Touring Monticello
Tour Monticello with TAH teachers and learn about the history behind Thomas Jefferson’s home.
Reading Place with the National Building Museum
What does architecture say about the past and the present? TAH teachers learn strategies for close examination of buildings in Washington, DC.
The Thomas Jefferson Building: Secret Messages
What messages are hidden in art and architecture? Explore the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building in this online activity.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Service-learning and history don’t have to be exclusive. Consider the opportunities.
Architectural Homage
American Reproductions and Appropriations of Old World Monumental Architecture
Monticello Explorer
Can’t travel to Monticello? Take your students on a virtual tour of Jefferson’s estate with this website.
Architect of the Capitol
What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this website and learn about DC’s structural character.
Photographs of the Historic American Buildings Survey: Georgia
What sort of structures did the WPA consider culturally important to Georgia?
Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey and Engineering
Government organizations document historic sites in drawings, photographs, and text.
USC Archival Research Center
With over 126,000 photographs, maps, and other documents, this site offers a comprehensive look at the history of Los Angeles and southern California.
Architecture as a Primary Source in the Classroom
Lesson plans from Colonial Williamsburg demonstrate how buildings, like documents, can yield information about how people in the past lived and what they valued.
Digital Library of Georgia
Examines the history and culture of the state of Georgia, presenting an extensive range of primary sources.