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Category: Document Spotlights
Primary Sources Related to the Olympics
As the school year winds down, we're looking ahead to the summer – including the 2021 Summer Olympics.
Pearl Harbor Primary Sources & Teaching Activities
As the Pearl Harbor anniversary approaches, we're sharing historical documents, posters, photographs, and more related to the attack and its impact on U.S. History. On DocsTeach, the online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives, you can find primary sources like maps and speeches – even images taken by the Japanese military during … Continue reading Pearl Harbor Primary Sources & Teaching Activities
Teaching the Great Depression & New Deal
Find primary sources and online teaching activities for the Great Depression and New Deal on DocsTeach.
Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation
In the new teaching activity "Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation," students learn the origins of Thanksgiving, then examine President Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation that created a national holiday.
Teaching Resources for the Progressive Era, 1920s, Immigration, and a Changing America
Access primary sources and teaching activities for the Progressive Era, the 1920s, immigration, and a changing America at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
Primary Sources & Teaching Activities for World War I
Find primary sources and teaching activities for World War I on our DocsTeach World War I page.
What is Patent Number 139,121?
Check out newly published online teaching activities that focus on some of the most famous patent records and inventions in our holdings.
European Refugees in the United States During World War II
A new teaching activity focuses on a teenage refugee's written composition about his experience in the United States during WWII.
Teaching the Vietnam War with DocsTeach
DocsTeach, our online tool for teaching with documents, is full of primary sources and tools for teaching about the Vietnam War.