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Read the brief description of Magna Carta from the British Library below. An annotated translation is provided and will be useful in identifying issues listed in the chart below. Focus on the…
After you have read the first three or four chapters of Esperanza Rising, try to imagine what it was like for Esperanza growing up on a large ranch in central Mexico. Follow the link below to a…
Review the Great Depression time line and the section entitled “The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression” on The Historical Background and Development of Social Security page, and answer…
Read Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" out loud to yourself a few times. Then watch the video of John Ulrich discussing and reading "We Real Cool" as part of the EDSITEment-reviewed Library of…
This interactive timeline highlights the major events in Europe and Asia from 1931 to 1941. Can be used in conjunction with the curriculum unit: From Neutrality to War: The United States and…
Beyond the obvious material destruction, there was more to reconstruct in the South than buildings, farms, manufacturing and railroads—there were social and political relationships to rebuild.
A comparative reading of Lincoln's most famous speeches. This resource accompanies the curriculum unit: Abraham Lincoln on the American Union: "A Word Fitly Spoken".
Map illustrating the geography, demography, and political division of the United States as a result of the Missouri Compromise over the issue of Slavery in 1820–21.
An interactive map of the U.S. in 1854 that allows users to see the economic, demographic, and political makeup of regions and states at the time. Under the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854, popular…
Visualizing Emancipation is a comprehensive map and timeline illustrating the slow decline of slavery in the United States. It provides quick access to thousands of primary source documents in…
In this American Radio Works podcast and website, partially funded by NEH, Stephen Smith presents the story of Thurgood Marshall's remarkable career. In 1967, Marshall became the first African…
In this episode of BackStory, funded in part by the NEH, host Ed Ayers speaks with Pulitzer-prize winning historian Eric Foner about Reconstruction and how it served as a "second founding…
Learn about an eclectic assortment of culinary traditions in this episode of BackStory, funded in part by the NEH.
In this episode of BackStory, listen to a compilation of some of the show's coverage of Black history, created in honor of Black History Month.