The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Indonesia. PDFs (require Adobe Reader).

This lesson is intended to be used as a single day lesson within a larger unit on the Industrial Revolution. This lesson specifically explores the working conditions of the industrial revolution. Students will have the opportunity to explore the dynamics among various groups impacted by the industrial revolution including workers and managers. The causes and effects of events will be explored through multiple lenses and integrated with present day experiences. 

Contains links to the actual text of the Immigration and Nationality Act update of 1996.

Website includes a look at Switzerland's government, culture, economy, education, geography, history, and more. Learn about what the Swiss eat, how high their mountains are, and much more.

Find an image of the original Interstate Commerce Act, passed in 1887, as a remedy to railroad monopolies. Read a transcript of the law, and an explanation of the reasons why such a law was necessary.

At age twenty-seven, physicist Philip Morrison joined the Manhattan Project, the code name given to the U.S. government's covert effort at Los Alamos to develop the first nuclear weapon. The Manhattan Project was also the most expensive single program ever financed by public funds. In this video segment, Morrison describes the charismatic leadership of his mentor, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the urgency of their mission to manufacture a weapon 'which if we didn't make first would lead to the loss of the war." In the interview Morrison conducted for War and Peace in the Nuclear Age: 'Dawn,' he describes the remote, inaccessible setting of the laboratory that operated in extreme secrecy. It was this physical isolation, he maintains, that allowed scientists extraordinary freedom to exchange ideas with fellow physicists. Morrison also reflects on his wartime fears. Germany had many of the greatest minds in physics and engineering, which created tremendous anxiety among Allied scientists that it would win the atomic race and the war, and Morrison recalls the elaborate schemes he devised to determine that country's atomic progress. At the time that he was helping assemble the world's first atomic bomb, Morrison believed that nuclear weapons 'could be made part of the construction of the peace.' A month after the war, he toured Hiroshima, and for several years thereafter he testified, became a public spokesman, and lobbied for international nuclear cooperation. After leaving Los Alamos, Morrison returned to academia. For the rest of his life he was a forceful voice against nuclear weapons.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the invention of the telephone. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Iran. Also links to maps from other online sources.

The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Iraq. Also links to maps from other online sources.

The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Israel. Also links to maps from other online sources.

This National Archives and Records Administration government website that provides an extensive collection of quality documents and information regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Jacksonian democracy. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

Read James Dewey Watson's Nobel Lecture "The involvement of RNA in the synthesis of proteins." This lecture, originally given December 11, 1962, is provided in PDF format.

The full text of the State of the Union Address which was delivered in 1981 by former President Jimmy Carter .

A complete transcript outlining the court case between Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General, and the American Civil Liberties Union, in which the Communications Decency Act was declared unconstitutional.

The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Japan. Also links to maps from other online sources.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Japanese American internment during World War II. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

Read President Thomas Jefferson's secret message to Congress through which he asked for money to explore the West. The 1803 document is accompanied by transcription and overview of its content.

A scanned copy of the 1850 publication Jemmy Stubbins, a nonfiction book for children.