Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos is the focal point of this biography highlighting his politically charged contributions to American modernist literature. See "John Dos Passos Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Gwendolyn Brooks
Writer Gwendolyn Brooks is presented in this biography for her contributions to African American literature. Click on "Gwendolyn Brooks Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation: Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder is the focus of this biography, identifying his contributions to literature through poetry. Click on "Gary Snyder Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Kennedy Funeral
Documents and artifacts related to the funeral of John F. Kennedy.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty is identified in this brief biography as one of America's greatest southern writers. See "Eudora Welty Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
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Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation: Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich is featured in this brief biography for her contributions as a contemporary feminist poet and prose author. See "Adrienne Rich Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: Textiles of the North American Southwest
This site explores the weaving traditions of the Native American and Hispanic peoples of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. A gallery of artifacts, timeline, map glossary, and textual descriptions are included. This is a...
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American Mountain Men: Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
On-line research center features numerous resources dedicated to the history of the Mountain Men in the American West. This project includes primary sources, images, maps, artwork, newspaper articles, artifacts, and links to related...
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Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Washington Irving
Noted as America's first celebrity author, Washington Irving is featured in this concise biography bringing light to his writings and the style in which he presented them. See "Washington Irving Activities" for related artifacts and...
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Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Rhythms in Poetry: Robert Frost
Robert Frost is featured in this brief biography which identifies Frost as a popular modernist poet who drew on the rugged life and values in rural New England. Click on "Robert Frost Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: William Steinway's Diary
This annotated online edition of William Steinway's diary is an excellent artifact from the Civil War! You can read the diary, view the actual hand-written pages, search for keywords, learn about the Steinway Family, and view images of...
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Jews in America: Portal to Jewish American History
Complete with music from Aaron Copland, the Center for Jewish History provides an interactive website that traces the history of Jews in the United States from 1654 until today. Authors provide a searchable gallery of photographs,...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: First Arrivals, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Numerous visual images of artifacts from English settlements at Jamestown and at Plymouth, and from Spanish settlement in Hispaniola, and three original accounts of each of those early settlements that describe the possibilities and the...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Eleanor Roosevelt, American Visionary
This site features photos and artifacts from the life of one of the most dynamic and controversial First Ladies in U.S. history, as well as a virtual tour of her home.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: West Point in the Making of America
Online part of a Smithsonian exhibit to honor the 200th anniversary of West Point, the site includes history, interactive maps, historical documents and artifacts.
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Beloit College: Ancient Cultures of the Southwest
Find information and photos of historic Southwest pottery and other artifacts at this resource. You can search by tribe or by styles of pottery. Plenty of full-color examples.
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Florida International University: Wolfsonian
This collection contains artifacts of North American and European origin from 1885 - 1945. Includes sections of: British Arts & Crafts Movement, Dutch & Italian Art Movement, American Industrial Design, World's Fairs & Expos,...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Surrounded by Beauty: Arts of Native America
Explore the art, culture, and history of Native Americans through this Minneapolis Institute of Arts site. You'll find pieces of art from the Northeast Woodlands, Mississippi Valley, Plains, Southwest, and the Northwest coast, as well as...
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Pbs Teachers: Coming Into America: Dating Artifacts 9 12 [Pdf]
Investigate new discussions on the presence of humans in North America, and emulate the work of archeologists in dating artifacts at a dig site. Use clay to model how the radioactive isotope of carbon (C14) is used in dating organic...
University of California
University of California: Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection
This collection at the University of California-Berkeley can now be accessed online through the Online Archive of California. It provides a vast collection of historically significant primary source images of early California and the...
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Ohio History: Virtual First Ohioans
This award-winning resource from the Ohio Historical Society presents Ohio's first cultures: PaleoIndian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and Late Prehistoric Period cultures. Click on each period for additional information and great...
Library of Congress
Loc: Exhibitions: The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale
An online exhibit that provides a collection of colorful artifacts related to L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz." See a poster promoting Baum's children's books as well as many book covers, artwork from the "The Wizard of Oz," personal...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Placing Artifacts in Time
This is from an American history course designed for teachers to enrich their knowledge and their teaching practice. This interactive focuses on how history views Pocahontas. It looks at how historical events are re-interpreted as time...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Forced Crossings
The Atlantic slave trade was the largest forced migration of people in history. A view into the world of the slave ships with accompanying photos of artifacts and documents are included in this exhibit.