History Resources

The American Fascination with the Civil War

Video

Government and Civics

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

Using Historical Content to Ground Difficult Conversations

Video

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

President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, 1861

Spotlight on: Primary Source

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Reconstruction

Essay

Edward L. Ayers

New York City’s African Burial Ground

Essay

Michael L. Blakey

Frederick Douglass: An Example for the Twenty-First Century

Essay

Noelle N. Trent

President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865

Spotlight on: Primary Source

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Inside the Vault: Lynching and Anti-Lynching Materials

Video

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

African Americans in the Revolutionary War

Essay

Michael Lee Lanning

Transcendentalism and Social Reform

Essay

Philip F. Gura