National Humanities Center
Teaching The Great Gatsby: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
The 41 slides in a professional development seminar model how to use close reading techniques to examine the many layers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In addition to passages from the novel, slides provide biographical...
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: Native American Citizenship
After invading the land long lived on by the Native Americans, the United States government only gave them the right to citizenship in 1924 as detailed here.
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: June 2: Indian Citizenship Act
On June 2, 1924, Native Americans were granted American citizenship via Indian Citizenship Act. Learn about this act of congress and how it impacted American Indian culture.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: League of United Latin American Citizens (Lulac)
Explains the history of the League of United Latin American Citizens, founded in 1929 to represent the rights and well-being of Hispanics.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment
[Free Registration/Login Required] A glimpse into an embarrassing time in American history when Japanese American citizens became enemies in their own country. How were they treated? Where were they sent? How were their lives impacted?...
Library of Congress
Loc: Protection of the American Citizen
Around 1877, there was a rise in segregation and obstacles were imposed to keep African Americans from voting. Bishop B.W. Arnett spoke out against these laws in a pamphlet entitled "The Black Laws". Read the entire pamphlet or select...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Preparing for the Oath: u.s. History and Civics for Citizenship
This site from the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution, is a great site for citizens and those learning to become citizens alike. Review the fifteen themes that deal with U.S. history and civics,...
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Impact of Expansion on Chinese Immigrants and Hispanic Citizens
As white populations moved westward in the 19th century, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic Americans faced racism and discrimination and were unable to compete on an equal basis for land. Eventually, both groups settled into urban areas...
Virginia Commonwealth University
Negotiating Nature/wilderness: Crevecouer and American Identity
This essay discusses Frenchman Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean de Crevecoeur (1735-1813), who took the American name J. Hector St. John as an American citizen in 1765. His Letters from an American Farmer not only described the American...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Produce for Victory
View how American citizens helped to keep World War II in the home front through these posters on exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American History.
US Government Publishing Office
U.s. Government Publishing Office: Our American Government, 2000 Edition
A popular introductory guide for American citizens and those of other countries who seek a greater understanding of our heritage of democracy. The question-and-answer format covers a broad range of topics dealing with the legislative,...
Digital History
Digital History: Mexican Americans
Read about the terrible treatment of Mexican American citizens and immigrants during the Hoover presidency. See how they received some help with the New Deal.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Japanese American Internment
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, fear of Japanese-Americans irrationally increased, resulting in Roosevelt's executive order that created internment camps for American citizens. Read about the camps, the life in the camps, and...
Other
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
MALDEF offers many resources to the Mexican American community. Here anyone can learn about public policy, have access to laws regarding citizenship and equal access, and read news and events regarding the Mexican American community.
Scholastic
Scholastic: What Is the Definition of Citizenship?
A brief, easy to read definition of citizenship, with links to closely related subjects like how to become a citizen, the definition of naturalization, the Constitution on citizenship, and the history of citizenship in the United States.
US Department of State
America.gov: Government of the People: The Role of the Citizen
A chapter taken from the U.S. State Department's "Outline of U.S. Government," that focuses on the foundation of American representative democracy. Provides comparison with other democracies, along with the essential role of the U.S....
Utah Education Network
Uen: Civics: Government, Citizenship and Elections
Website sporting three topics main topics in Civics, Government, Citizenship and Elections from which students can explore information through subtopics within each one. With links to primary resources and other related material.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: African American Odyssey
The Library of Congress' Digital Library presents an outstanding lesson that links to collections about the quest for full citizenship, Frederick Douglass papers, slave narratives, and more.
Other
American Red Cross
Home page of the American Red Cross with links to disaster services, biomedical services, international services, community services, military services, health and safety services, volunteer services, and youth services. Also includes...
Other
Lulac: Lulac History All for One and One for All
Explains the history of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), including why and how it was formed, efforts to unify Hispanic Americans, the discrimination faced by Mexican Americans, and the prominent role of women in the...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: The Bill of Rights
Take a close look at the United States Bill of Rights, the ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was written a long time ago-1791. Move your cursor over the picture below to see if you can read the rights given to American citizens.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Wilson's Speech to Naturalized Citizen
Read this speech given by President Wilson to an audience of naturalized citizens about Americanism and what it means to be an American. Contrast Wilson's message with the notion that Progressives generally supported immigration...
iCivics
I Civics: Curriculum Units
A large collection of Social Studies units, WebQuests, and games that focuses on teaching students how government works and the importance of being responsible, informed American citizens. Units are linked to state standards. A teacher...
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Immigration and Citizenship in the United States, 1865 1924
Learning module looks at the role immigrarion has played in forming American national identity and ideals and how have Americans understood and debated the social impact of immigration. Primary source documents and questions for...