History Now Essay The Colonial Virginia Frontier and International Native American Diplomacy William White Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Telling the story of Native Americans and colonial Virginians is a complex challenge clouded by centuries of mythology. The history of early settlement is dominated by the story of a preteen Pocahontas saving the life of a courageous... Appears in: 28 | American Indians Summer 2011
Lesson Plan The Origins of US Cold War Fears, 1946–1961 World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this two-lesson unit. This unit was created in partnership with World101 from the Council on Foreign Relations .
Spotlight on: Primary Source Campaigning for the African American vote in Georgia, 1894 Economics, Government and Civics In the gubernatorial and local elections of 1894, the Democrats and the newly formed People’s Party or Populist Party vied for black votes in Georgia. Neither the Democrats nor the Populists called for racial equality in their...
News Summer 2019 Teacher Seminars Follow American History around Country and Beyond June 16–22 Thirty-four K–12 teachers attended New Orleans and the History of the American South at the Historic New Orleans Collection led by Pamela Tyler, Associate Professor of History (retired), University of Southern Mississippi,...
Lesson Plan The Soldier's Experience: Letters from Four American Wars 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this four-lesson unit.
Video Economic and Financial Crises in American History, Part 1 Economics, Government and Civics 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video WWII and the Transformation of the American West Geography, Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video How Did Manifest Destiny Shape the American West? Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Interactive The American Revolution through the Eyes of Hamilton Return to Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era .
Interactive Excerpts from American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation Art, Literature 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
History Now Essay Suggested Resources on the War of 1812 from the Archivist Mary-Jo Kline Prof. Taylor’s most recent book, the prizewinning The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies (New York: Knopf, 2010), focuses on the conflict along the US-Canadian border involving... Appears in: 31 | Perspectives on America’s Wars Spring 2012
Video The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party Economics, Government and Civics, World History Michael F. Holt is the Langbourne M. Williams Professor of History and chair of the history department at the University of Virginia. In The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party, Professor Holt presents the first full-scale...
History Now Essay Memorializing the Gravesites of Twentieth-Century African Americans Karla F. C. Holloway Excerpts reprinted by permission of Karla F. C. Holloway from her book Passed On: African American Mourning Stories (Duke University Press, 2003). I wandered for an hour trying to find Harriet Tubman (1913). I didn’t mind the time. I... Appears in: 62 | The Honored Dead: African American Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Burial Grounds Spring 2022
News Commemorate Memorial Day with an American Veterans Exhibition The Gilder Lehrman Institute is thrilled to announce the release of Their Full Measure , a digital exhibition created with the support of the National Cemetery Administration's Veterans Legacy Program. This exhibition examines the...
News New World War II acquisition: Pearl Harbor patriotic poster from 1942 Following the Japanese bombardment of the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan and Germany and immediately mobilized the country for war. "Remember Dec. 7th!" is a...
History Now Essay The First Saddest Day of My Life: A Vietnam War Story Sharon D. Raynor World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ What I know about the Vietnam War, I learned as a child from my father, Louis Raynor. At thirteen years old, I discovered an old, tattered, leather-bound diary in my parents’ chest of drawers. When I opened it, I immediately... Appears in: 43 | Wartime Memoirs and Letters from the American Revolution to Vietnam Fall 2015 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
History Now Essay The Escape of Black Women during the American Revolution Karen Cook Bell In 1961, Morgan State University historian Dr. Benjamin Quarles published the now classic study The Negro in the American Revolution , which became the definitive account of the role African Americans played in the War for... Appears in: 63 | The Declaration of Independence and the Long Struggle for Equality in America Summer 2022