An extensive site that covers many aspects of the Homestead Act, including biographies, charts, and the text of the act. From the National Park Service.
The homepage of the National Urban League, whose mission "is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power and civil rights."
Pictures, primary source documents, and articles about the subway system and rapid transit in New York City at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.
This multimedia site offers readings of Whitman's poetry, an introduction, a gallery of images and works through the years of his career, and a reflection of Whitman's significance.
A brief look at Agrippa Hull, a free black who served as an orderly to officers in the Continental Army. From PBS.
An account of Boston King, an escaped slave who went behind British lines to obtain the freedom the British promised. Find out how he became free and how he spent the rest of his life. From PBS.
Read this exciting account of Colonel Tye, a guerrilla leader of both blacks and whites who spread fear throughout New Jersey while fighting for the British in the Revolutionary War. From PBS.
If you've never thought of quilts as art, then you need to visit this site. These pages show quilts from across American over the last 100 years. Includes interviews with many contemporary quilters. You'll also find reports from teachers across the country from Kindergarten through college on how they integrated quilts into their curriculum.
The 20th century was the first century that made use of data collection to track the American population. This interesting site provides a timeline of the century by significant events and measures of data.
This collection contains more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world, and ranging from political and shaded relief maps to the detailed and the historical. Select from a region of the world or an area of highlighted interest.
Listen as Dr. Leslie Hayes, a family physician, discusses her personal encounters with addiction and treating addiction in a primary care setting. Leslie talks about seeing her grandfather's recovery from alcoholism and how it allowed her to understand addiction as a treatable disorder, and how treating opioid use disorder in a primary care setting has been rewarding and allowed her to see results. [3:40]
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly video about the perceptions and challenges of being a Muslim woman in the United States. [7:21]
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards historical documents, literary texts, and works of art thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Living the Revolution: America, 1789-1820: The Northwest Ordinance, 1787. The Northwest Ordinance addressed the problem of unifying the new republic. It set forth the means to create new states west of the Appalachians and eventually admit them into the Union. It placed new territories under its dominion on an equal footing with the original states and guaranteed equal citizenship to settlers in those regions.
A presidential message detailing Jackson's view that the Bank of the U.S. is unconstitutional and is a monopolistic threat to common citizens. A link to this message is provided as well as questions for discussion.
A secondary account from a contemporary historian that examines early nineteenth century forces and the interplay of markets and territorial expansion.
A collection of eight primary resources--historical documents, literary texts, visual images, maps--illuminated and contextualized by notes, thematic questions, and text-specific discussion questions for classroom instruction and teacher professional development.
Magazine excerpts that celebrate the government sponsored internal improvements of the early nineteenth century and the market economy that they fueled.
Over thirty primary sources explore the American Revolution covering the topics of early republican life, religion, politics, expansion, and equality. Includes notes and discussion questions.
Primary resource material on post-Revolution America, 1789-1820, which explores the topic of religion and national identity in the early republic. Includes questions for discussion and links to supplemental material.
Five literary responses to exploration and discovery-poems, fictional accounts, a play, and journal entries-that reflect European desire, frustration, and enchantment with the New World.