Online exhibition from the Mariners' Museum chronicles the plight of African slaves from the beginning of their journey when they are torn from their homeland all the way to the shores of the Americas. Caught up in the lucrative...

Video on the life and works of poet Emily Dickinson highlighting her literary contributions which often challenged many of the common beliefs among her peers. Click on "Emily Dickinson Activities" for related materials. Part of a...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will read and annotate a pair of texts to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.

Use Thinkport's Annotator tool to analyze text and build writing skills. Simply paste in your text, select your virtual markers and have students annotate the passages.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the reasons why there are fewer Americans incarcerated in prisons than in previous years. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...

A collection of archival video clips highlighting a peaceful protest in Alabama in 1965 that ended in a confrontation with state troopers known as "Bloody Sunday." This was followed by a four-day march with Martin Luther King, Jr., and a...

A slideshow explaining the history of Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions to the New World, beginning with a 1578 voyage with his half-brother on a search for the Northwest Passage, followed by several expeditions to try to establish a...

View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1999 to commemorate American composers George and Ira Gershwin. With a short passage highlighting their collaborated efforts.