Handout
Other

America's Best History: u.s. Timeline the 1900s

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated timeline of events of the United States, which depicts a time of industrial purpose.
Activity
Other

Water History: The First Five: Brief Overview of the First Reclamation Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Theodore Roosevelt's presidency had a focus on conservation. This site outlines the first five water projects begun in the early 1900s in the western United States that had a great effect on opening up land for agricultural production.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Welcome to All?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson is designed to be taught after an introduction to immigration history or as a culminating activity. This is a hands-on, technology-based lesson that relates a student's individual immigration history to the boom of...
Graphic
Indiana University

Indiana University: Building a Nation: Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs that were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums,...
Website
Other

American Jewish Historical Society: Timeline of American Soviet Jewry Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
In the late 1800's and most of the 1900's countries made many efforts to help Jews in the Soviet Union gain freedom to practice their faith. Countries such as the United States and Israel offered exile to many Jews to escape the...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Touring Turn of the Century America

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains thousands of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company and gives viewers the opportunity to explore America from the period of 1880 to 1920. Images include rural America, city life, men and women at work,...