9-12 Resources

Pre-1865

American Indian Women
Kutenai woman 1910

Different kinds of power in different cultures. Perceptions of dignified and[...] »

Scholars in Action: Analyzing 19th-Century Letters
Negative, "Letters. Posting of letters III," c.1920-1950, Theodor Horydczak, LoC

Watch a scholar interpret letters from labor activist and reformer Sarah[...] »

Post-1865

Everyday Life in the 19th Century
Winslow Homer, The New Novel, 1877

Wandering through time into our ancestors' attic.


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The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Personalizing History

Make large-scale historic events like the Holocaust personal with artifacts[...] »

Classroom Tools

Historical Thinking & Literacy

Recreating the Cuban Missile Crisis

Ninth-grade teacher Jamie Kimbrough asked her students to stand in Kennedy's[...] »

Using Technology

Using Facebook to Engage with Historical Figures

Students interact with history by creating Facebook fan pages for historical[...] »