White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: Watergate, Gerald Ford, and the Nixon Pardon
Lesson plan on an incredible chain of events that led to Ford's presidency. Students learn about this tale of American history, beginning with the Watergate break-in, the Saturday Night Massacre, and an accelerating crisis that would...
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: The Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson
Information and lesson plan about Thomas Jefferson's inauguration as the first Republican President and the political unrest around the time of his election as the third President of the United States.
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Territory
Information with lesson plan for grades 9-12 about Thomas Jefferson and the events surrounding his decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory.
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: John F. Kennedy and the Space Race
A look at John F. Kennedy's goal for the United States, which was to send the first man to the Moon and to bring him safely back to Earth. Informational text and lesson plan for students in grades 9-12.
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: The Great Cause of Union
Information with lesson plan for grades 9-12 about Abraham Lincoln's presidency focuses on the decisions and political actions he had to make throughout the Civil War.
White House Historical Association
The White House Historical Association: The Presidents
Complete biographies and photos of all past presidents.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: A Life of Service: Nurse Bennett Heritage House
Nurse Myra Grimsley (Bennett) was a nurse in Britain throughout World War I. She came to Newfoundland in 1921 as a volunteer and worked there for over 50 years. She was the only source of medical aid to people living along a...
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Old State House Museum: Arkansas Depression Era Photos
Take a pictorial journey back in time to experience the Great Depression as it occurred for many Arkansas people. Photos of the time create a visual history of the 1930's.
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Old State House Museum: John Barleycorn Must Die: The War Against Drink
The social struggle for and against drink in Arkansas is the focus of this expansive exhibit, including the Temperance and Prohibition Movements. This interactive site is divided into chronological narratives with detailed information...
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Old State House Museum: Arkansas and the u.s. Mexican War
Arkansas's involvement in the U.S. - Mexican War is the focus of this detailed exhibit. The main menu lists a series of relevant topics, each of which opens to provide additional details. Highly recommended!
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Things to Do at Home
Families can come together through games designed to make history something fun and integral to family life. Build a sod house like prairie settlers did in the 1800s. Go back in time to visit five families that lived in the same house...
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: The Decade of Women
In 1992, American voters sent as many new women to Congress as were elected in any previ's liberation movement all played a part in the results of that historic election. Read more about the "Decade of the Women" in this summary.
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Fairbanks House Historical Site, Dedham Massachusetts, 1637 41
At the online home of the Fairbanks House, believed to be the oldest surviving timber frame house in North America, see views of the home's interior and exterior. Learn about the home's architecture and history, how it survived over the...
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Historic Maps: Revolutionary Boston: Old South Meeting House
Uncover what happened the night of the Boston Tea Party in 1773 where a large meeting was held in the Old South Meeting House to decide how to handle the duty taxes being put on tea by the British.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Log School House on the Columbia by Hezekiah Butterworth
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Log School-House on the Columbia by Hezekiah Butterworth (1890), a children's novel about the pioneers of the great northwest.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The House That Jack Built by Randolph Caldecott
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The House that Jack Built by Randolph Caldecott (1890), a picture book of the nursery rhyme.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Victor Berger, 1860 1929
Victor Berger was a Wisconsin Socialist elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and to Congress in the early twentieth century. Berger was a vocal opponent of World War I, which put him into disfavor with the government. Berger...
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Ice House
Click on the links to uncover facts about an ice house found in England in May 2004 by a team of archaeologists. Learn what it was used for and how it worked.
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Maine Historical Society: "Haunted Houses" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Read Longfellow's frequently quoted poem about haunted houses.
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The Titanic Historical Society
This is the official site for The Titanic Historical Society. View pictures of artifacts from the Titanic housed at the museum.
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Chicago Historical Society: Alexander Hesler Climbs the Court House
This resource provides pictures of Chicago from the roof tops.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Philipsburg Manor House
Historic house, water mill, and trading site; at one time, one of the largest slave holdings in the colonial North.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Delaware: Jacob Broom House
Home of constitutional convention delegate Jacob Broom, this historic house is near Brandywine Creek.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Philpse Manor Hall
Historic house museum; Westchester County's oldest standing building.