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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBrown v. Board of Education at 50
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This website, sponsored by the Howard University School of Law, is the homepage of the celebration and commemoration of the 50th...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCOBOL
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This online exhibition tells of the development of COBOL, a computer programming lanugage, and how it changed the commercial, ba...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConfederate Officer's Kepi
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.The kepi is similar to the forage cap. It was copied from the French officer's hat. The crown could be colored, usually for the ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConvince Me!
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Examine examples of persuasive writing from Rachel Carson s Silent Spring, then composepersuasive statements about an environmen...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFife
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This fife from the period of the American Revolution was unearthed on Red Bank battleground in 1800 near the New Jersey Monument.Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeorge Washington's Epaulettes
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.These epaulettes were worn by George Washington and can be seen in life portraits painted by celebrated American artist Charles ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMovement and Migration: The Gold Nugget That Launched the Gold Rush
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This teacher's resource challenges students to think about the gold nugget that began the California gold rush as a valuable res...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlog Post: Mary Lou Williams: Musical and Social Change Agent
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.In this post, students will learn about jazz master Mary Lou Williams and her impact on jazz music, from boogie woogie and big b...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlog Post: Teaching AIDS in the early 1980s
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.In this post, students will read an interview with Marcia Quackenbush, a social worker in San Francisco in the early 1980s. She ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCivil War Field Printing
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This online exhibition explore the role of the portable printing press in conveying information during the Civil War. The abilit...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFirst Person Account: Clarence Sasser
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, Clarence Sasser recounts his war experience.This video is part of the Price of Fre...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Life and Music of Celia Cruz: A Bibliography
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Bibliographic material relating to the online exhibition: Az car! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz. Included are books related ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBuffalo Soldier Uniform Coat
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.African American soldiers were allowed to enlist in the regular peacetime army of the United States for the first time at the en...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFirst Lady for the Environment Homepage
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Learn more about First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson and her work to protect the env...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNaval Jumper
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Physical DescriptionWhite cotton with gunner's mate patch on left sleeve.Specific HistoryThis jumper or shirt would have been wo...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Life and Music of Celia Cruz: Her Music
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This resource offers audio samples of Cruz's music and video clips of her life and performances. In addition to salsa, Celia Cru...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Official Website of the White House
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.The official website of the White House features updated news on the current administration, as well as a history of each past p...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDuke Ellington and Jazz Homepage
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Children and adults can enjoy exploring the story behind one of America s pioneers of jazz music, Duke Ellington, through childr...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFirst Confederate National Flag
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.The Confederate States of America s first national flag was also known as the Stars Bars. This flag flew from 1861 to 1863. ...Contributor: National Museum of American HistoryViews: 0Favorites: 0