A new teaching activity focuses on a teenage refugee's written composition about his experience in the United States during WWII.
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AP US History Resources from DocsTeach
The National Archives has primary sources and educational resources to help prepare your students for the modified DBQ format.
Using Primary Sources to Teach About Americans and the Holocaust, Part II
The documents presented here are used in a classroom activity for high school students and develops the skill of “Historical Issues-Analysis & Decision-Making.”
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.
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 nation's birthday! If you can't come in person to Washington, DC, join through YouTube and … Continue reading Summer Programs Around the National Archives
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This summer, join us for one of our Primarily Teaching workshops for educators on using historical documents in the classroom.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 teachable documents that help educators and students unlock the past. You will explore a specific … Continue reading Primarily Teaching Summer Workshop for Educators
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.
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.
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.
The French Gift of Lady Liberty
Today we shine a spotlight on a document that gave the United States one of its most famous monuments: the deed of gift for “Liberty Enlightening the World.”