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A More Perfect Union

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

American Heroes

Learn about transformative figures in American history

Curriculum

Before and Beyond the Constitution: What Should a President do?
Lesson Plan

The Preamble to the Constitution: How Do You Make a More Perfect Union?
Teacher's Guide

American Indian History and Heritage
Teacher's Guide

Preparing for National History Day
Teacher's Guide

Digital Humanities and Online Education
Lesson Plan

A Day for the Constitution

A More Perfect Union
Resources about American

History, Civics, and Culture

 

Learn more about the 250th

Cover of  Mark Twain's Sketches published in 1892.

American Literature Lessons — Nineteenth Century

Declaration of Independence: July 4th 1776

Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence

George Washington at Verplanck's Point by John Trumbull

The American War for Independence

Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787, signing of U.S. Constitution.

The Constitutional Convention of 1787

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.

The National Parks and History

American Flamingo, John Audubon, 1838.

Picturing America: John James Audubon

The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton December 26, 1776 by John Trumbull.

Advanced Placement U.S. History Lessons

"The Sources of Country Music," Thomas Hart Benton, 1975.

Picturing America: "The Sources of Country Music" and "The County Election"

Diagram of the US Federal Government and American Union, 1862.

The Federalist and Anti-federalist Debates on Diversity and the Extended Republic

A Poem as it was presented to His Sacred Majesty on the discovery of the Plott

Twenty-One Poems for AP Literature and Composition

NEH Connections

NEH programs, projects, and resources for educators

Media Resource

2016 Jefferson Lecture: Ken Burns
Media Resource

Exploring Local History with Clio