A journal article and podcast provide a deeper dive into students rights cases, including Tinker v. Des Moines.
Category: Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans
It’s Almost Constitution Day!
Here are a few resources for teaching and commemorating Constitution Day – or teaching about the Constitution any day!
Focus on Reconstruction: New Teaching Activities
Access new DocsTeach teaching activities created by U.S. history teacher Andrew Zetts.
Titanic Traveling Trunks Available
Titanic traveling trunks aim to teach students how to examine artifacts and compare the past to the present.
Working with Documents in Remembering WWI
Ready-to-use strategies for helping students work with newly digitized WWI-era primary sources featured in the new Remembering WWI app
Teaching the Vietnam War with DocsTeach
A new page on DocsTeach.org includes primary sources and activities for teaching about the Vietnam War.
Picture This – With DocsTeach!
A “Girl Power” workshop connects participants with historical photos of girls from the records of the National Archives, stimulating creative thinking and writing.
Constitution Day Resources
Here are resources that you can use to talk about the Constitution with your students on Constitution Day or any time.
New Constitution Day Distance Learning Programs for Students and Educators
We have two brand new K-12 distance learning programs and a webinar for educators to help students throughout the country understand the importance and relevance of the Constitution.
Using the Remembering WWI App in the Classroom
We built the Remembering WWI app with teachers in mind. Here are some ideas for classroom use.