In this guest post, teacher Maria Adamson shares techniques for drawing students into the messiness of history, and giving them practice asking critically minded questions of the sources they encounter. Using this approach, she developed two new teaching activities focusing on identification papers of several Chinese people who were "on exhibit" in an ethnographic display in Philadelphia in 1899.
Read about one student's research into historical photographs to create a National History Day documentary about Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm.
Find primary sources and resources for teaching about the Hispanic-Latinx experience.
Find teaching resources and online student programs for teaching about women’s rights and changing roles in American history.
Our new World War II page includes hundreds of primary sources and teaching activities!
Check out our sister blog, The Unwritten Record, for a great list of film footage for National History Day projects for this year's theme: "Communication in History: The Key to Understanding"!
Find primary sources and learning activities for teaching about the Great Depression.
Find primary sources and educational activities for teaching about American Presidents.
Join the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum for a virtual conference for educators on March 24, 2021: Dignity and Justice for All: Stories of Protest, Resistance, and Change.
Read about two students who researched visual sources to create a National History Day documentary about attorney Minoru Yasui.
