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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Power of Propaganda in World War Ii: Wartime Propaganda

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson, students use primary sources, including posters, documents, artifacts from The International Museum of World War II, and videos, to examine how and why propaganda was used by combatant nations with such...
Primary
Other

Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Strangers in the Land of Strangers

For Students 9th - 10th
Uses primary source documents and images to trace the evolving concept of what it means to be American, from the Revolution through the civil rights era.
Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Coming to California [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Detailed lesson plan that uses primary sources to help students learn about the people of California from pre-Columbian times to the Mexican rancho periods.
Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Jim Crow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use primary documents and images to discover the ways state and local governments restricted the newly gained freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War. Compare, contrast, and analyze post-war legislation, court decisions...
Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Tyler Anbinder, "Moving Beyond Rags to Riches: Lost Stories"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on a new website, "Moving Beyond 'Rags to Riches': Using Digital History to Uncover the Lost Stories of New York's Irish Famine Immigrants," which provides students and scholars with easy access to thousands of...
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Homestead Strike

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, and photographs to tell the story of the Homestead Strike.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Golden Age of Broadway

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, recordings, and photographs to tell the story of the "golden age" of Broadway.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Pop Art in the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, and photographs to tell the story of the history of pop art.
Website
Other

Australian National University: Introductions to Marxism

For Students 9th - 10th
A useful collection of links to "Classical Marxism" texts. Most of the links lead to substantial readings from primary sources.

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