World War II – Education Updates

Telegram from Quanza Passengers to Eleanor Roosevelt

Using Primary Sources to Teach About Americans and the Holocaust

December 11, 2018December 3, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Document Spotlights, Partner Organizations, Professional Development, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

Primary sources and teaching activities provide students an opportunity to compare and contrast attitudes on immigration during this turbulent period in modern history.

Dogging The Communists photo

New on DocsTeach: War & Protest Photos, Alexander Hamilton, the Bill of Rights and More

November 28, 2018November 26, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Document Spotlights, Online Tools

Recent highlights of primary sources newly added to DocsTeach

The Celebrated Hindu Poet, Rabindranath Tagore, Coming from India, Stopped at Cap Martin on the Cote d’Azur Before Continuing on Towards Paris

Finding Rabindranath Tagore in the Holdings of the National Archives

June 12, 2018July 24, 2018 by Stephanie, posted in Document Spotlights

How might Indian writer, poet, educator, musician, and visionary Rabindranath Tagore have crossed paths with the Federal Government of the United States? What Federal records exist?

Gardening to Victory

February 16, 2016 by Stephanie, posted in Document Spotlights

Today we shine a spotlight on WWI and WWII victory gardens through home front propaganda.

NHD’s Normandy Institute at the National Archives

August 19, 2014March 13, 2015 by Stephanie, posted in National History Day, Partner Organizations, Research

Students who participated in NHD's "Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom" Institute recount their research experience at the National Archives at College Park, MD.

New DocsTeach Activity: The Night Before D-Day

June 5, 2014March 13, 2015 by Christopher, posted in Document Spotlights, National History Day, Online Tools, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

We commemorate the 70th anniversary with an activity focusing on two documents related to the Allied invasion of June 6, 1944.

Records of the Monuments Men at the National Archives

February 4, 2014March 13, 2015 by Christopher, posted in Document Spotlights, Programs, Research, Teaching Activities & Lesson Plans

Films based on major historical events are often based on records from the National Archives. This is especially true with the upcoming film “The Monuments Men” which opens this Friday, February 7th.