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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Third Liberty Loan
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, World HistoryThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, features an audio recording and the full text of a speech by Ame...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGrow Your Own Victory Garden
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Science, Botany and Plant Science, Life SciencesInformation sheet providing step-by-step instructions for growing a replica Victory-Garden using WWII-era plants. Provides tips ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt to Zoo: Life in the “Promised Land”: African-American Migrants in Northern Cities, 1916-1940 (1990)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceLesson plan introducing students to the experience of African Americans who migrated from the rural South to the urban North bet...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt to Zoo: “Give It Your Best!”: Civilian Contributions to the Home Front (1988)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: World War II, History-Social Science, United States HistoryLesson plan that introduces students to efforts on the home front during World War II, as illustrated by media messages. Student...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNative Words, Native Warriors Lesson Plan
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: World War II, History-Social Science, United States History, Native PeoplesOnline exhibit examines how Native code talkers used their languages to serve their country and to continue the warrior traditio...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentMaking a New Life in the United States
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing ArtsPortion of the Latino Art and Culture module taking a close look at the art and culture of Puerto Rican Americans, Mexican Ameri...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMigrations in History
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Drawing from the vast collections of the Smithsonian, the site considers what happens when people move and how they make a new h...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlack Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Human Space ExplorationOnline exhibition focusing on the analysis of primary documents related to the struggles of African Americans to gain equal oppo...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResources for Teaching American History: Civil Rights
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceMultimedia site includes teacher-selected primary sources, a video on Medgar Evers, elementary-school lessons on Rosa Parks and ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStrategic Map of Our War with Spain
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social ScienceThis 1898 map, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, depicts locations important to the Spanish American War. Include...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJackie Robinson: Beyond the Playing Field
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Psychology, Electives, Physical Education, United States History and 3 additional..Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) was the first black man to officially play major league baseball in the 20th century. This resource ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDuke Ellington
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Music, Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Video and 2 additional..This Web page, part of the America s Story web site, briefly describes the life and achievements of jazz musician, Duke Elling...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConservation & Environment: Introductory page
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, History-Social Science, Geography, United States HistoryThe historic and more recent maps contained in this category show early exploration and subsequent land use in various areas of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPowers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Visual Arts, United States History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts and 2 additional..This online exhibit features 33 World War II posters and 1 sound file from a more extensive exhibit that was presented in the Na...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA People at War
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, World History, United States History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This exhibit highlights the contributions of the thousands of Americans, both military and civilian, who served their country du...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNew Deal Network
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThe EDSITEment-reviewed New Deal Network is a database of primary source materials, including photographs, political cartoons, a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNew Deal Network - Political Cartoons and the TVA
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Visual Arts, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Visual Arts & Performing Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson plan, from the New Deal Network, students learn to deconstruct a political cartoon in order to understand its mes...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe United Nations
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Economics, Geography, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis resource is the homepage of the United Nations. The United Nations was created in San Francisco in 1945 to maintain interna...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Red Hot Jazz Archive
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Music, Visual Arts, History & CultureThis Web site contains a history of jazz music before 1930. Visitors to this site can read about the early jazz, search for spe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerica from the Great Depression to World War II, Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Electives, Visual Arts, United States History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This Library of Congress American Memory Project collection includes 160,000 black-and-white photographs taken between 1935 and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0