History Resources

A Teacher’s Tour of Ford’s Theatre

Video

Government and Civics, Literature

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

What Would Lincoln Do? How Lincoln’s Legacy is Used and Abused in Today’s Washington

Video

Government and Civics

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

The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States

Video

Government and Civics

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

A Teacher’s Tour of the Battle of Gettysburg

Video

Government and Civics

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

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Video

Government and Civics

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

Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America since 1940

Video

Literature

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

"Let the Word Go Forth": Symbols and Images in JFK’s Inaugural Address

Video

Government and Civics

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

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Video

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

New Spirits: Americans in the Gilded Age

Video

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Earth Day 1970: The Teach-In That Made the Green Generation

Video

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+