Teaching Conflicting Opinions
We’ve developed lessons to help students grasp the necessary steps for understanding and dealing with conflicting opinions.
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Find the National Archives at NCSS!
Join us for workshops and special events as part of the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Washington, DC, in December 2016.
Is the Death Penalty a Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
Document analysis and discussion questions help students examine: What is cruel and unusual punishment? Who decides what is considered cruel and unusual? How can it be measured?
Oppressed Women Ask the Government to “Make Amends”
A petition created by Alaska Native women during World War II can help students understand the right of the people to “petition for redress of grievances.”
Summer Professional Development Opportunities
Join us for summer PD!
Memorable Primary Sources: Teacher-Digitized Documents
Our former intern describes his favorite documents from the hundreds digitized and added to DocsTeach during our Primarily Teaching workshops earlier this year.
A Primary Source Transcription Mission!
We’re inviting students, teachers, and learners of all ages to make primary sources more accessible by transcribing them.
Join us at NCSS!
Our sessions cover the Bill of Rights, the amendment process, civics, and teaching NHD and C3 with primary sources.
Funding for Exploration
The famous Lewis and Clark expedition is a story of American pioneering. Today’s spotlight document focuses on the very start of this expedition, when in 1803 President Jefferson sent a confidential letter to Congress.
Digitizing Chinese Immigration in Our New Innovation Hub
Educators came to research our holdings to find and digitize documents for lessons and activities on Chinese immigration.