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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHockey Skates
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.These skates were worn by Phil Verchota (number 27), a member of the underdog 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that astounded the w...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHolidays on Display
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Holidays on Display examines the art, industry, and history of holiday display across the United States. Focusing on parading cu...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHollerith Tabulating Machine
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.During the 1880s, the engineer Herman Hollerith devised a set of machines for compiling data from the United States Census. Holl...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHomemade Filipino Gun
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Filipinos fighting the United State Army resorted to making their own firearms. This handmade gun harkens back to the earliest o...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHomes and Communities
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Homes and Communities is the official website of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It includes news and...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHometown History
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This activity is a field trip that takes adults and children to historic places to learn through asking questions and seeking an...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHonoring Japanese Americans
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.In this activity, children will examine pictures of a Congressional Gold Medal for Japanese American soldiers, investigate the s...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHorseman's Saber belonging to Major Benjamin Talmadge
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This horseman's saber belonged to Major Benjamin Talmadge of the Second Continental Dragoons. A horseman's saber tends to be lon...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHouse Detectives: Finding History in Your Home
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This printable guide shows students how to research the place where they live and can be used as a tool for individual or small ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow to Use this Resource in Your Classroom: Collect Stars Activity
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This teacher tip-sheet includes information about how the Collect Stars activity can be used in a classroom. It will help stude...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow to Use this Resource in Your Classroom: Interactive Flag
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Encourage your students to examine objects for historical information, ask historical questions, research answers to historical ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow to Use this Resource in Your Classroom: Share Your Story
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Share your story about the American flag with the Smithsonian! Discover the many meanings of the American flag through a contrib...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI Do Solemnly Swear… Presidential Inaugurations
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This website, from the Library of Congress, is a collection of approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files relating to inaugu...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkiCivics
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This collection of seven interactive student games encourages close examination of civics and American government. The activitie...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImagine an Immigration Interview
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Imagine what it felt like to be an immigrant arriving at Ellis Island or Angel Island during the late 1800 s and early 1900 s. C...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImagining Abraham Lincoln
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Cartoons are great documents that can tell both funny and serious stories. In this activity, children will first read Mr. Lincol...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImmigration, Migration, and How We Got There - Electronic Field Trip Part 1
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This electronic field trip was designed to introduce grades 4 8 to the America on the Move exhibition on transportation in U.S. ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIn Defense of Liberty: The Magna Carta in the American Revolution
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.In this lesson, students will carefully examine an authentic Massachusetts thirty-shilling note (1775) from the Museum's collect...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIn the Mood for Instruments
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Use two online music tools to try your hand at picking instruments to change the mood of a song. Part of an OurStory module enti...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInaugural Addresses of the Presidents
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Complete inaugural addresses of every president from George Washington to George W. Bush can be found on this reference website....Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0