We have a fun summer planned for both families and educators at our National Archives and Presidential Library locations around the country!
July Fourth
If you can’t come in person to Washington, DC, join through YouTube and Facebook. Or celebrate at one of our Presidential libraries around the nation.
The “Write” Stuff: Literacy, Writing, and Research Festival for Kids and Families
Be a Writer Day for 4th-6th Graders —Friday, July 7. Free! Registration required.
- Discussion and Q&A with notable authors and illustrators of young adult and children’s literature
- Book signings by featured authors
- Author-led hands-on workshops
- Registration is also available for those outside the DC area who wish to participate in live-streamed events and webinars.
Family Research & Literacy Day —Saturday, July 8. Free and open to all.
- Story times with special guest readers
- Author- and illustrator-led activities
- Live recording of the “Book Club for Kids” podcast with Kitty Felde, and special guest reader, NPR’s Susan Stamberg, with young readers from the Girlfriends Book Club Baltimore!
- Book signings by featured authors
Family Activities in the Learning Center at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC
Featured Activity in the ReSource Room: Celebrate Magna Carta- Constitution in Action and Rights and Responsibilities Learning Lab Programs for Families
- Genealogy Camp for Kids for Ages 12+, July 10–14
Teaching the Vietnam War through Documents, Photography, and Poetry, from the Academy of American Poets & the National Archives
- Wednesday, July 12 through Friday, July, 14
- National Archives Museum, Washington, DC
Speakers include Richard Blanco, 2013 Presidential Inauguration poet and Education Ambassador of the Academy of American Poets, and Michael Hussey, National Archives Museum Program Manager.
Primarily Teaching Summer Workshops for Educators
Join us to conduct research with original documents in the holdings of the National Archives and Presidential Libraries. Discover some of those incredible teachable documents that help educators and students unlock the past and create online learning activities!
Learn more at www.archives.gov/education/primarily-teaching (Limited spots available.)
The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Truman, Migratory Farm Labor and Immigration
June 26-30
Independence, MO
Register here.
The Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home
U-2 Spy Plane Crisis and its Impact on U.S.-U.S.S.R. Relations
July 17-21
Abilene, KS
Register here.
The National Archives in Washington, DC
Women’s Rights
July 24-28
Washington, DC
Register here (waitlist only).
Elementary Summer Teacher Institute at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
July 24-29
West Branch, IA