History Resources

The Form and Function of the Supreme Court

Essay

Charles Anthony Smith

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Seventies

Essay

Judith Stein

“Rachel Weeping for Her Children”: Black Women and the Abolition of Slavery

Essay

Margaret Washington

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

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

The Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900

Essay

Richard White

Economics, Government and Civics

9

Truman and His Doctrine: Revolutionary, Unprecedented, and Bipartisan

Essay

Elizabeth Edwards Spalding

World History

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

From Citizen to Enemy: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment

Essay

Julie Des Jardins

Government and Civics, World History

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

The Presidential Election of 1800: A Story of Crisis, Controversy, and Change

Essay

Joanne B. Freeman

Government and Civics

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

A Local and National Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Postwar Washington, DC

Essay

Wendell E. Pritchett

Government and Civics

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

Lincoln’s Civil Religion

Essay

George C. Rable

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Civil War and Reconstruction in the American West

Essay

Elliott West

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