In this famous leaders learning exercise, students read a passage about John McCain and then complete a variety of activities including spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and scrambled sentences.  

Students investigate issues of race in the military by examining current and historic examples.

Students analyze information about World War I and the Death at Sea historical event. In this World War I lesson, students analyze the documents from the National Archives to analyze the Jutland situation.

Students study airforce aircraft.  In this investigative lesson students discuss an article they read and divide into groups and design three different combat or peacekeeping situations. 

This thematic unit uses USS Constitution (nicknamed 'Old Ironsides') as a vehicle to explore a wide range of disciplines including language arts, reading, math, science, art, and social studies. Skills covered in the unit include...

The original US Naval Observatory, current home of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; closed to the public.

A radio story describing the development of the newest technology in telescopes based on an old idea. Images of the 80-acre interferometer are shown on the site.

Who Was Known As the Father of Texas? Who Was Known As the Yellow Rose of Texas? This resource identifies a selection of famous people from Texas history, and provides a biography for each.

This is a collection of American flags in color with a description of their reason for existence. Very appealing site.

The Library of Congress site profiles 26 American patriotic songs with commentary, supporting visual material, and recordings of "America the Beautiful," "Fanfare for the Common Man" and the like.