Revolution? How about walking Boston’s Freedom Trail? You don’t have to live near Boston to take …

What can 214 State of the Union addresses tells us about American politics and rhetoric?

Read the books and poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, internationally famous African American writer.

Indiana educators, looking for visual primary sources? Search more than 38,000 photographs from the 19th century to the …

How have childhood and gender roles changed over time? Browse five housekeeping books for girls.

Covering Californian urban history? Search more than 275,000 digitized images in Los Angeles Public Library’s photo …

From 1863 to 1935, this tenement building housed working immigrant families. View photographs of their lives, and engage …

Teaching modern presidencies and politics? Take advantage of the virtual resources of the Foundation and Library.

Teaching the American Revolution and its politics? Check out 15 topical essays and a database of more than 150 primary …

Learn about race in the Progressive Era through the life of Jack Johnson, the original African American Heavy Weight …

Pennsylvania educators, or teaching urban history? Explore two neighborhoods in Philadelphia using an interactive map …

Teaching Watergate? Introduce students to the Nixon tapes with more than 2,000 hours of recordings.

In 1919, Seattle workers launched the first general strike in U.S. history. Explore labor history with over 100 …

This site contains sources covering and reacting to the deplorable 1898 massacre in Wilmington, NC.

Washington State educators, bring diversity and reform activism into your classroom with resources on this civil rights …

MA educators—explore a historical moment (and accompanying primary source) for every day of the year.

Influenza scares can be deadly—check out 16 documents and images from the 1918 flu epidemic.

Can’t travel to Monticello? Take your students on a virtual tour of Jefferson’s estate with this website.

Surf an animated timeline of Abraham Lincoln’s life and times.

Northwest educators—need some unconventional primary sources? Check out 65 moving images from 1915 through the 21st …

Wisconsin educators, search the online collections of the oldest American historical society for primary sources.

Attention Washington State educators! Looking for primary sources? With more than 84.5 million documents, this archive …

Wyoming educators, explore more than 10,000 primary sources on Wyoming’s 19th- and 20th-century history.

Deepen your coverage of the late 19th century with the letters of Ulysses S. Grant, war-hero-turned-president.

Teaching Milwaukee state history, or looking to make a connection between art and social studies? Peruse more than …

Examine this 1877 massacre from a total of 40 different perspectives.

Three years in the making, this project of the Tennessee State Museum outlines TN state history from pre-history to the …

Do your students think the Great Depression was the only previous slump in the U.S. economy?

Let your students compare the entertainment of yesteryear—radio—with the TV shows and other media in their homes today.

Analyze popular fiction of the 1920s with these stories from the pulp magazine Black Mask. What do they say about …

Introduce your students to political cartoons with Herbert Block’s bold, visually inviting style. 32 cartoons cover the …

Leading up to the civil rights movement in a high school class? Explore 700 primary sources that examine one 1920 case …

Missouri teachers looking for primary sources, look no further. Explore this portal for resources from libraries, …

California educators, lead your students on an interactive journey down Los Angeles’s historic Wilshire Boulevard!

75 full-text cookbooks let you or your students prepare the foods from the 19th to the early 20th century.

Annie Oakley could shoot 6 holes in a playing card before it touched ground. Invite this sharpshooter into your …

More than 6,000 images related to U.S. social conditions and institutions.

More than 5,700 documents related to Woodrow Wilson’s life and presidency.

460 documents and images on civil rights in Arkansas, from before, during, and after the civil rights movement.

All 102 issues of the first African American newspaper conveniently presented in PDF format.

More than 355,000 items produced by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, from 1817-1994.

Eight “toolboxes” enable secondary teachers to enhance existing U.S. History units.

Basic information and several images of 41 books once in Thomas Jefferson’s library.

Forty diverse documents about the history, geology, and hydrology of the Platte River, from 1843 to the present.

Online exhibit of more than 65 objects from Native cultures in North and South America.

Full texts of more than 130 works of literature by more than 75 Southern authors.

More than 1,000 photographs from the history of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

This presidential library presents sources from the 35th President’s life and times.

17th- through 19th-century newspaper articles from 23 states and DC.

Learn about southern culture through the images on Confederate currency.

Search over 200 prominent African American scientists.

Explore the infamous Scottboro case through a variety of primary source documents and images.

Written in the form of a drama, this website takes visitors through the Haymarket Affair.

A variety of resources focused on the life and times of infamous abolitionist John Brown.

A collection of maps detailing over 80 South Carolina towns and cities.

A useful local history project which focuses on the history of Savannah and the Georgia coastline.

Learn about labor history through the infamous Bisbee Deportation.

Explore radical activism and 1960s culture through the trial of the Chicago Seven.

Listen to an overview of popular brass band music from the Civil War era.

A collection of over 2,100 early baseball cards.

Explore the Library of Congress’ collection of Civil War maps, including maps of all major engagements.

View 22 census data samples and 65 million records from 13 federal censuses.

Learn about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, how it destroyed the city, and how the city was subsequently …

An extensive collection of primary resources concerning renowned composer Leonard Bernstein.

View 1,300 pieces of sheet music composed by and about African Americans.

