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

Closer Reading

Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz
Media Resource

Building A More Perfect Union Lesson Book
Lesson Plan

“Remember” by Joy Harjo
Teacher's Guide

A Literary Glossary for Literature and Language Arts
Teacher's Guide

Maya Angelou: A Phenomenal Woman
Teacher's Guide

The Works of Langston Hughes

Civil Rights in the U.S.

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

Fannie Lou Hamer at the Democratic National Convention, August 22, 1964.

Voices of Democracy: Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Struggle

Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

I Have a Dream: The Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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

President Lyndon Johnson addresses the nation before signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

BackStory: Legislation Impossible - The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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

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

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

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

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

Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within Humanities Education

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

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

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.

NEH Connections

NEH programs, projects, and resources for educators

Media Resource

The Jazz Ambassadors
Media Resource

Ask an NEH Expert: Wide Research