Tag Archives: primary_sources
You’re Invited to Our Annual Educators Open House!
Join us for a night of fun and learning about our education resources on Thursday, September 21st at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC. Continue reading
Posted in Partner Organizations, Professional Development
Tagged distance_learning, docsteach, field_trip, founders_online, learning_lab, museum, national_history_day, nhd, online_catalog, open_house, pbs, PD, primarily_teaching, primary_sources, professional_development, vietnamwar, WWI, wwi_app
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“Remembering WWI” App Workshop in Kansas City
Join us at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City on Wednesday, August 2nd, for a free educator workshop to learn about our new World War I app: Remembering WWI. Register on Eventbrite. Remembering WWI is an iPad and Android app for … Continue reading
Summer Programs at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
This summer, teachers and students can join us for workshops and programs at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley, California. Today’s post comes from education specialist Carina Morgan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Film This! 2017 July 24-28 … Continue reading
Native Warriors on Both Sides of the Battle of Little Bighorn
As part of our document spotlight series, today we bring you primary sources related to the Battle of Little Bighorn. One hundred and forty-one years ago, from the evening of June 25, 1876, to dusk on the 26th, General Armstrong Custer and … Continue reading
Posted in Document Spotlights
Tagged american indian, little_bighorn, native, native american, native_americans, primary_sources, war
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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
Tagged author, boeing_learning_center, cold_war, digitization, distance_learning, eisenhower_library, family_days, festival, genealogy, hoover_library, immigration, july4, learning_lab, PD, photographs, poetry, presidential_library, primarily_teaching, primary_sources, professional_development, public_program, research, student_program, truman_library, vietnamwar, women, women's_history, women's_rights, writing, youtube
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Remembering WWI App Workshop
Join us for a free educator workshop on June 21st to learn about our new Remembering WWI app. Continue reading
New Features on DocsTeach
We’re happy to share some recent improvements we’ve made to DocsTeach.org, our online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives! New Analyzing Documents Tool We’re very excited about our first new activity tool since we launched DocsTeach almost seven years … Continue reading
Posted in Online Tools
Tagged court_case, docsteach, docsteach_new_activities, document_analysis, primary_sources, supreme_court
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Summer Workshop: Teaching the Vietnam War through Documents, Photography, and Poetry
The National Archives and the Academy of American Poets have partnered to produce a dynamic summer teacher workshop on the subject of the Vietnam War. Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged museum, PD, poetry, primary_sources, professional_development, Summer 17 PD, vietnamwar, war
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“Three Generations of Imbeciles are Enough” — The Case of Buck v. Bell
A newly digitized Supreme Court Case file can help students learn about the eugenics movement and its impact on one of the most infamous Supreme Court decisions: Buck v. Bell. Continue reading
Posted in Document Spotlights
Tagged court_case, digitization, docsteach_new_documents, eugenics, innovation_hub, primary_sources, supreme_court, virginia
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Summertime Professional Development at our Presidential Libraries
This summer, join us for one of our professional development workshops for educators on using primary sources in the classroom at the Truman, Eisenhower, or Hoover Library. Continue reading