Listen to African American Blues from the Fort Valley Music Festivals of 1938-1943.

The largest collection of original Jefferson documents in the world. Really, we’re serious.

Learn about Andrew Johnson’s impeachment through contemporary accounts and resources.

Travel through the life and works of Marion Anderson with this online exhibit.

A keyword-searchable archive containing over 2,000 of Abraham Lincoln’s papers.

View the many faces of President Nixon as captured by photographer Fred Maroon.

A collection of American and European literary classics, made available free of charge.

Learn about Jefferson’s forgotten descendants, children of his slave mistress.

View the Virginia Historical Society’s extensive collection of materials documenting Virginia history.

Visit the Gerald Ford Presidential Library for a wealth of resources regarding Ford’s presidency.

Use this website to plan and organize lessons around NPS properties and locations.

An excellent introduction to the papers of George Washington, including personal correspondence and maps.

Uncover the inner workings and history of the US Electoral College. Click here to explore!

Provides a wealth of information on US presidential elections, with a particular focus on the 2000 election.

An extensive collection of primary documents pertaining to the American withdrawal from Vietnam.

Explore the archives of the Chicago Historical Society to learn about Lincoln’s assassination through objects.

Learn about American material culture and its relation to the nation’s religious history.

How much do you know about the history of the American Senate? Click here for background information on this component …

Begin your background research on prairie farmhouses with this website.

An ideal website for researching basic information regarding the Salem Witch Trials.

A collection of maps which chronicle the age of European discovery.

A collection of U.S. and military maps useful for a variety of research.

The companion site to a PBS documentary, this website is a useful resource for scholars of the American Revolution.

Focused on business history, this gateway site connects businesses to greater cultural and social trends.

Take a virtual tour of George Washington’s famous estate, Mt. Vernon.

A useful gateway site for materials on Carrie Chapman Catt and the women’s suffrage movement.

A comprehensive history of religion and major religious events within the United States.

Explore the history of 17th century New England and, more specifically, the Salem Witchcraft Trials.

Learn about the American colonial economy and currency.

Read this quarterly journal which focuses on a different topic in American History in each issue.

Learn about American radicalism and the communist movement with this collection of primary sources.

An excellent site for new study into the “white trash” demographic.

An impressive website for the study of Jews and Judaism in the United States.

Learn about Hispanic culture with the Juan B. Rael collection of upper Rio Grande folk music.

Your first resource for photographs and images depicting African Americans during the 19th century.

Learn about the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY.

Visit this sound archive to listen to all Mercury Theatre on the Air productions, including “War of the Worlds.”

A collection of resources pertaining to the Westinghouse Works company, including films and articles.

Learn about life in the Big Coal River Valley in West Virginia.

An extensive collection of primary and secondary resources detailing the life of composer Aaron Copeland.

A comprehensive guide consisting of over 240 primary source items detailing African American history.

This extensive database contains influential documents and literature spanning from 500BC to the 1800s.

Explore the subject of psychology through this full-text archive of classic works in the field.

A collection of early animated films useful for the study of early American animation.

Could the Bolsheviks and radicalism destroy the American way of life?

Travel the Underground Railroad with this interactive website.

This website gives a broad introduction to the Marshall Plan and is home to over 30 primary sources.

Explore mid-18th century women’s culture through three full-text issues of the Godey’s Lady’s Book.

A collection of portraits and photographs by acclaimed photographer Matthew Brady.

An oral history of 1968, as told by a variety of Rhode Island residents, focusing on Civil Rights and Vietnam.

A companion site to a PBS series, this website contains a wealth of resources relating to Vietnam.

A collection of 3,000 historical maps and information about the history of cartography.

A daily exhibit which showcases a particular event in American History each day.

A collection of 20 portraits by African American artists from the Harmon Foundation.

A vast collection of resources for teachers, including lesson plans and literature.

Search this archive from the Harper’s Weekly for a firsthand view into Andrew Johnson’s impeachment.

Learn about Native American technology, including wigwams, beadwork, pottery, and tools.

Listen to past episodes of Bryan LeBeau’s weekly radio program, entitled “Talking History.”

Listen to four telephone conversations recorded by Lyndon B. Johnson related to the Vietnam War.

A comprehensive collection of primary source materials which cover the infamous Harper’s Ferry raid.

A companion site to a PBS documentary, this website hosts a wealth of information on the Oregon Trail.

An interactive website which takes visitors through the Salem witch trials.

Peruse this collection of recently declassified foreign policy documents.

Learn about the ethnically diverse history of Tucson, AZ.

A collection of primary source material for teaching women’s history and mid-19th century culture.

A collection of primary sources detailing early Asian-Americans in Tucson, Arizona.

Explore the relationship between Nixon’s love of sports and his actions as US President.

Explore the history of American landscape and architectural design from 1850-1920.

A recently declassified study on the CIA’s intelligence assessments concerning Vietnam.

Learn about the 20th century resurgence of fiddle music and Appalachian folk culture.

Explore the history of Florida folklife and culture.

What impressions did the average citizen or foreigner form of early America and its people?

Looking for a one-stop spot for all your quick 1639-1800 research needs?

