Unlike most children, Edith Lee-Payne of Detroit went to the March on Washington with her mother to celebrate her 12th birthday. Pupils walk the march with her by analyzing a closeup image of her that has come to represent the pivotal...

This is a free downloadable teacher's guide (PDF) to teach young children (grades K-2) about living things and their needs.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Child's Guide to Knowledge by R. Ward, a nonfiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Guide to the Saviour by Daniel Wise, a religious for children.

NovelGuide.com provides a thorough study guide including summaries, character profiles, metaphor and theme analysis, quotes, and an author biography.

This History Guide site contains a brief translations of the text of the Treaty of Brest Litovsk.

An extensive collection of primary source documents of early development of the new United States. Resources include a wide variety of details about the Northwest Ordinance.

The complete text of the 1952 version of this book by J. Frank Dobie. Chapters are thematic collections of annotated lists of books on different aspects of Southwestern culture and history, e.g., Texas Rangers, mountain men, and the Pony...

This is an excellent collection of teaching materials on Stephen Angulalik and Inuit culture for junior high to adult, prepared by Emily Angulalik, his daughter. There are lesson sheets, photos and music files to download, as well as...

A large repository of letters and diaries from both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and contemporary research files. Includes materials from the war years, 1861-1865, as well as materials from later periods...

This is the online guide to federal records in the National Archives pertaining to the Rural Electrification Administration.

The text of the German declaration of war on the United States on December 11, 1941, following the US declaration of war on Japan.

This site examines the trial and execution of King Louis XVI of France during the French Revolution through three primary source documents.

This site contains a letter from Lenin to Dzerzhinsky December 17, 1917 about measures to be taken against the bourgeoisie.

This sums up the ideas of containment. It is a telegram that was widely published.

This site is from a lecture in modern European intellectual history at The History Guide and gives a brief overview of Francois Rabelais along with an excerpt from his famous work, "Gargantua and Pantagruel."

The National Archives and Records Administration provides this description and functions of the War Labor Administrator during World War I. Includes "Administrative History" and "Records of the War Labor Policies Board 1918-19."

This comprehensive National Archives and Records Administration site provides a wealth of information regarding the war production board. Select from various records detailing administrative history, operating units, regional records,...

This National Archives and Records Administration site contains various records of the War Industries Board, disclosing the administrative history of the War Industries Board as well as specific events.

From the Federal Records in the National Archives, find the Table of Contents listing all the records and history of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. (The actual documents themselves are not here.) Click on Administrative History...

Ride the rails in the late 19th century by following these travel guides for railroads across the country. Find copies of the guides showing time tables, maps, and descriptions of the trips.

A powerful call for women's rights, particularly for suffrage, expressed in the "Declaration of Sentiments" and issued at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Includes discussion questions.

A chapter in George Fitzhugh's apology for slavery in which he argues that slavery brings clear benefits to those who were enslaved.

Excerpt of Nikita Khrushchev's "Secret Speech," delivered before a closed session of the Twentieth Party Congress in 1956. In this speech, Khrushchev admits the many crimes and atrocities of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.