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Picture This – With DocsTeach!
A “Girl Power” workshop connects participants with historical photos of girls from the records of the National Archives, stimulating creative thinking and writing. Continue reading
Summer Programs Around the National Archives
We have a fun summer planned for both families and educators at our National Archives and Presidential Library locations around the country! July Fourth Come to the home of the Declaration of Independence to join us as we celebrate our … Continue reading
Posted in Partner Organizations, Professional Development, Programs, Research
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Primarily Teaching Summer Workshop for Educators
This summer, join us for one of our Primarily Teaching workshops for educators on using historical documents in the classroom. We’ll conduct research with original documents in the holdings of the National Archives and Presidential Libraries. Discover some of those incredible … Continue reading
Eyewitness Accounts of Anti-Jewish Persecution in Russia in the Early 20th Century: The Cowen Report
A newly digitized immigration file can help students learn about persecution against Jewish people in Russia in the early 1900s, and how it caused a spike in Jewish immigration to the United States. Continue reading
Habeas Corpus and a Marriage Photo: Immigration Case Files
Of the nearly 100 documents digitized during our annual teaching institute in Washington, DC, two really stand for learning about Chinese immigration. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Posted in Document Spotlights, Professional Development
Tagged animal, constitution, docsteach, docsteach_new_documents, fishing, food, immigration, map, NASA, national_archives_atlanta, national_archives_chicago, national_archives_dc, national_archives_seattle, primarily_teaching, primary, space, WWI
Primary Sources Show How the Chinese Exclusion Act was Applied
This summer we digitized several fascinating documents related to the Chinese Exclusion Act. Continue reading
Join us at NCSS!
Our sessions cover the Bill of Rights, the amendment process, civics, and teaching NHD and C3 with primary sources. Continue reading
Posted in National History Day, Online Tools, Partner Organizations, Professional Development, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans
Tagged amendment, billofrights225, bill_of_rights, c3, chinese_americans, chinese_exclusion, Civics, civics_renewal_network, conference, constitutional_amendments, hoover_library, immigration, national_archives_dc, national_archives_kansas_city, national_archives_new_york_city, national_history_day, ncss, nhd, PD, primary_sources, professional_development
New Chinese Exclusion Act Book and Course!
Students can explore the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the personal stories of those it touched, through these new learning tools. Continue reading