Compare early women’s rights campaigns to the rhetoric of the American Revolution.

Visualize the Civil War through the photographs selected by Alexander Gardner in 1865.

What was the nature of Nixon and Echeverria’s political relationship?

How does a nation react, legally and politically, to international terrorism?

Read about Wilbur and Orville Wright’s triumphs and setbacks as they experienced them.

Would you have survived along the Underground Railroad?

An impressive array of tracts (and more) brought together for your convenience.

Interested in researching business history? You may want to contact an archivist.

From racism to civil rights movement music, listen to the memories of these eight individuals.

View maps created during the early stages of surveying Illinois.

When travel wasn’t an easy option what views did people have of other places?

If you need primary sources on the Spanish in North America, try this site.

Interested in using the Library of Congress to research women’s history, but unsure how to start?

What is New Urbanism, and does it effect you? Will it affect the way you buy a home, or where the homes are located?

Compare U.S. and Hawaiian opinion on Hawaiian annexation.

Discover the works of songwriting brothers Ira and George Gershwin.

Explore World War II’s color film footage.

Meet legendary jazz pianist Fats Waller. Be at the forefront of musical history.

What was said, written, and drawn about slavery? Gain a more complete image of the institution, its evil effects, and …

The mail always comes, rain or shine; but how?

How did radio move from major technological advance to mass popular culture?

How did the lumber, flour, sawmill, and farming industries shape Minnesota’s future?

Introduce your students to one of America’s great masters of horror.

What was life like during Japanese American internment?

Explore the life of a major classical conductor.

Discover the men, ideas, and process behind discovering that mosquitoes transfer yellow fever.

What would it be like to grow up poor? Greek? Mexican? Rich?

What exactly is freedom, and who possesses it?

How did World War I effect the lives of the everyday North Carolinian?

A hodge podge of history: England, Missouri, and the greater U.S.

Teaching Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War? Explore this storehouse of Lincolnian history.

Turn off the lights, and explore the ghost towns of the West.

Were the Pilgrims really shorter than us? Discover the answer to all your Thanksgiving queries here!

Learn about the California libraries built with Carnegie funding.

Experience life in Colonial Williamsburg without visiting Virginia.

Looking for World War era, minstrel, or showtune sheet music?

Peruse this national source for all things Eisenhower.

What might your life have been like as an African American in Virginia c. 1900?

“When Vaudeville died, television was the box they put it in,” according to Bob Hope. Read essays on his life and …

Explore the history of “the forest city.”

Frame your lessons on the Great Migration with the life and works of Jacob Lawrence.

Meet Linus Pauling, from his Nobel prizes to his “dirty laundry.”

Can’t get to Arizona? You can still see local Native American artifacts online.

How did WWI affect urban development? How did it impact housing and business in the cities?

Ask yourself: What did Coolidge do for our country?

Communist Russia. Communist China. Communist Washington?

What was the turn-of-the-century woman’s “beach read”?

Introduce yourself to the history of science, or learn to make your own history website.

Although painful to view, racist memorabilia reminds us of past mindsets and ethics.

Washington was once part of an area contested for between the U.S. and Great Britain.

Explore the layout and businesses of turn-of-the-century Dallas.

See uncommon photograph subjects for the turn-of-the-century, such as street peddlers.

Compare perspectives on educational desegregation. How did it affect the community?

Read a selection of the world’s greatest speeches by prominent African American figures.

Find top notch history web resources, as well as advice on using technology for teaching.

Delve into Texas law from early colonization through 1897.

View depictions of African American life by artist Dox Thrash.

Discover one of America’s great realists, and see the Philadelphia of his day.

Explore river life—with a particular focus on food harvesting.

What questions have past censuses posed? What were the results?

Find out about the guitar players who came before you, and perhaps, even perfect your own abilities.

Explore the history and development of a small town. The online scrapbook provides an uncanny lens into town life.

See how the federal government promoted nationalism in a widespread media movement.

How does an industrial past shape current work and play? How does it affect what professions still exist in cities?

Read up on the NRO, NSA, and the use of satellite imaging for intelligence collection.

Trace U.S.-China relations from the 60s through present day.

Listen to the recordings of the creator of the microphone and gramophone player.

What do Vegas showgirls have to say about their time in the city?

Kiowa artwork from buffalo hide canvases to university art training.

What was life like for the African American pilots of World War II?

Explore U.S. architectural styles and ornamentation, or date the buildings in your town.

What contributions has bacterial geneticist Joshua Lederberg made to science and healthcare?

How does the settling of the Siberian frontier compare to that of the U.S. West?

What tools do men use to turn wilderness into private property?

Take a peek at 1940s military life in Hampton Roads, VA.

Explore Depression-era, ex-slave, and urban youth life stories.

What images does a state choose to describe its way of life to the nation?

Consider assigning contextual reports on the lives of individual slaves.

Examine the impact of Robert F. Kennedy’s anti-apartheid trip to South Africa.

How did World War I change soldiers’ attitudes, religious beliefs, and employment prospects?

Find out what people thought of everything from ablation to vinegar in 1911.

