World Atlas
World Atlas: North America
Features maps and a description of the geography and history of North America with links to information on its countries, famous people, flags, symbols, and much more.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: Booker T. Washington
Focused on his personal racial and civil philosophy, Booker T. Washington moved mountains making the public aware of the injustices and inequalities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Click "Booker T. Washington...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: Making the Revolution: Rebellion: 1775 1776
Primary source material with introductory notes, classroom discussion questions, and supplemental links focussing on thoughts and events of rebellion in the colonies between 1775-1776 preceding the American Revolution.
Other
Grandma Moses: Reflections of America
An essay about Grandma Moses and her apotheosis as an artist.
Other
National Museum of American Jewish History: Only in America Hall of Fame
Highlights well-known Jewish Americans who have made significant contributions to their fields in the arts, sciences, business, religion, sports, law, and politics. The public votes for those individuals they feel should be inducted into...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Panama Canal
An article on one of America's most famous presidents, Teddy Roosevelt. The title of this article in the site is, "TR's Legacy - The Panama Canal", and it provides great information on the formation of the canal.
Other
Studs Terkel: Conversations With America
Uncover much information here about the incredible life story of Studs Terkel, famous radio personality and prize winning author. Listen to his interviews for some fascinating insights into the diverse culture of American life.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Detective Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton saved Abraham Lincoln from an assassination attempt, started the United States Secret Service and helped slaves seek freedom via the Underground Railroad. Learn about his early life in Scotland and view a photograph of...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Mahalia Jackson
Learn about the " Queen of Gospel", New Orleans born singer Mahalia Jackson.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Lives of Early America
Here you will get good information on Ben Franklin, George Washington, Daniel Boone, Thomas Jefferson, and Paul Revere.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials
This site looks at famous trials in American history. Trials that shaped American society and changed America's laws.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Trial of Anne Hutchinson (1637)
America was not always the "Land of Liberty." In the 1630s, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, questioning Puritan dogma could bring you a world of trouble. It could get you shunned, it could get you ex-communicated, it could even get you...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Carthage (Joseph Smith Murder) Trial (1845)
One of the most consequential crimes in American history occurred on a summer day in 1844 when a mob stormed a jail in Carthage, Illinois and murdered Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum. The killing of Joseph Smith, the charismatic...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" S. Robinson
Selected (17) reading passages (grades 5-11) to pair with "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" by Sharon Robinson. In Promises To Keep, Sharon Robinson, daughter of the baseball legend, shares memories of her famous...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Guaman Poma and the First New Chronicle and Good Government
This letter written by Guaman Poma is the most famous manuscript from South America dated to this time period in part because it is so comprehensive and long, but also because of its many illustrations. View pictures of the illustrations...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Edward M. Kennedy: "Faith, Truth and Tolerance in America"
This is the text, audio, and video [4:27] of Senator Ted Kennedy's speech "Faith, Truth and Tolerance in America" delivered on October 3, 1983, at the Liberty Baptist College (Liberty University), in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Rhythms in Poetry: Robert Frost
Robert Frost is featured in this brief biography which identifies Frost as a popular modernist poet who drew on the rugged life and values in rural New England. Click on "Robert Frost Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Frontier, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Arguably the most famous essay every written about the impact of land on American history, Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" explains how Americans' relationship with the environment shaped...
Library of Congress
Loc: Built in America
This collection documents achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories. Highlights of the collection include windmills, bridges, and buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: w.e.b. Du Bois
A brief biography of famous African-American, W.E.B. Du Bois. Read about his activism and his attempts to improve race relations. Hyperlinks to additional information about this important man.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Capture, Making of African American Identity: V. 1
Several narratives of the capture of West Africans, including the famous autobiography of Venture Smith, from the eighteenth century, two accounts of conditions on slave ships, and an audio recording of the memories of the descendants of...
Library of Congress
Loc: Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America
A detailed look at architectural styles and trends throughout the nation in the early to mid 20th century. Includes a fantastic teacher resource so you can better use the collection for classroom discussion.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Columbus and the Egg [Pdf]
"Columbus and the Egg" is a one page, historical fictional passage about Christopher Columbus's return to Spain after discovering America. Some people said anyone could sail the seas. Columbus used an egg to make a point. It is followed...