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African American World

A multifaceted resource providing information from PBS, NPR, and the Encylopaedia Britannica about African Americans. This website targets many audiences and age groups and encourages discussion of their materials via online forums. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

American Experience

Over 75 features that accompany the PBS series The American Experience, that document people and events that shaped United States history. Find video, audio, maps, images, and other resources that explore Presidents, Biographies, War and Politics,... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

American Masters

From children's book authors to jazz greats, this series presents the biographies of America's great creative talent. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

Incorporates presidential artifacts with informative articles that address many common and uncommon aspects of the ever-changing American presidency. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life, An Electric Mind

A rich, diverse website that examines the life of Benjamin Franklin from many angles using a variety of activities to engage the learner. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

A biography study: Using role-play to explore authors' lives

In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students select American authors to research. They create timelines and biopoems about their authors and then collaborate in teams to design and present a panel presentation where they role-play their authors. The final project... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Located in the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Center's mission is to "preserve and interpret Harriet Beecher Stowe's Hartford home and the Center's historic collections, create a forum for vibrant discussion of her life and work, and inspire individuals... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Find a searchable database of Longfellow’s poems and information on his works, his family, and his homes. In addition, educators will find lesson plans for kindergarten through 12th grade. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Maine Memory Net

Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West

Provides digitized maps, lesson plans, learning activities, and biographical information that follow the adventures of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Corps of Discovery. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Edgate and the Smithsonian Institution

Lincoln/Net: Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project

Find a wide variety of primary source documents, videos, lesson plans, audio clips, songs, and interactive resources that are supplemented by rich contextual material that will help students grasp how one of America's most influential presidencies was shaped. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Northern Illinois University

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind , the companion website for a film by the same title produced by PBS, provides a variety of teacher and student resources to supplement viewing of the documentary. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

National Constitution Center

This website features rich content that is broad in scope and depth with detailed information about the Constitution of the United States. Users can search the museum's interactive content by topic, keyword, and supreme court cases. A Constitution timeline... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: National Constitution Center

New Perspectives on the West

Sponsored by PBS and a companion to the documentary series, The West, this site enables the user to take a guided tour through the history of the American West and explore elements of Western history -- profiles, documents, images -- that encourage visitors... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

North Carolina Museum of History

The Museum offers visitors a divers assortment of exhibits and resources to include in classroom instruction or actual visists to the museum. Find lesson plans, information on history in a box kits, professional development workshops, and much more. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Truman Library: Education Programs

Doing research on President Harry Truman? Here you will find a student guide with details on all aspects of his life and presidency along with audio clips of his speeches, important documents from his presidency, political cartoons, and photographs. This site... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Harry S. Truman Library