Tag Archives: war
Gardening to Victory
Today we shine a spotlight on WWI and WWII victory gardens through home front propaganda. Continue reading
Posted in Document Spotlights
Tagged food, poster, Posters, Propaganda, war, World War I, World War II, WWI, wwii
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Truman Library Teachers Conference in July
The 12th annual Teachers Conference will take place July 13–17. Continue reading
NHD’s Normandy Institute at the National Archives
Students who participated in NHD’s “Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom” Institute recount their research experience at the National Archives at College Park, MD. Continue reading
New DocsTeach Activity: The Night Before D-Day
We commemorate the 70th anniversary with an activity focusing on two documents related to the Allied invasion of June 6, 1944. Continue reading
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
New Teaching Activity: The Zimmermann Telegram
Students will analyze the Zimmermann telegram to evaluate whether the United States should have entered World War I. Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans
Tagged docsteach, docsteach_new_activities, espionage, lesson_plans, primary_sources, war, WWI
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Black Soldiers in the Civil War: A New DocsTeach Activity
In this activity, students can analyze a Government poster used to recruit recently freed slaves to fight for the Union Army during the Civil War. The poster refers to the Emancipation Proclamation and President Lincoln’s General Order 233, to provide equal pay … Continue reading
“Boston Five” Letter
Today we highlight a document brand new to DocsTeach. We added this 1968 letter from an attorney condemning the conviction of the “Boston Five” just this morning! Teachers at the National Archives at Boston who are participating in Primarily Teaching 2013 this … Continue reading
Propaganda Posters and the Common Core
I don’t know if it says something about me, but I have always been fascinated with propaganda posters. When I was in the classroom, I probably spent more time than I had to focusing on the various symbols, messages, and … Continue reading
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Tagged common_core, docsteach, ellis_island, immigration, nps, nyc, online_catalog, Posters, primary_sources, Propaganda, statue_of_liberty, war, WWI, wwii
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