Library of Congress
Loc: Teacher Resources
This compilation of teacher resources has useful collections of primary sources, lesson plans, themed subject overviews, and ready-to-use presentations and activities to support the study of U.S. history at all academic levels.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Historical Treasure Chests
After learning to distinguish between primary and secondary sources, young scholars will examine four primary documents and address a set of questions for each.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Teaching With Primary Sources
Five lesson plans, complete with videos, primary sources, and document-based questions (DBQ) to encourage students to utilize primary sources and incorporate thinking and writing into daily learning. Topics include: Artifact &...
Other
Bringing History Home: History of Me
This Kindergarten unit introduces children to the concept of history as story, and establishes student familiarity with documents and concepts of change and continuity between now and the past. By telling their own stories through...
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Museum of History and Culture: Teaching With Photographs
"Teaching with Photographs" includes images from the Virginia Historical Society's collection. The images are organized into several themes which allows this source to be used by younger and older grades. Resources for teachers are...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Time Period Clues
In this lesson, students examine photographs from different time periods in American history and try to put them in order on a timeline. Includes a worksheet and a vocabulary list with explanations.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Patricia Polacco's Family Stories
Lesson that helps students understand that families have both differences and similarities and reinforces the concept that family traditions are part of a student's heritage. Students discuss stories by Patricia Polacco and make...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Using Artifacts
View an engraving and two photographs from U.S. history. As you view these resources, think about what you can identify and interpret through the images, and what kinds of questions you might generate if you were using these images to...
Other
Schoolsnet: Lesson Plan 2: Toys When Our Parents and Grandparents Were Young
Students survey their parents and grandparents to find out about the toys they played with as children. Then students use the results and older toys supplied by the teacher to compare toys from today with toys from the past.
Library of Congress
Loc: Kindergarten Historians: Primary Sources in an Early
If you've ever wondered how early elementary students develop historical thinking skills, check out this lesson with a group of kindergarten students. The Class of 2025 demonstrated their educational readiness while engaged in analyzing...
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Guide to Reading Historical Documents
Here are some questions that serve as a guide while you read and study historical documents. The information at this website was originally written by the National Council for the Social Studies. W.11-12.9b US Doc Analysis
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Draw and Write About Your Family
Draw a picture of your family and write about them. Must be a subscriber to get full acess to site.