High School Resource History of Memorial Day by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on the history of Memorial Day. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.7.8, SS.7.8.d, SS.7.8.d.3, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

Middle School Resource Faces of America by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on what citizens believe it means to be an American. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.8.2.a.1, SS.SSP.5.3.2, SS.SSP.6.3.2, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and […]

Elementary School Resource Symbols of USA This site contains printable symbols such as the bald eagle, liberty bell, American Flag and the Statue of Liberty. There are also descriptions of each and activities related to the symbols. Additional links on this site leads to American songs and the history behind their lyrics. There are detailed […]

High School Resource A Memorial Day Tribute by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, is a tribute to soldiers who served our country. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.7.8, SS.8.4, SS.8.4.c, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

Middle School Resource Work, Culture, and Society in Industrial America by Pappas This DBQ explores the world of the rural men and women who moved to the cities in search of a better life. The Industrial Revolution began in Western Europe and eventually spread across much of the world. It transformed humanity’s age-old struggle with […]

High School Resource This resource explores the world of the rural men and women who moved to the cities in search of a better life. Related NY State Academic Standards:  Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

Middle School Resource In this resource, works of art from the nineteenth century are paired with written documents to be used as primary sources for students to reconstruct the influence of technology, geography, economics, and politics on daily life 19th century America. Related NY State Academic Standards: ARTS.VA.I.1.1.B, ARTS.VA.I.1.1.D, ARTS.VA.I.1.1.E and more!  Be sure to […]

High School Resource Did the Polynesians Discover America? by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on who the first to discover America could have been before Columbus. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.5.3, SS.5.3.a.1, SS.7.2.a.2 and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, […]

Elementary School Resource America’s Colonial Period This site provides information about the economy of colonial America. It discusses the use of trade, mercantile, etc. The various people and their roles they had in helping create the economy are mentioned, as well as what some of the colonies were economically known for. The passage teaches about […]

High School Resource Immigration: Our Changing Voices by Library of Congress Students will be able to: -use American Memory collections to search and evaluate primary documents; -discuss their own family history and put it into context of immigrant stories; -analyze concerns and answers to questions related to migrations’ shifts. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.E.1, […]