Author: Stephanie

Anne Frank Tree installation on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Library

Summer 2021 Professional Development

by Stephanie, posted in Partner Organizations, Professional Development

Find summer professional development opportunities about news literacy, presidents and the Constitution, historical injustices, and youth activism!

Aerial view of rows of houses in the suburbs

Post-WWII Teaching Resources

by Stephanie, posted in Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

Find primary sources and teaching activities for the Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s).

Photograph of Lee Tso attached to his identification papers

Questioning Chinese Exclusion: The “Chinese Village” at the 1899 National Export Exposition

by Stephanie, posted in Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

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.

Woman at the White House holding a flag: Mr. President How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty

Teaching Resources for Women’s History and Women’s Rights

by Stephanie, posted in Distance Learning, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

Find teaching resources and online student programs for teaching about women’s rights and changing roles in American history.

A New World War II Teaching Resource

by Stephanie, posted in Online Tools, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

Our new World War II page includes hundreds of primary sources and teaching activities!