Tag Archives: photographs
WWI App Coming Soon, with Help from Educators
Teachers provided invaluable feedback for a new WWI app, set for release early this fall. Continue reading
Posted in Online Tools, Partner Organizations
Tagged app, Film, historypin, ipad, library_of_congress, mobile_app, national_archives_kansas_city, photographs, smithsonian, WWI
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The American Democracy Collection: Telling the story of Presidential Elections
Interactive exhibits in Google Arts & Culture’s American Democracy collection tell the story of presidential elections in the United States. Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Online Tools
Tagged civil_rights, election, exhibits, nixon, photographs, president, truman
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Primary Sources With Some Help from Historypin
Teachers used Historypin in a recent workshop to learn about the CCC and its lasting impact in their community. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Posted in National History Day, Professional Development, Research
Tagged boeing_learning_center, docsteach, docsteach_new_documents, ellis_island, immigration, national_archives_dc, national_history_day, nhd, PD, photographs, postcard, primarily_teaching, primary_sources, professional_development, research
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The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady, a New Teaching Activity
Students can reflect on the lives of soldiers during the Civil War by analyzing photographs taken by renowned photographer Mathew Brady in this new learning activity on DocsTeach.org. The holdings of the National Archives include over 6,000 photographs taken by Brady … Continue reading
Searching for the Seventies in New York and New Jersey
As a child of the 1980s, the 1970s have always been a mysterious decade to me. So, I get the appeal of the exhibition “Searching for the Seventies” now on display at the National Archives in Washington, DC, through September … Continue reading
Posted in Document Spotlights
Tagged 1970s, docsteach, documerica, environment, epa, exhibits, New Jersey, New York, photographs, primary_sources
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