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The Dodge Family and Chance: Seeking Freedom in the Revolutionary War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Students can learn about the Dodges, Chance and life at the time of the American Revolution by investigating a room from their h...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Empress Adelina of Haiti
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Image of Empress Adelina of Haiti, 1852, wife of Emperor Faustin. Faustin ruled from 1847-1849 as president, and from 1849-1859 ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Greensboro Lunch Counter and the Civil Rights Movement
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This object-based learning activity revolves around the Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter that was the site of a sit-in s...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Invention of the Electric Guitar
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.In this online resource, students will learn how the need for louder guitars led to the invention and proliferation of the elect...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Museum Environment and Preservation
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Through discussion and brainstorming, students will learn about the destructive impact of environmental factors on man-made arti...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The National Highway System
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.The National Highway System website is run by the United States Department of Transportation s Federal Highway Administration. T...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The President Has Many Roles
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.On June 29, 1950, President Truman performed all seven presidential jobs. In this activity, students will learn about the Presid...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Presidential Campaign Trail
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Presidential campaigns, inaugurations and the expansion of voting rights are the topics covered in this section of the online ex...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This resource, designed by Learning Technology Center in the University of Texas at Austin College of Education, features an int...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The President's Job
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Students will review the roles of the presidency by using objects, images, and documents in this section of the online exhibitio...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Price of Freedom: Americans at War Homepage
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Americans have gone to war to win their independence, expand their national boundaries, define their freedoms, and defend their ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Scott Family: Life on the WWII Homefront
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Through the use of a description of the apartment, an excerpt from Mary Scott's diary, and artifact from the period, students wi...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Spanish American War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Students will learn the details of the Spanish-American war including: the causes of the war; the influence of Yellow Journalism...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem Homepage
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.In this online exhibition, students will explore the story of the Star-Spangled Banner by learning about the War of 1812 and the...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Storming of Chapultepec
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This print shows American forces attacking the fortress palace of Chapultepec on Sept. 13th, 1847. General Winfield Scott, depic...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Three Kings
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.On the Catholic calendar, the Three Kings are celebrated on the 6th of January. On this date Puerto Rican children traditionally...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The United States Military Academy at West Point
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Students will learn how the military academy that was first proposed by George Washington became the premier school of engineeri...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Vietnam War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.From 1956-1975, Americans fought a protracted and divisive war against Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. Students will focu...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Visible Human Project
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.The Visible Human Project and its website is an outgrowth of the United States National Library of Medicine s 1986 Long-Range Pl...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0The Visible Man
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.People have long sought better ways to illustrate and understand the structure and functions of the human body. Paper dolls and ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0