Unit Plan
Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum: Examining Identity in Contemporary Art and Photography [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This website contains photographs of many in the multicultural community of Jews in the United States. There are discussion questions and cross-curricular links for integration of culture into your curriculum. A glossary is also included.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Learn to Read: My Family

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"My Family" is a interactive story which emphasizes Y as an E sound. You can photograph the events and place them on the calendar.
Activity
Other

Modern World History: Motives for Imperialism

For Students 9th - 10th
Why would countries go to extremes to control another country? Examine the 5 main motives for imperialism. Also view primary sources including sketches, maps, advertisements, and photographs and answer related discussion questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: Teaching With Historic Places: The Liberty Bell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teaching with Historic Places, in collaboration with the National Park Service, provides an extensive lesson plan on The Liberty Bell. Content is laid out with objectives, reading materials, corresponding maps and photographs, learning...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Stepanova, the Results of the First Five Year Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wondered what came before Photoshop? After the First World War, artists in Germany and the Soviet Union began to experiment with photomontage, the process of making a composite image by juxtaposing or mounting two or more...
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Patronage and Populism: The Politics of the Gilded Age

For Students 9th - 10th
The resources here, including letters, photographs, official documents, and maps, represent the exodus of African Americans from the South to the Great Plains in the late 1800s.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The American Whaling Industry

For Students 9th - 10th
The resources here, including artifacts, photographs, official documents, and maps, represent the American whaling industry. Includes teaching guide.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Reservations, Resistance, and the Indian Reorganization Act

For Students 9th - 10th
The resources here, including letters, photographs, posters, and maps, represent the Indian Reorganization Act. Includes teaching guide.
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: We Shall Overcome: March on Washington

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will discover the reasons behind the March on Washington and analyze the impact and consequences on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Graphic
University of California

University of California, Berkeley: Cal Photos: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Need a photo for a project, report, multimedia presentation on plants from around the world as well as California? Find fair use images of specific plants by searching with the scientific name, common name, or location.
Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Pied Billed Grebe

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the lifestyle of the Pied-Billed Grebe when you check out this educational site. The content of this site features information on characteristics, range, life cycle, diet, habitat, and behavior of this aquatic bird.
Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Wolverine

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Study the world of the Wolverine when you explore this informative source. The content of this resource includes characteristics, life cycle, diet, habitat, behavior and more of this member of the mustelid family.
Unit Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and "Leaves of Grass"

For Students 9th - 10th
This multimedia exhibition examines Whitman's life and writing career, as he continually revised his masterwork, "Leaves of Grass."
Graphic
US National Archives

Nara: A New Deal for the Arts: Rediscovering America

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the artistic nationalism that took place during the Great Depression, this website from the National Archives and Records Administration focuses on many American scenes. Lots of focus on small-town life and various regions.
Website
Other

Walter Wick: A Drop of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Website maintained by children's author Walter Wick highlights his award winning book, A Drop of Water.
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Suffrage and the Civil Rights Reform Movements

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This short comparative analysis activity involves comparing and contrasting two images of marches for freedom - a 1917 march of suffragists and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom by Civil Rights leaders. Students will...