An excerpt from the 2015 NHD "Leadership & Legacy in History" Theme Book, by Kahlil Chism, education specialist at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.
Ahoy Mateys! New Whaling Documents Come to DocsTeach this Month
Whaling is a major part of history! It offers windows into the past through music, art, mathematics, science, and geography.
November Education Programs
Join us for upcoming programs at our locations and at the annual NCSS conference in Boston!
National Archives’ Educators’ Open House
Announcing our first ever Educators’ Open House! Come find out what we offer for your classroom.
Forty years ago: Desegregation in Boston Public Schools
Newly digitized primary sources and online teaching activities related to education equality are available on DocsTeach.
Constitution Day: Application in the Classroom
Take ideas for classroom activities from these Constitution Day family activities at the National Archives.
Using Primary and Secondary Sources in NHD Projects
This video covers the differences in primary and secondary sources, how to use primary sources, how to find primary sources, and what judges are looking for in annotated bibliographies and process papers.
October Education Programs
Join us during October at one of our upcoming education programs—either on site or in conjunction with one of our partner organizations.
Free NHD Webinar on Primary Sources on October 7th
Learn more about how primary sources can be used successfully in NHD projects. Join us, along with NHD and the White House Historical Association, on October 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Poetry Slam: A Different Way to Use Primary Sources
Students assemble key sentences from primary sources into poems to tell a larger story.