Contemporary art highlights and reflects societal issues following World War II.

You’ve read his words, but do you know who he was? Explore the man behind those epic stories.

Explore the history of education within the U.S, through writings and images.

What can you learn from the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington?

Enjoy an interactive experience depicting the life of Mark Twain.

Search this Civil War roster for data on the service of New Jersey soldiers.

Imagine traveling from a university to work on a farm.

What goes through the mind of a Nobel-prize winning chemist?

How do Native Americans preserve their heritage in the world of today?

Follow the formation of the African American community in the city of Hartford, CT

Hundreds of lesson plans, right at your fingertips. Incorporate them in the classroom.

Relive the construction of the city of steel—Gary, Indiana.

One convenient source for major historical U.S. documents.

What did Thomas Jefferson read?

What work can be accomplished through music?

What did patent examiner Taft have to say on the Civil War homefront?

Explore film, music, and literature in its social context and chronology. Understand the cultural dynamics that lent …

Swing to the beats of the early 1900s.

Get your historical national economical statistics right here.

View political cartoons by Herbert Block, father of the term, “McCarthyism.”

How have GLBT lifestyles been portrayed and used by the commercial media?

Peruse maps of Spanish and Portuguese colonization, exploration, and military ventures.

What kind of map might you have used as an explorer? An early urbanite?

How did the national government strive to preserve vernacular music?

What has the U.S. deaf population experienced?

Ever curious about the nexus between R&D and economics?

Project “Acoustic Kitty,” anyone? With different code names for missions, the CIA has shielded some vital information …

There’s more to the West than cowboys.

How many hospital beds did New Orleans have in 1960? Was it able to accommodate the poor and sick?

Read up on early 20th-century train and airplane accidents, among other transportation topics.

Explore New England’s topography with more than 1,100 topographical maps, covering all of New England and parts of New …

From dog food to automobiles—advertisers on the airwaves.

Ever wonder about Irish immigration to Boston or family finances in the ’60s?

Teaching exploration? Why not introduce your students to nautical charts?

Conduct your own “virtual dig” of a Dutch farmhouse.

What American history items do Smithsonian curators like best?

Discover the depth of Austin, Texas’s urban history through 10 online exhibits containing images and essays.

What tactics has the tobacco industry used to sell smoking to the populace?

Explore one of the country’s least discussed major military conflicts, the Korean War.

Need to check a date? Have students report on their birth dates? Try here.

Introduce students to 25 documents selected by the National Archives for their historical importance.

Which locations, open for visitation, are most relevant to the civil rights movement?

View Virginia’s antebellum architectural culture.

What role has art had in the depiction and reality of U.S. labor?

James Bond, anyone? Delve into the States’ history of espionage.

View maps of Liberia acquired during efforts to restore freedmen to Africa.

Is the Declaration of Independence the same document when in a foreign language?

What picture have people painted of the Washington, D.C. in written works?

Experience the life and works of lesser known American classical composer Irving Fine.

Nostalgic for X-ray glasses advertisements?

View maps of the West, while simultaneously looking into the lives of traveling performers.

Browse a wealth of memos from the Kennedy administration.

Aside from Benedict Arnold, how much do you know about Revolutionary War spies?

Follow the journey of two men through the western United States.

Source documents to help you approach 20th-century feminism.

Interested in the life of a particular artist? Find out more about the painting and the person here.

Look to the past to consider the prospects of democracy in the U.S.

Listen as traders talk about their experiences at Native American trading posts.

Through these writings, you can see how soldiers saw themselves as actors in Civil War battles.

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Read the full text of 52 published works by black women writers from the late 18th to the early 20th century.

Pamphlets and documents from 1875 to 1900 highlight African American leaders and organizations.

Alexander Graham Bell’s work and interests extended far beyond the invention of the telephone. Explore his papers here.

Cover art and full texts from dime novels preserve the popular culture of an industrializing U.S.

Traces the history of the eugenics movement in the United States.

Participants in Operation Desert Storm talk about their experiences in oral history interviews.

More than 30,000 photographs capture life in Colorado from 1860 to 1920.

Browse primary sources reflecting the performing arts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Explore the profiles of 26 scientists, physicians, and experts in biomedical research and public health.

We all know what the Social Security Administration does, but do you know how it was formed?

From White Fang to short stories and speeches, read more than 40 works by renown author Jack London.

From its March 23, 1923 first edition to the present, Time presents a searchable database of cover art.

Explore writer-photographer William P. Gottlieb photographs of 1938–1948 jazz culture.

Take a look through more than 30,000 items relating to African American life in Ohio between 1850 and 1920.

More than 1,800 primary sources provide a window into the Temperance Movement and Prohibition.

From the Ku Klux Klan to the IWW, examine 129 historical documents from radical organizations.

Read the accounts of former slaves in oral history interviews collected by the Federal Writers’ Project.

Sixty-four photographs taken by Lewis W. Hine between 1908 and 1912 document child labor conditions.

This site houses more than 1,500 Civil War items, including letters, photographs, sketches, and posters.

Learn more about Emma Goldman, radical and feminist activist, through this collection of primary and secondary sources.

