In this lesson plan students will examine primary sources to determine the level of threat caused by the buildup of Soviet ...

In this lesson, students will examine primary sources to understand John Brown’s actions in Harpers Ferry and will develop a ...

Discover the fascinating story of penicillin, an antibiotic that revolutionized the medical world. From its humble beginnings ...

This lesson plan outlines topics for short research projects and classroom performances related to the Mexican War. Have ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently collected the laptop used by an IRS Criminal Investigation ...

Women served in the Civil War as nurses, spies, and vivandières. Explore these stories with students through a video clip and close examination of two dresses and a woman's uniform. This lesson plan ...

Use artifacts and historical literature to bring the War of Independence to life for elementary students. By playing the "Who's in camp?" card game, students develop a deeper understanding of the many ...

Use a video clip and primary sources to develop an understanding of the challenges facing the ground troops during World War II’s Battle of the Bulge, then take on the role of one of those soldiers ...

For more than 500 years, waves of new Americans arrived by sea. In that time, the nation’s seacoasts, rivers, lakes, and ...

The Gunboat Philadelphia exhibition has been reinterpreted and updated to include its recovery in 1935, a history of its display at Lake Champlain as well as early preservation and acquisition by the ...

Obverse Image: Dot in the center, surrounded by four Chinese characters in a circle; Chinese text above denoing the date and below denoting mint; small rosaces to the right and left.

On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones, commander of the Continental Navy’s Bon Homme Richard, defeated the royal warship ...