Newly digitized primary sources and online teaching activities related to education equality are available on DocsTeach.
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Interns Help Make Newly Digitized Documents Available to Teachers on DocsTeach
Many new primary sources are now available as teaching tools on DocsTeach.org thanks to our summer interns!
Teachers Find TVA Documents in Atlanta
Their efforts doubled our collection of TVA-related documents on DocsTeach.org!
Teachers Digitize Boston Schools Desegregation Case at the National Archives at Boston
Documents from the civil action court case Tallulah Morgan et al. v. James W. Hennigan et al. are online for the first time.
Teachers Digitize Immigration Documents in Washington, DC
Over 50 documents related to Ellis Island and immigration are now available thanks to teachers in our Primarily Teaching summer institute.
Digitization and Civil Rights at Primarily Teaching in Chicago
Over 30 documents related to the topic "Chicago: Journey for Civil Rights in the Midwest" are now online thanks to teachers in Chicago.
Making their Mark on DocsTeach
The National Archives records can illustrate the many ways people have “made their mark” on history.
Records of the Monuments Men at the National Archives
Films based on major historical events are often based on records from the National Archives. This is especially true with the upcoming film “The Monuments Men” which opens this Friday, February 7th.
Oh Freedom! William and Ellen Craft’s Escape from Slavery and Continued Search for Freedom
A new primary source activity introduces students to the Crafts, who escaped slavery and were pursued under the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850.
The Documents Behind Twelve Years a Slave
Students can see part of Solomon Northup’s story, told in his 1853 autobiography and the new movie, Twelve Years a Slave, in documents found in the National Archives.