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A. Einstein: Image and Impact

An in-depth site on the life and times of Albert Einstein. Includes biographical information as well as a timeline of his life. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: American Institute of Physics

The Aaron Copland Collection

An extensive collection of primary source materials including motion pictures, audio recordings, correspondence, and more documenting the life and accomplishments of Aaron Copland. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

Academy of Achievement

Provides an online Museum of Living History that focuses on contemporary individuals as role models and mentors. Each individual's exhibit includes a biography, an interview (often an audio version is available), and a profile. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Academy of Achievement

African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection 1818-1907

This website documents a wide range of events, topics, and issues in African-American history and culture. This collection recreates the public dialogue among African Americans a century ago, and highlights political, cultural, and social issues still debated... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

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

Alexander Palace Time Machine: Everyday Life in a Romanov Palace

A website devoted to the portraying the Alexander Palace as it was during the time of Imperial Russia as well as the lives of its inhabitants. Uses a wide variety of images, detailed writings, primary sources, maps, and floorplans. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Alexander Palace Association

America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864

Hundreds of portraits of both famous and anonymous men and women, information about daguerreotype photography, and insight into the people of the nineteenth-century United States including politicians, the colonizers of Liberia, and occupations of the Industrial... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

America's Story from America's Library

An interactive website that incorporates games and multiple media formats with primary sources and information to encourage kids to learn about American history (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Library of Congress

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 Experience: Wayback, U.S. History for Kids

An interactive website that introduces kids to the idea of history with a variety of activities that encourage them to not only explore U.S. History but their own history as well. Includes video resources and activities for kids. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: PBS

American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election

Fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders in effort to preserve the voices of prominent Americans. This collection is divided into two series: 1918 deals with WWII issues and 1919-1920 deals with postwar issues. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

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

American President.org

Provides a rich history of the presidency and it presidents, including biographies of key figures such as the first ladies and cabinet members. Additionally find information on presidential responsibilities, his offices, and his resources. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: University of Virginia, Miller Center of Public Affairs

American Presidents: Life Portraits

Provides video access to C-SPAN presidential programming, images of presidential gravesites and other historic landmarks, and a large collection of teacher resources on using these materials and others in the classroom. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: C-SPAN

American Red Cross: History

Contains a large variety of information, historical images, student and teacher guides, and activities for learning about the Red Cross as it marches through history. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: American Red Cross

American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass

An online exhibit of artifacts, photos, and primary source documents devoted to the memory of Frederick Douglass. (Learn more)

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Provided by: National Parks Service

American Visionaries: Legends of Tuskegee

A three-part web exhibit that uses primary source documents, photos, and artifacts with supporting text to tell about the lives of Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and the Tuskegee Airmen. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: National Park Service

Andrei Sakharov: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons, and Human Rights

Photos, primary resources, and audio recordings accompany biographical text that explores the major periods of this Soviet physicist's life. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: American Institute of Physics

Anne Frank Guide

Comprehensive guide focused on Anne Frank, her family, and the Holocaust. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Anne Frank House