Tag Archives: progressive_era
The First National Park
Today’s spotlight document is the 1872 Yellowstone Park Act. This public law was an ingenious American invention, born from a desire to protect the natural wonders of the West. Continue reading
Posted in Document Spotlights
Tagged national_parks, nps, primary_sources, progressive_era
DocsTeach has been rocking for two and a half years.
“Primary Sources Rock.” I first read that tweet in October 2010, in reaction to the launch of DocsTeach.org, our then brand-new online tool for teaching with documents. I used that phrase the next month as the title of my post on our sister blog, NARAtions, in which … Continue reading
Posted in Online Tools
Tagged animal, civil_rights, docsteach, progressive_era, space
