Find primary sources and teaching activities related to women's rights and changing roles in American history on a new DocsTeach topic page.
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Using Primary Sources to Teach About Americans and the Holocaust
Primary sources and teaching activities provide students an opportunity to compare and contrast attitudes on immigration during this turbulent period in modern history.
Focus on Reconstruction: New Teaching Activities
Access new DocsTeach teaching activities created by U.S. history teacher Andrew Zetts.
Teaching the Vietnam War with DocsTeach
A new page on DocsTeach.org includes primary sources and activities for teaching about the Vietnam War.
New Features on DocsTeach
We're happy to share some recent improvements we've made to DocsTeach.org, our online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives! New Analyzing Documents Tool We're very excited about our first new activity tool since we launched DocsTeach almost seven years ago! Create activities with the Analyzing Documents tool to teach students the process of document … Continue reading New Features on DocsTeach
What is the Freedom of Information Act?
This new infographic explains basic facts about the public’s rights under the Freedom of Information Act and what to expect during the FOIA process.
Prohibition and Its Consequences: A New DocsTeach Activity
Students will explore the consequences of the 18th Amendment, that prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes.”
Space Race Teaching Activities
Students learn about the pioneering Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs that set the foundation for the modern space program and played an integral role in the Cold War.
Art as Propaganda in World War I
Two new WWI teaching activities introduce students to artists employed to show the war to Americans back home.
New DocsTeach Activity: Congress in Article I of the U.S. Constitution
Students match primary sources to clauses from Article I of the U.S. Constitution that detail six powers of Congress in our newest online activity.