PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: African American Lives: Who Am I? A Genealogy Guide
Tracing African American history may be difficult, but the work of historian Henry Louis Gates proves that it isn't impossible. With this resource, learn how to plan a project on your family history.
Literacy Head
Literacyhead: Writing Prompts: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Family Stories
These images are intended to give students ideas for writing about their families by exploring the details of the art works.
Read Works
Read Works: Lost on Ellis Island
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Emily who learned more about her grandfather while her family was visiting Ellis Island. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Read Works
Read Works: Immigration Ellis Island: The Hunt for Alois Hanousek
[Free Registration/Login Required] An autobiographical account of a family looking for information about their great-grandfather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Curated OER
History Matters: Joe Rudiak Remembers the 1919 Strike
Read an interview with a former steelworker, who recalls the Great Steel Strike of 1919 when he was a young boy. Find out the ramifications for his family because his father was a union man who supported the strike. An audio of the...
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Familial Connections and Political Experience
The women of the fourth generation of Congresswomen had professional and political resumes that were more evolved than those of their predecessors. Although the widow mandate remains, candidates are judged less on familial ties than on...
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: Nicholas Gilman 1755 1814
Member of a distinguished New Hampshire family and second son in a family of eight, Nicholas Gilman was born at Exeter in 1755. He received his education in local schools and worked at his father's general store. When the War for...
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: John Langdon 1741 1819
Langdon was born in 1741 at or near Portsmouth, NH. His father, whose family had emigrated to America before 1660, was a prosperous farmer who sired a large family. The youth's education was intermittent. He attended a local grammar...
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Leaving the Farm
This website provides information about Tennesseans leaving the family farm after the Civil War to work in city factories.
Curated OER
History Matters: The Great Depression in Iowa
From a book, The Great Depression, by David Shannon, you can read an interview administered by the Works Progress Administration detailing the struggle of an Iowa family through the trying times of the Great Depression.
Curated OER
History Matters: Donners Recall the Great Depression
This description of a family in Dubuque, Iowa was part of a 1935 WPA sponsored project devoted to documenting the experiences of people during the Depression. From the book, The Great Depression, by David Shannon.
Read Works
Read Works: Nick Visits the Lincoln Memorial
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Nick who visited the Lincoln Memorial while on vacation with his family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Digital History
Digital History: Sources of Discontent
After World War Two, many women placed a higher priority on marriage and having a family. However, this trend changed during the 1950s and by 1960 more women were attending college, working outside of the home, marrying later, and having...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Nordic Sagas: Iceland Genes
Explain how the isolated and homegeneous population of Iceland makes research in family ancestry simpler than in other cultures. Investigate the work of genealogists, and trace your own heritage as far as you can without extensive research.
Read Works
Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Children of War
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares an interview of a World War II-era native German whose family fled Berlin. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Daniel Bernoulli
Excellent in-depth biography of Daniel Bernoulli's life and scientific accomplishments. Information on Bernoulli's family, education, and major works is included. Also includes links to information on other scientists and mathematicians.
BBC
Bbc: History: Women's Work in Victorian England
A good examination on how many women in Victorian England supported their families with jobs outside the home and how this helped the British economy. Archived.
Read Works
Read Works: Children in the Shadows
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a Jewish child living in hiding in Nazi occupied Belgium. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Growing Up Long Ago
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the typical life of a child during the 1800's. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: One Room Schoolhouses
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about what school was like in a one-room schoolhouse. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: El Nino's Extended Family Introduction
This article discusses cycle of global weather patterns and its relation to El Nino. Learn how global weather patterns are being tracked by satellites and how scientists are predicting weather patterns up to a year in advance.
Rice University
Galileo Project: The Galileo Project
Rice University offers an impressive online project about Galileo Galilei, his life and work. Includes a glossary of terms, a timeline, maps, pictures, primary texts, family letters, and sketches.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
Other
Mississippi Writers Page: Mildred D. Taylor
Learn about the writer of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and her early life -- how she heard family stories as a child, and how she developed the character Paul Edward for "The Land." There is an extensive bibliography of her works and...