This coming fall, our partner National History Day (NHD) will offer graduate coursework for teachers for the first time: Introduction to Project-Based Learning through the National History Day Curriculum Framework. It's part of their expansion of professional development for Social Studies teachers, English teachers, and School Librarians. In an effort to reach a larger number and … Continue reading Fall Graduate Course from National History Day
#ThankATeacher today for National Teacher Appreciation Day!
A congressional debate in 1789 about a title of nobility for the president was a turning point toward republicanism.
The National Archives records can illustrate the many ways people have “made their mark” on history.
A lesson on the Voting Rights Act puts students in the shoes of members of Congress as they deliberated the bill.
Sharing our personal experience with students can make history relevant and exciting.
Choose primary sources and pull them together into an online learning activity using one of our DocsTeach tools.
Students can reflect on the lives of soldiers during the Civil War by analyzing photographs taken by renowned photographer Mathew Brady in this new learning activity on DocsTeach.org. The holdings of the National Archives include over 6,000 photographs taken by Brady and his associates during the Civil War era; 16 are included in this activity. In … Continue reading The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady, a New Teaching Activity
Students analyze a petition signed by over 50% of the native Hawaiian population against becoming a part of the United States
The upcoming Primarily Teaching Summer workshop will be held in several locations this year.
