History Resources

The Marshall and Taney Courts: Continuities and Changes

Essay

R. B. Bernstein

Economics, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Inside the Vault: Lincoln’s Refusal to Pardon Nathaniel Gordon

Video

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Ordinary Americans and the Constitution

Essay

Gary B. Nash

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Sally Hemings

Essay

Gilder Lehrman Institute

The Civil War and Reconstruction in the American West

Essay

Elliott West

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Lydia Maria Child on women’s rights, 1843

Spotlight on: Primary Source

Annette Gordon-Reed - "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family"

Video

The Social and Intellectual Legacy of the American Revolution

Essay

Gary B. Nash

Government and Civics

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Supreme Court and the Fourteenth Amendment

Lesson Plan

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

9, 10, 11, 12

The Escape of Black Women during the American Revolution

Essay

Karen Cook Bell