Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month
How do you teach Hispanic Heritage Month? With resources from Teachinghistory.org and across the web, you have plenty of approaches to explore!
Teaching Work: Resources for Labor Day
Labor Day means more than the beginning of the school year. Bring the holiday into the classroom with Teachinghistory.org’s resources!
Memorial Day: The Poppy Puzzle
Do you know the history of this symbol?
Resources for Memorial Day
How do you observe Memorial Day? Teachinghistory.org shares teaching resources for the holiday.
In Dr. King's Words
People can identify (some of) the words of Martin Luther King Jr. Can you place these quotes?
Teaching Thanksgiving 2011
Prepare for Thanksgiving with our spotlight page on the holiday!
Veterans Day: Medals and Merit
You know the Purple Heart, but can you identify these honors?
Resources for Veterans Day
How do your students celebrate Veterans Day?
Thanksgiving: Presidential Turkeys
How many turkeys have presidents pardoned?
What Really Happened? Comparing Stories of the First Thanksgiving
Take a variety of perspectives into account before moving past the first Thanksgiving.
Memorializing Memorials
How do we relate to national memorials? Photographs can show us how we want to see our monuments.
African American History Month 2011
For African American History Month, don’t just focus on the heroes—use primary sources to explore the lives of ordinary people.
Jennifer Orr on Teaching Thanksgiving
How do you broach the complicated issues surrounding Thanksgiving with early primary students? First-grade teacher Jennifer Orr doesn’t have all of the answers, but she has some suggestions.
Turkey Tracking
Thanksgiving—how much do you know about the history of this popular holiday?
Memorializing Veterans: Teaching with Place
What do memorials say about history and how it’s remembered? On Veterans Day, take a look at national and local veterans memorials.
American Myths: Christopher Columbus
In 1492, what did Columbus really do?
Constitution Day 2010
Explore these online Constitution Day resources for September 17 and throughout the year.
As American as Mom…
You know Mother’s Day is all about mom, but do you know the history of the holiday?
Presidential Valentines
The politics of love—answer these questions about valentines to and from U.S. presidents
Celebrate More Than St. Patrick
The Irish contributed more to the U.S. than shamrocks and folktales.
Teaching About Dr. Martin Luther King
A day of service, commemoration, and evaluation.
The Pilgrims in American Culture: Thanksgiving
Were the Pilgrims really shorter than us? Discover the answer to all your Thanksgiving queries here!
Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in 19th-Century America
Provides full-text transcriptions and page images of 1815–1865 Sunday school books addressing religious instruction for youth.