Photographs, audio clips, documents, and more preserve the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

From environmental agreements to rules of warfare, read the text of international multilateral treaties, agreements, and …

Four collections of data and documents address Federal Indian policy in the late 19th century.

Scanned images from more than 2,700 pieces of sheet music provide insight into life in 1852–1900 California.

In full-text narratives, more than 2,000 people from northeast Ohio discuss issues significant to the state and the …

Discover connections between race and place in this archive documenting the effects of Jim Crow on a Virginia town.

This site offeres 30 interview excerpts and 130 photographs that examine Jim Crow from multiple perspectives.

With over 300,000 pages available for full-text searching, this is one of the richest collections of anti-slavery and …

With the Freedom of Information Act, the government declassified thousands of documents, including those available here.

Great Depression documentation of migrant work camps in central California.

Read the annotated works of author Willa Cather (1873–1947), including O Pioneer! and My Antonia.

Digitizing 19th-century American fiction, this site offers close to 3,000 texts by 1,456 authors.

This site furnishes more than 10,000 items of ephemera from the U.S. and London.

Government organizations document historic sites in drawings, photographs, and text.

Follow the proceedings of the Dred Scott case with facsimiles and transcriptions of 85 legal documents.

In French and English, explore the history of the French in North America from the 1500s through the 1800s.

Designed for historians and educators, this site provides high-quality primary sources from American history.

Illustrations follow European interpretations of Native Americans, through images from popular culture, literary and …

Secondary and primary sources describe 13 African American migration experiences.

Houses more than 1.2 million items on Virginia and life in the South.

A wealth of primary materials document Ohio life, culture, and history from prehistoric times to the recent past.

History can be revealed through the study of maps, as these exhibits containing more than 600 maps and related documents …

The Library of Congress presents 35 of the most important documents from early American history.

From Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush—discover the public messages, statements, and speeches of the presidents.

180 documents and artifacts interpret 19th-century westward exploration and the concept of Manifest Destiny.

Search and browse a collection of resources covering topics ranging from the Civil War to the ENIAC computer.

Delve into the complex history of slavery and the law with this collection of primary sources.

Meet Studs Terkel—oral historian, radio host, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Follows the history of American taxation through a collection of primary and secondary sources.

New York Times articles from 1981 to 2001 follow the development of the AIDS epidemic.

Follow historical trends in national, international, and regional economic activity using the Bureau’s data.

Through this collection of business plans and planning information, track the beginning of the “Dot Com Era.”

From scientific findings to speeches, 100 documents represent each year since 1972.

Close to 200 photographs document the work of Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).

More than 1,400 speeches, sermons, and other writings of Martin Luther King, mostly covering the period from 1929 to …

Search data from surveys of the American electorate conducted in presidential and congressional election years from 1948 …

Primary and secondary sources document the minority struggle for civil rights in Seattle’s history.

View contemporary coverage of the Civil Rights Movement from two Roanoke, VA television stations.

Government documents, oral histories, photographs, and political cartoons trace Harry S. Truman’s presidency.

Follows the development of popular entertainment forms from the 1870s to the 1920s, through playscripts, playbills, and …

Printed materials preserve the public campaigns of the Anti-Saloon League from 1893 to 1933.

The court proceedings surrounding the Haymarket Affair look at the event that led to the first “Red Scare” in America.

Supported by images and documents, this essay explores the culture wars of the 1910s and 1920s.

Browse and listen to cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings.

Covering topics ranging from the annexation of Hawaii to World War II, 29 collections document the history of Hawaii and …

More than 2,000 striking images of North American tribes from between 1907 and 1930.

Listen to clips from more than 100,000 recordings of Mexican American vernacular music.

Learn more about American Jewish women’s contributions to their communities and the wider world with these exhibits and …

Read the life histories of a range of U.S. citizens, compiled by the WPA’s Federal Writers’ Project.

Presents the life and work of black activist Marcus Garvey, leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association …

Access close to 140,000 images from the Smithsonian Institution.

See how early film was used to capture and communicate the Spanish-American War.

A variety of primary sources and background essays explore the 1911 fire, a hallmark tragedy of the industrial age.

10,000 pages of records on the struggle for votes for women, including papers by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. …

Learn more about military, diplomatic, and political resources by browsing this archive of World War I documents and …

This site examines Illinois history and the life of Abraham Lincoln in the years 1831 through 1860.

Approximately 20,000 documents provide a window into President Abraham Lincoln’s life.

Presents texts by and about the major figures of American Transcendentalism.

Covers Congressional documents from the nation’s founding through early Reconstruction.

More than 15,800 rare historical maps focus on North and South America.

Annotated materials about Poe published during his lifetime.

Follows Jefferson’s life, political participation, and accumulation of scientific geographical knowledge from 1735 to …

Documents the birth of the conservation movement through published works, manuscripts, images, and motion picture …

Explore sources from the mid-18th-to-early-19th-century European migration into the Ohio River Valley.

Provides more than 1.5 million pages of text in an effort to digitize more than 11,000 volumes and 100,000 19th-century …

More than 5,500 transcribed newspaper articles related to the Mexican-American War.

