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Upcoming Professional Development Webinars

February 5, 2019December 12, 2018 by Katie, posted in Distance Learning, Professional Development

Check out our new lineup of professional development webinars for educators starting this month!

Fifth and Sixth Graders Learn About Voting, Civic Engagement, and Women’s Suffrage

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Document Spotlights, Online Tools, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

Students in New Jersey examined letters to Congress, comparing points of view and main arguments. One letter was in favor of women's suffrage. The other was from a women’s group opposed to giving women the right to vote.

“Over the Top” Experiences of Texan Mexicans in the WWI Trenches

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Document Spotlights, Research

When the United States entered World War I, among the hundreds of thousands of men who registered for the first round of the draft that year were immigrants from all corners of the world.

The Celebrated Hindu Poet, Rabindranath Tagore, Coming from India, Stopped at Cap Martin on the Cote d’Azur Before Continuing on Towards Paris

Finding Rabindranath Tagore in the Holdings of the National Archives

June 12, 2018July 24, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Document Spotlights

How might Indian writer, poet, educator, musician, and visionary Rabindranath Tagore have crossed paths with the Federal Government of the United States? What Federal records exist?

Personal Experiences of World War I

April 24, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Document Spotlights

Newly digitized narratives written by WWI servicemen after their return from the front document the experience of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

The “Write” Stuff at the National Archives on June 2nd

April 17, 2018April 16, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Partner Organizations, Programs

Join us for the 2018 “Write” Stuff festival with award-winning authors Gennifer Choldenko, Christopher Paul Curtis, Brian Floca, and Jim Murphy.

Focus on Reconstruction: New Teaching Activities

February 27, 2018February 26, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

Access new DocsTeach teaching activities created by U.S. history teacher Andrew Zetts.

Titanic Traveling Trunks Available

January 2, 2018December 29, 2017 by Stephanie, posted in Exhibits, Student Visits, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

Titanic traveling trunks aim to teach students how to examine artifacts and compare the past to the present.

NHD 2018 Theme Webinar

August 24, 2017September 13, 2017 by Stephanie, posted in National History Day, Partner Organizations, Professional Development

Update: The recorded theme webinar is now posted on National History Day's YouTube channel! Kick off this year's NHD theme on September 12th! Today's post comes from Lynne O’Hara, Director of Programs for National History Day. Join us on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT to learn more about the theme on a live … Continue reading NHD 2018 Theme Webinar

Using the Remembering WWI App in the Classroom

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 by Stephanie, posted in Online Tools, Partner Organizations, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

We built the Remembering WWI app with teachers in mind. Here are some ideas for classroom use.