9-12 Resources

Pre-1865

Abraham Lincoln and the Jews

Students learn about the sixteenth president's relationship with Jewish[...] »

Women's Rights: Sarah Bagley Letters

What do these letters from a women's rights activist reveal about social[...] »

Post-1865

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for[...] »

Using Visuals to Build Interest and Understanding

Using primary source images to help English Language Learners build[...] »

Classroom Tools

Historical Thinking & Literacy

Lincoln on the Big Screen
Poster, Out of the wilderness, Albert M. Bender, c.1939-1943, LoC

How do historians think about films like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln[...] »

Using Technology

Prezi

Open up a new world between whiteboards and slides with this presentation[...] »