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History and Civics Materials for the nation's 250th Anniversary

Landmarks of American History & Culture

Resources for place-based teaching and research

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Slave Voyages
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Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: Leadership and a Global Stage
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Teaching Film Analysis in the Humanities
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Native Americans and the American Revolution: Choosing Sides
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Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!: Simulating the Supreme Court
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Picturing America: Romare Bearden

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Manzanar National Historic Site

Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis: The Japanese American Incarceration

Stylized portrait of Marsha P. Johnson

LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States

Fabulous Fox Theater and nearby buildings in Atlanta, GA

The Problem of the Color Line: Atlanta Landmarks and Civil Rights History

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), one of the world's most prolific writers of poems and sonnets.

Teaching Shakespeare's Plays through Scholarship & Performance

Color photograph of Trail of Tears marker

The Trail of Tears: Context and Perspectives

North American Map, 1777

Teaching the History and Culture of Vast Early America

Photograph of protesters marching at Edmund Pettus Bridge

"Stony the Road We Trod...": Exploring Alabama's Civil Rights Legacy

Black and white photograph of Anna Julia Cooper

The Search for Founding Black Mothers

Cartoon showing Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, seated on bags of "millions", on large raft, and being carried by workers of various professions.

Common Ground: Americans and Their Land During the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Sunrise in Mesa Verde

From Chaco to Mesa Verde: Ancestral Pueblo Migrations and Identity Formation in the American Southwest

B&W image of young workers in front of brick building

Fabric of the Past: Weaving the Twentieth Century at the Beaumont Mill and Village in South Carolina

Detailed, bird's-eye view pictorial map of Yellowstone National Park

Re-Enchanting Nature: Humanities Perspectives

Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach

Grappling with Genocide: Fostering Empathy and Engagement through Text and Image

Odysseus and crew on ship surrounded by sirens

Timeless Parallels: Veteran Voices & Classical Literature

Map showing the Middle East in 1918

World War I in the Middle East

Heart Mountain Interpretive Center

Heart Mountain Wyoming and the Japanese American Incarceration

Photograph depicting Arizona-Sonora Borderlands

Arizona-Sonora Borderlands, Palimpsest of Cultures

Map showing tribal territories in southern New England

Ancient Stories, New Neighbors: Decolonizing Indigenous Homelands & 17th-century New England

Covered pedestrian bridge labeled Monterey Canning Co.

John Steinbeck: Social Critic and Ecologist

African American men and women hoe and plow the earth while others cut piles of sweet potatoes for planting at James Hopkinson's Plantation. 

Courting Liberty: Slavery and Equality Under the Constitution, 1770-1880

Two young women smiling in conversation

Friendship and Identity in Literature, Film, and Adolescence

On Hallowed Ground: Gettysburg in History and Memory

On Hallowed Ground: Gettysburg in History and Memory

City block with ornate Tabernacle of Prayer in center

Religious Worlds of New York: Teaching the Everyday Life of American Religious Diversity

The Negro Motorist Green Book

The Role of Geographic Mobility in the African American Freedom Struggle

Portrait of Frederick Douglass

Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad

Aerial view of Kennedy Space Center

The Space Race on the Space Coast

Black and white Photo of aircraft carrier in ocean waters

Perspectives on World War II in the Pacific Theater

Black and white photograph of Audre Lorde

Rethinking American Feminism, 1948-1977

Braille reading at the Library for the Blind. 

Disability and Identity in History, Literature, and Media

Map depicting routes of the Underground Railroad

Sailing to Freedom: New Bedford and the Underground Railroad

Black and white poster of a Red Cross nurse with a gauze mask over her nose and mouth. Text next to the image provides public health information "To prevent influenza!"

Pandemics in History, Literature, and Today

For the Common Defense: Subjects, Citizens, and America's Military Origins

The Homestead Steel Strike and the Growth of America as an Industrial Power

The Homestead Steel Strike and the Growth of America as an Industrial Power

Shakespeare and Digital Storytelling

Shakespeare and Digital Storytelling

Gullah Geechee People

The Legacy of Early African-Americans and the Gullah-Geechee People

Chinese American Certificate of Residence

Creating Communities in California: Chinese American Experiences

Painting of Othello weeping over Desdemona's body. Oil on canvas, ca. 1857.

Transforming Shakespeare's Tragedies: Adaptation, Education, and Diversity

1866 Northern California Map

The Immigrant Experience in California through Literature & History

Pavilion on the burial site of Emperor Gia Long in Hue, Vietnam

Contested Territory: America's Involvement in Vietnam, 1945-1975

Marker for Little Tokyo

Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations

Seated man surrounded by others is offered jewels

Art and Composite Culture in South Asian History

Map showing routes of the Underground Railroad

The Local and International Legacies of Nelson Hackett's Flight from Slavery, 1841-1861

Roman coin depicting Virtus in battle helmet

Digital Ancient Rome

Photograph of prison cell

Punishment: The American Story

Holocaust Monument Berlin

Teaching the Holocaust through Visual Culture

Colorful children's book spines on library shelves

Identity and Multilingualism though Picture Books

NEH Connections

NEH programs, projects, and resources for educators

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Ask an NEH Expert: Multiple Perspectives
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Q&A with Public Scholar Candacy Taylor