Nine galleries explore the history of slavery in New York City.

Displays nearly 4,000 panoramic photographs of cityscapes, landscapes, and group portraits.

Primary and secondary sources examine the growing divisions in Kansas and the nation prior to the Civil War.

Explore the life and works of one of the most famous revolutionaries—Thomas Paine.

This database of images literally offers snapshots of late 19th to early 20th century America.

Presents medical and mortality statistics and records on 35,747 white males who served in the Union Army.

Firsthand accounts of exploration range from Viking stories to early 19th-century trappers’ journals.

Presents detailed information on all 43 of the nation’s presidents.

More than 30 letters cover conflicts from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 to war in Iraq.

Showcases archaeological excavations at Mobile and elsewhere in Alabama through images and exhibits.

Explore the 15-volume Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from April 1636 to October 1776.

Searchable facsimiles of 1,850 monographs and 288 journal volumes related to agriculture in the U.S. between 1806 and …

Examine texts about the Americas produced in Europe from the 15th to 19th centuries.

Nearly 1,400 documents covering Southern life from the 18th to early 20th centuries.

Provides links, primary sources, and eight modules for teachers and students in three main features: WWW.History, Many …

Collects more than 375 documents related to United States history from the colonial period to the present.

Collects photographs, texts, and oral histories drawn from 15 Kentucky colleges, universities, libraries, and historical …

Displays, explains, and interprets the Lakota pictorial histories known as winter counts.

Teach U.S. Navy history using photographs, paintings, documents, oral histories, historical overviews, and more.

Presents more than 550,000 images relevant to both U.S. and world history, from the earliest days of print culture to …

From newspapers to scholarly journals, ProQuest has whatever you need!

This site offers a cornucopia of documents spanning four centuries of American history.

With over 126,000 photographs, maps, and other documents, this site offers a comprehensive look at the history of Los …

Trace the history of Africans in America through Reconstruction, with 245 images, maps, and documents.

Multimedia resources for teaching slavery, private life, technology, and film.

Presents 27 iconic works of art as examples for the use of art and primary sources in history classrooms.

Presents over 1,200 of the items in the National Archives and Records Administration’s collection.

Listen to oral history interviews with Americans who served overseas and on the home front during World War II, the …

Examines 19th-century children in America: what they read, what was written about them, and what was written for them.

Offers letters and diary entries by Robert “King” Carter (1663–1732), wealthy Virginian landowner and public figure.

Provides teaching and reference materials on the women’s rights movement of the past 50 years.

Provides a multimedia introduction to “the greatest strike in American history.”

Displays 416 situation maps from World War II.

Collects 150 1894–1915 motion pictures on work, school, and leisure activities.

Explore all of the known published slave narratives, to better understand the experience of slavery and the culture that …

Presents more than 137,000 photographs of Florida on specific localities from the mid-19th century to the present.

Memorializes Roland Marchand with more than 6,100 images, including more than 2,000 advertisements, and 48 lesson plans …

Primary sources point out cultural connections between the experiences of African and Irish Americans.

Profiles all 42 of the nation’s completed presidencies.

Offers 45 mini-monographs on U.S. women’s history, each organized around an analytical question concerning a social …

Digitally serves thousands of formerly secret documents in compliance with Freedom of Information Act requests.

Archives 50 Coca-Cola commercials, broadcast outtakes, and experimental footage.

View 150 cartoons drawn between 1929 and 2000 by Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Herbert Block.

Houses more than 40 million pages from more than seven million tobacco industry documents.

Preserves the history of the Macintosh through interviews with designers, technical writers, Apple employees, and …

16th-century to present-day maps, focusing on Americana and cartographic treasures.

Digitized versions of 20 volumes of Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, from 1992 to 2004.

Presents more than 250 computer marketing brochures from 1948 to 1988.

Browse through a multitude of resources on Vietnam and the Vietnam War, including oral histories, video interviews, and …

Listen to more than 12 hours of oral interviews taken in the first three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Explore the experiences of those with disabilities through documents and images dating from the 18th century to the …

Presents video and audio oral histories and additional material from American veterans of 20th-century wars.

Includes more than 300 U.S. government pamphlets and books on home front issues from World War II.

Presents four guided investigations—on the Spanish-American War, the Scopes Trial, Social Security, and Rosa …

Captures significant events and personalities of the 20th century through 107 audio items, including speeches, …

Provides access to facsimiles of 100 declassified documents relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

More than 350 recently declassified documents reveal previously hidden aspects of Cold War military strategy.

Showcases more than 900 Work Projects Administration (WPA) posters produced as part of the New Deal.

Offers over 2,500 hours of White House recordings by six American presidents between 1940 and 1973.

Archives 44 “full-life” interviews with American women journalists.

Follow the contentious election of 1896 with close to 100 political cartoons related to the presidential campaigns.

Official documents and articles from periodicals record the history of the Olympics and sport.

Explore the mid-Atlantic region with more than 1,852 maps created before 1850.

Browse more than 8,000 objects related to Chinese immigrant life in California.

Explore this archive of over 110 video interviews on Japanese American incarceration during World War II.

