The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

Newspaper articles that illustrate how benevolent and charitable societies fostered racial solidarity among African Americans in late-nineteenth-century America are provided. Links to these articles can be found on the second page.

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A chapter that explores how white perceptions influence African American identity. Although granted freedom, citizenship, and suffrage by the Civil War amendments, W. E. B. Du Bois explains how the emancipated black person had yet to be...

An article that describes the Utopian factory town George Pullman built for his workers, a statement of the grievances that led them to strike against the company, the Pullman Company's response, and an editorial speculating on the...

This detailed site provides a clear and easy to understand explanation of social groups. It explores the dynamics of social groups, age-based groups, gender-based groups, and common interest groups. Click here to learn more about the way...

Excellent and detailed lesson plan on Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. Discusses and includes higher-level thinking skills such as the desire to belong, with relevance to learners.

An essay that describes the exuberant life of a frontier society with all its corruption, violence, vitality, and opportunity.

Two Protestant clergymen discuss the morality of wealth: William Graham Sumner defends it and the practices that create it, while Walter Rauschenbusch questions its impact on society and calls for its Christianization.

Hawthorne's short story that examines how America has changed in the generation since the Revolution by depicting the growth and challenges faced by a young man in the story.

Four documents establishing black mutual assistance and self-help organizations from the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. A link to each document is provided.

The Black Death caused a radical alteration in population and dramatic changes in society. In this lesson, students will analyze maps, documents, and firsthand accounts to trace the effects of the Black Death in Europe.

Relevant resource on free speech in which students examine how different societies define freedom of expression. Through multi-media sources students look at historical sources as well as current controveries over free speech.

A look at how Copernicus, Descartes, and Newton change the thought process of man! Explore how these men contributed to the scientific revolution and how the revolution changed human knowledge. A biography of these scientists is linked...

Online resource supplying information about status and role in culture. This site explains what status and role are and explores their significance and impact in various cultures.

The Plains Indians had a dynamic society that changed over time. See how the introduction of the horse changed their way of life. Read about their religion, societal structure, housing, and tools. Included are pictures, maps, critical...

Highlights the top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2020. Analysts presented their findings during an IT Symposium. These trends were predicted prior to the societal upheaval caused by the pandemic....

Lesson plan that teaches the roles that jazz music and jazz musicians played in the war effort and that demonstrates the effect that the war had on jazz in America.

In September 1994, Rabaul volcano on the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain erupted. Very few people were killed due to a well designed evacuation plan. Get the details on the planning that saved thousands of lives.

A shoulder blade was recently discovered that belonged to a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees.

In this classroom activity, students research the importance of technologies which contributed to societal advancements throughout history.

This Khan Academy resource provides information about the Presidency of John Quincy Adams, including the successes and conflicts connected to his leadership.