A petition created by Alaska Native women during World War II can help students understand the right of the people to “petition for redress of grievances.”
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A Primary Source Transcription Mission!
We're inviting students, teachers, and learners of all ages to make primary sources more accessible by transcribing them.
Upcoming Webinar! Quickly add Native American materials to your existing curriculum.
Learn about ways in which to incorporate Native American and other ethnic materials into your Social Studies, History, or Language Arts curriculum.
Native American Fishing Rights: Digitized in Seattle
Educators in our Primarily Teaching summer institute in Seattle scanned documents on Native American land and fishing rights in the West.
Open Registration for Summer Professional Development
We are now accepting applications for Primarily Teaching—our summer institute for educators on using historical documents in the classroom. Learn more and apply online. Summer 2015 workshops will be held at our locations in: Atlanta (Morrow, GA) June 22–26 Chicago, June 22–26 Seattle, July 6–10 Washington, DC, July 6–10 West Branch, IA, July 20–24 All workshops will have a national theme—Exploration, … Continue reading Open Registration for Summer Professional Development
New Resources for Teaching the History of Native America
Our new webpages yield primary sources related to American Indians and teaching and research tools.
November is Native American Heritage Month
The site nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov includes teaching resources, exhibits and collections, images, audio and video, and a list of upcoming events.
Play Ball! (Primary Sources Edition)
Have you ever used current events to pique students' interest? Leveraged your students' hobbies to guide which primary sources you offer up for analysis? Do you have baseball fans in your classroom? We've got a brand new resource full of primary source documents, photographs, video, audio, and more. It's a free eBook we published just in … Continue reading Play Ball! (Primary Sources Edition)