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

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

Everything Your Students Need to Know About Immigration History

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 while Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others look on.

Backstory: Give Us the Ballot from "LBJ and the Great Society"

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.

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

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

Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), The Migration of the Negro Panel no. 57

Picturing America: Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear

Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

Places and People of the Civil Rights Movement

Bayard Rustin and Dr. Eugene Reed conduct are interviewed about the Vietnam War at Freedom House. Photo by Al Ravenna.

Civil Rights and the Cold War

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.

Photograph of Mary Jackson, who in 1958 became NASA's first black female engineer.

BackStory: Hidden Figures - The People Behind the Story You Know

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