Provides an overview of World War I through essays, diaries, posters, audio files, and other primary and secondary …

Provides more than 600 health-related newspaper and magazine advertisements from 1910 to 1960.

Presents more than 55,000 Chicago Daily News photographs taken in the early 20th century.

Archives audio files of more than 700 folk tunes recorded in the South in 1939.

A wonderful collection of chronologies, images, maps, and other materials on the Spanish-American War.

Archives more than 7,000 newspaper and magazine advertisements printed in the U.S. from 1911 to 1955.

Early motion pictures, sound recordings, and related materials document Thomas Edison’s impact on the history of …

Offers oral history resources examining life in southern textile mill towns from the 1880s to the 1930s.

Selected materials by and about the “birth control pioneer” Margaret Sanger.

Peruse this collection of over 900 items relating to Chicago’s Hull House to discover its influence on 20th century …

An assemblage of more than 80 photographs and postcards of lynchings, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Records of more than 25 million passengers and crew who passed through Ellis Island 1892-1924.

Access 59 sound recordings of 1918-1920 speeches by American leaders.

Presents the letters and diaries of Kate and Sue McBeth, late 19th-century missionaries and teachers among the Nez Perce …

Nearly 3,500 images and approximately 318 letters illuminate life on the Great Plains from 1862 to 1912.

Discover over 200 jazz bands and musicians active from 1895-1929, captured here in countless audio and video files.

1,275 detailed historical maps, dating from 1867 through 1969, depict 40 cities in the state of Utah.

More than 12,000 stereoscopic photographs depict life in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut small towns and rural …

We’re off to see the wizard! Discover the cultural impact of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

A vast database of Thomas Edison’s papers, including correspondence, technical drawings, and clippings about the …

40,000 written pages and more than 3,000 illustrations provide accounts of California history from the Gold Rush to the …

Examples of early photographs preserve the likenesses of cities, famous figures, and other subjects.

Read about crimes committed in the former Confederate states between 1865 to 1868.

Commemorates the 1871 Great Chicago Fire with an array of primary sources.

Scanned images of more than 18,000 pieces of sheet music, including covers, published prior to 1923.

Recreates the P.T. Barnum Museum as an interactive 3D exhibit and an archive of images, documents, accounts, and essays …

Focuses on Mark Twain’s life and career, including creation of his popular image, marketing and promotion of his texts, …

Provides full-text transcriptions and page images of 1815–1865 Sunday school books addressing religious instruction for …

Explore Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin as the American cultural phenomenon it was.

274 sources focusing on the work of the Continental Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.

Presents the largest set of original Washington documents in the world.

Explore James Madison’s life through his correspondence, personal notes, drafts of letters and legislation, and legal …

Documents and analytical essays emphasize the social history of Plymouth Colony from 1620 to 1691.

Documents the 1704 raid on Deerfield, MA, by 300 French and their Native American allies.

Explore the significance of religion in early American history and its influence on republican institutions.

Peruse 60 primary and secondary materials concerning the voyages of Sir Francis Drake.

Get up close-and-personal with western migrants. Explore personal accounts of westward treks from the perspective of 45 …

Experience firsthand accounts of Jamestown and colonial history, dating from 1570 through 1720.

Databases of digitized firsthand accounts and literary works document periods in American history, the experiences of …

Examines the history and culture of the state of Georgia, presenting an extensive range of primary sources.

12 collections provide primary sources on ads, health and medicine, the Civil War, sheet music, and more.

Presents balanced treatments of over 50 prominent court trials, including the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui

Presents digitized selections from the official record of major declassified U.S. foreign policy decisions and …

Explores the history of Jews in America from the 17th century to the present through essays, images, video …

Explore California from Japanese American internment or the Free Speech Movement to oral histories.

The Library of Congress offers an archive of more than 9 million primary sources dating from 1490 to the present.

Examine segregation and desegregation through summaries and the court’s opinions for two major cases.

Digitizes Indian Affairs, a seven-volume compendium of treaties, laws, and executive orders relating to U.S.-Indian …

Reproduces a privately held collection of American ephemeral films produced between 1927 and 1987.

More than 250 television commercials trace campaign issues and the selling of American presidential candidates.

Peruse 11 exhibits, from the Gold Rush of 1849 to Japanese American internment during WWII.

Roughly 200 National Park Service locations preserve locations designated important to U.S. history and prehistory; …

Records the user-contributed histories of people affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The Washington Post looks back at the Watergate scandal in this exhibit of primary sources.

Documents the lives of Native Americans in the Northwest Coast and Plateau regions of the Pacific Northwest in text and …

Ansel Adams’s photographs preserve life at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II.

Explore this archive of over 900 images by American photographer, William Henry Jackson.

150 oral history interviews and 16 collections of documents address the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.

With illustrations, articles, editorials, and overviews, 22 exhibits cover a variety of subjects dealing with …

Contains 10,000 pages and images on Everglades reclamation efforts and the history of south Florida.

This site showcases over 8,000 images documenting the history and development of South Texas and the border.

Exhibit and archive featuring an extensive collection of primary source material on the 1906 natural disaster and the …

Explore this database of over 150,000 photographs that capture the true nature of this crisis and its solutions.

