Features

Features are highlighted collections of resources that can be used to support related lesson plans or as standalone activities in the classroom. Browse our library of features by grade level or subject area below.

History & Social Studies
Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville's Introduction

Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville's Introduction

A guide to Alexis de Tocqueville's landmark work surveying American republicanism in the 1830s.

History & Social Studies
Teaching Abraham Lincoln

Teaching Abraham Lincoln

Learn about the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who overcame an impoverished rural childhood to become a great American leader.

History & Social Studies
Electing America's President

Electing America's President

EDSITEment looks at the history of American presidential elections from George Washington to the present.

History & Social Studies
Chronicling America

Chronicling America

This feature shows teachers how to use Chronicling America, an archive of old American newspapers, in social studies and literature lessons.

History & Social Studies
Celebrate "We Shall Remain" for Native American Heritage Month

Celebrate "We Shall Remain" for Native American Heritage Month

EDSITEment celebrates the PBS series "We Shall Remain" for Native American Heritage Month and shows how it can be used in the classroom.

History & Social Studies
Harrowing Halloween: Spooky, Supernatural, and Suspenseful

Harrowing Halloween: Spooky, Supernatural, and Suspenseful

Give your students a treat and explore the ghostly historical and the ghoulishly dramatic with a variety of online resources on Halloween.