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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Lexington [Pdf]
"Lexington" is a one page, historical fiction, reading passage about soldiers fighting in the Revolutionary War. A soldier describes the feeling of being an American. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Every Citizen a Soldier: World War Ii Posters on the Home Front
An article from the quarterly journal, History Now, discusses the importance of posters in World War II in encouraging support in the United States for the war. See examples of posters and read about how they emphasized the role of every...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Brown, View of the Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
The falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Grafton Tyler Brown depicts the Grand Canyon, the one found at Yellowstone in Wyoming. Grafton Brown was one of the first African-American artists to depict scenes of the West. View...
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Susie (Baker) King Taylor
This is a PowerPoint resource that gives factual account of Susie King Taylor's life and involvement in the Civil War.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The War Experience: Soldiers, Officers, and Civiliams
It's a miracle American won the American Revolution. Read about the difficulty in raising and maintaining a professional fighting force. Also find out about the antagonism between the soldiers and civilians. Congress seemed unwilling to...
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Robert Gould Shaw
Biographical profile of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who led the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first-formed African American regiments of Union soldiers.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Memorial Day, Americans Reflect on Military Service
Information on the creation of Memorial Day as well as more current information on soldiers who have given their lives for our freedom.
University of Virginia
E Text Center: American Civil War Collection
Collection of primary documents--letters, diaries, photographs, and newspaper articles of both the Union and Confederate.
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Women in Uniform in the Civil War
Read about the women who actually fought during the Civil War and what provoked them to do this. From the Civil War Society's "Encyclopedia of the Civil War."
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Albert Cashier Aka Jennie Hodgers: Private
A biographical profile of Albert Cashier aka Jennie Hodgers, who, disguised as a man, fought with the Union army.
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: Code Talkers the Navajo Soldiers of Wwii
This lesson explores the unique role that the Navajo secret codes played in winning WWII.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Price of Freedom: Regimental Uniform Coat
A photograph of the regimental uniform coat of an officer in the Continental Army. Includes a description of this particular coat and gives information about where the uniforms were manufactured.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Ambrose Bierce
This very brief biography features the literary contributions of Ambrose Bierce. Click on "Ambrose Bierce Activities" for related resources.
Other
American Women in Uniform: Civil War Women: Women Were There
Use this site to find out the roles women had during the Civil War. Also read some remarkable stories of women who were actually on the battlefield.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Mathew B. Brady
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Mathew B. Brady in addition to an extensive listing of his works (specifically his work with dauguerreotypes) as displayed at the...
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Civil War Medicine
A page with links to several articles from various sources dealing with many aspects of medicine during the Civil War.
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: Alexander Hamilton
This site is provided for by the University of Groningen. Alexander Hamilton represented the growing movement towards a strong national government. Read the beginning stages of the nationalist movement, the conflicting ideas of state...
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: Amdrew Jackson: The Battle of New Orleans
This resource presents a short narrative of Jackson's surprising victory against the British in the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815.
American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Moses Ezekiel: Vmi Cadet
Biographical profile of Moses Ezekiel, who served in the Confederate ranks when still a student at the Virginia Military Institute, and later became a well-known sculptor.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Boston Massacre Trials
In 1770 five citizens of Boston were killed when British soldiers fired into a group of people who had been throwing things at the soldiers. The soldiers were put on trial. A chronology, historical documents, primary source materials,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Veterans History Project, Last World War I Veteran
Listening to audio files and watching video clips of people who have fought in wars gives students a feel for the day to day life of a soldier. Frank Woodruff Buckles died in February, 2011. He was the last known World War I soldier....
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: The Negro in the Regular Army
This etext contains the history of the Philippine-American War. In this passage by Oswald Garrison Villard you will read about African Americans who fought in the War.
National Archives (UK)
The National Archives: Black Loyalists
Both free and enslaved black soldiers fought on both sides fo the Revolutionary War. Learn about the Black Loyalists of Canada, and how some slaves earned their freedom through military service. Includes primary source documents.
Rutgers University
Rutgers Oral History Archive
This archive records the personal experiences of the American men and women who served on the homefront and overseas during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. Also offers resources on the men and women who...