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Join us at NCSS!
The 95th National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference starts next month in New Orleans. Please join us for the following sessions: Amending America: Some Assembly Required The Bill...
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A Primary Source Transcription Mission!
Food substitutions for meatless and wheatless meals, 12/18/1917. From the Records of the U.S. Food Administration. National Archives Identifier 20737679. This summer teachers in our Primarily Teaching...
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Permission to “Take it to the Streets”
This is the first post in our new series on the Bill of Rights. We will highlight primary sources selected to help students explore core concepts found within the Bill of Rights, and how they’ve...
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Ready. Set. Transcribe!
Our goal is to transcribe 2,000 pages next week! We invite teachers, students, and all “citizen archivists” to help us make the primary source documents in our holdings more accessible by transcribing...
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Freedom of the Press Under Stress
This post is part of our series on the Bill of Rights. We’re highlighting primary sources selected to help students explore core concepts found within the Bill of Rights, and how they’ve impacted...
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New eBook and Lesson: Representing Congress
The new eBook Representing Congress: Clifford K. Berryman’s Political Cartoons presents a selection of cartoons to engage students in a discussion of what Congress is, how it works, and what it does....
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Introducing the Newly Redesigned DocsTeach.org
Our popular teaching website, DocsTeach.org has a new look and updated features! Click to view slideshow. At its core, DocsTeach is very much the same site. You can still find thousands of primary...
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The American Democracy Collection: Telling the story of Presidential Elections
This post originally appeared on our sister blog NARAtions. From political campaigns to conventions, from constitutional amendments to landmark documents, the holdings of the National Archives document...
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WWI App Coming Soon, with Help from Educators
Today’s post comes from Kerri Young, engagement manager at Historypin, and Kimberlee Ried, public programs specialist at the National Archives at Kansas City. The National Archives has teamed with...
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Educator Open House in Washington, DC
PDF flyer If you’ll be in the DC area on Thursday, September 22, join us for our annual educator open house from 5:30–7:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served. You can enjoy a special after-hours...
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