9-12 Resources

Pre-1865

Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History
Photo, Yosemite Wilderness & Koip Crest, August 26, 2010, chucklepix, Flickr

Beautiful scenery or impassable peaks? These 17 in-depth essays analyze how[...] »

Primary Documents in American History

The Library of Congress presents 35 of the most important documents from[...] »

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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American Originals Part II
Peary sledge party at the North Pole, April 7, 1909 NARA

Introduce students to 25 documents selected by the National Archives for[...] »

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

“A Push” in the Right Direction
Screencap, TJ Students (apushhelp) on Twitter, 30 July 2012

AP U.S. History teacher Scott Campbell and his students use Twitter to reach[...] »