Resources by Chronological Topic
The resource links below are not lesson plans. They consist of either primary sources or presentations that can be used in the classroom plus a short historical background. They may also contain suggested classroom activities, classroom comments, or guided questions. The purpose of listing these resources is to give the classroom teacher useful primary sources on an educational topic and it is hoped that the teacher will use them in many creative ways.
The United States Constitution
Early National America
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1806: Aaron Burr's Trial for Treason (coming soon)
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America and the Slave Trade 1786-1860 (coming soon)
Civil War
The First Technological Revolution
Progressive Era
World War I
- World War I Draft Cards
- The Mississippi Home Front in World War I: Conserving Food for the War Effort
The Great Depression
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The Great Nation Will Endure: The Great Depression
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Alphabet Soup: An Overview of the New Deal Agencies (coming soon)
- The TVA and the Relocation of Mattie Randolph
World War II
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The Southern Home Front in World War II (coming soon)
- Women in the Work Force
Civil Rights
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Briggs v. Elliot
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott
- From the Roots of a Tree: The Genealogy of Martin Luther King
Cold War: The Space Race
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The Kennedy Space Center (coming soon)
- Letters to Werner Von Braun