Driving excellence in humanities education

A More Perfect Union

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

Landmarks of American History & Culture

Resources for place-based teaching and research

Lesson Plan

Visual Records of a Changing Nation
Teacher's Guide

Commemorating Constitution Day
Lesson Plan

Esperanza Rising: Learning Not to Be Afraid to Start Over
Media Resource

Building A More Perfect Union Lesson Book
Teacher's Guide

Hispanic and Latino Heritage and History in the United States
Teacher's Guide

Digital Humanities and Online Education

Civil Rights in the U.S.

Resources on movements
for change in the U.S.
for K-12 humanities classrooms

Photo of Cesar Chavez with farm workers in California, ca. 1970.

"Sí, se puede!": Chávez, Huerta, and the UFW

Images of Freedom Riders at the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.

JFK, Freedom Riders, and the Civil Rights Movement

Photo of a scene from the play A Raisin in the Sun (1959)

A Raisin in the Sun: Whose "American Dream"?

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X waiting for press conference, March 26, 1964.

Lesson 2: Black Separatism or the Beloved Community? Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner,” by Thomas Nast, Harper’s Weekly (20 November 1869)

Everything Your Students Need to Know About Immigration History

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.)

Lesson 1: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolent Resistance

Fakirs (oil on canvas) by Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1951). 

Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within Humanities Education

An Equal Rights Amendment demonstration proceeds down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the U.S. Capitol July 9, 1978.

U.S. Civil Rights Movements of the 20th Century

Cover of the 1940 edition of The Negro Motorist Green Book created by Victor Hugo Green

The Green Book: African American Experiences of Travel and Place in the U.S.

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, “I Have a Dream,” speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, march on Washington, D.C.

Let Freedom Ring: The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

NEH Connections

NEH programs, projects, and resources for educators

Media Resource

Ask an NEH Expert: Historical Significance
Media Resource

The Papers of the War Department