Peruse every edition of the “official newspaper” of the U.S. Army fighting forces during World War I.

The Holocaust must be remembered. This site will give your students a closer look at the atrocities of this genocide.

Presents articles from 18th- and 19th-century newspapers, magazines, and books, with a focus on the Mid-Atlantic region.

Showcases more than 1,230 images depicting the enslavement of Africans, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and slave life in the …

Explore the diary of midwife Martha Ballard and the creation of two modern historical studies based on the diary.

Provides transcriptions and images of more than 4,000 newspaper advertisements for runaway slaves and indentured …

Presents the complete text of the Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals, along with supplementary secondary …

Examine the verbatim transcripts of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.

Explore more than 1,000 Civil War photographs.

Peruse more than 1,700 texts written by or to Thomas Jefferson—from correspondence to books and papers.

Take a closer look at the Civil War with this extensive database that offers a comparison of two Shenandoah Valley …

Access over than 78,000 digital government resources—from textual records to sound recordings and everything in between!

Collects more than 4,000 images from books created in Europe between 1492 and 1825.

Houses more than 3,500 full-text documents addressing the legal, economic, and political history of the U.S.

More than 400 speeches by women—politicians, scientists, and celebrities.

Presents 100 milestone documents in American history, from the Richard Henry Lee Resolution of June 7, 1776, to the …

Showcases primary sources from more than 3,300 Supreme Court cases since 1955.

The integral role of Native Americans to the Revolutionary War is often overlooked. Discover the fuller story here.

The integral role of Black Americans to the Revolutionary War is often overlooked. Discover the fuller story here.

The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often overlooked. Discover the truth here.

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated than you might think!

The “go-green” movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for conservation in the early 20th century was …

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts surrounding the World War II bombing of …

Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown’s infamous raid? Southerners?

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, and what kinds of work do textbooks leave …

Jewish Immigration to the United States

Segregation contradicts what most students have learned about American freedom and democracy. Textbooks locate …

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States producing 65 months of depressed economic …

The modern Civil Rights Movement is often marked as beginning with the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision banning school …

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. An …

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted rebellion, how much do we actually know about …

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of all supporters of women’s rights—didn’t it?

Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life?

How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today’s fossil-fueled world?

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S.?

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast.

Johnson, Goldwater, and the politics of fear.

When and where was this photo taken? See what clues you can spot!

How would you have planned this photograph if you were General MacArthur?

East or West? See if you can determine which region produced these images on westward migration!

Do you know the history of this symbol?

What do you see in this 1876 cartoon?

Human history affects more than human beings.

How do textbooks from different countries treat the War of 1812?

The cherry trees in Washington, DC were a gift from Japan. What does their history tell us?

There’s more to it than Seneca Falls.

How do we know what people in the past owned and valued?

What do you picture when you hear her name?

What do you think Civil War uniforms looked like? They varied more than you might think!

How much do you know about these iconic emblems of Cold War fears?

Even American presidents were babies once!

These African American civil rights activists affected more than the U.S.

When was this winter photo taken? See what clues you can spot!

What do the objects in this 1954 editorial cartoon stand for?

A map can tell you more than east, west, north, and south.

People can identify (some of) the words of Martin Luther King Jr. Can you place these quotes?

Is your favorite food a recent invention?

Does a caption change the meaning of a photograph?

You know the Purple Heart, but can you identify these honors?

Photographs capture how someone appeared at one moment in time. But who arranged that moment?

How many turkeys have presidents pardoned?

Words constantly evolve and change over time. What did “witch” mean to these artists?

Even humble, everyday artifacts have a rich place in history.

Who else left Europe following the call of wealth, fame, religion, or other lures?

Which tales of daring exploration do you believe?

Where do historians turn for historical evidence?

Take a look at these fragments from U.S. history. What are they? Where do they come from?

An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?

How does the Constitution measure up to other important documents in U.S. history?

“Don’t Sell the Steak—Sell the Sizzle!”

How do we relate to national memorials? Photographs can show us how we want to see our monuments.

Marie Curie and Jane Goodall—you may know these female scientists, but can you name any American women scientists?

Fads, crotchets, crazes, rages, and cultural fevers. Test your knowledge of these short-lived obsessions.

A menagerie of terms for politicians, parties, factions, and movements.

It’s in the name: “Desert.” How did the environment affect the Persian Gulf War?

Think you’re a post-WWII expert? Test your knowledge with this quiz on the Berlin Airlift.

What do these biased narratives of the French and Indian War tell us?

Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Can you tell the difference?

In the early 20th century, the new music recording industry embraced hundreds of artists—including women.

Women have fought in every U.S. war, but only recently have they gained official military status.

In 1854, Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. How did the U.S. and Japan see each other during this exchange?

Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German Romantic Idealism.

When the presidents’ maladies threatened to affect their performance.

What can artistic renderings tell us about the Great Migration?

How many cows could a cowcatcher catch, if a cowcatcher could catch cows?

These African American athletes drew crowds with their skill and determination in the early 20th century.

Both the North and South instituted drafts during the Civil War. Popular music of the day had something to say on the …