History Resources

The New Deal, Then and Now

Essay

Alan Brinkley

Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

America the Newcomer: Claiming the Louisiana Purchase

Essay

Elliott West

Geography

A History of the Thanksgiving Holiday

Essay

Catherine Clinton

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Lincoln at Cooper Union

Essay

Harold Holzer

Art, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Years of Magical Thinking: Explaining the Salem Witchcraft Crisis

Essay

Mary Beth Norton

Geography, Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Age of Jefferson and Madison

Essay

Peter S. Onuf

Anti-Slavery before the Revolutionary War

Essay

Sylvia R. Frey

Religion and Philosophy

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Culture of Congress in the Age of Jackson

Essay

Joanne B. Freeman

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Abolitionism

Online Exhibition

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Slave Resistance

Online Exhibition

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12