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Hands-On Immigration Activities in New York
With over 12 billion documents in the National Archives, our records have countless stories to tell. Even with just three types of documents—a passenger arrival record, census record and a...
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Propaganda Posters and the Common Core
I don’t know if it says something about me, but I have always been fascinated with propaganda posters. When I was in the classroom, I probably spent more time than I had to focusing on the various...
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Vote for our first “Records of Rights” display document!
Today’s post comes from Anna Lewis, social media intern in the Education and Public Programs division. Give your students the chance to make history! We want you AND your students to vote for the first...
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Teachers Digitize Immigration Documents in Washington, DC
Educators from around the country participated in our Primarily Teaching summer institute in Washington, DC, last week. They explored documents in the holdings of the National Archives that were...
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Interns Help Make Newly Digitized Documents Available to Teachers on DocsTeach
Today’s post comes from Sydney Vaile and Marie Pellissier, interns in our Education and Public Programs division. This summer, Primarily Teaching made its way to Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and...
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December Education Programs
Today’s post comes from Renee Rhodes, social media intern in our Education and Public Programs division. The holidays are quickly approaching, followed closely by the end of the year. But we still have...
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National Archives Documents in New iPad App–The New Immigrants: NYC 1880-1924
Over thirty National Archives documents are part of a free educational app for the iPad called the New Immigrants: NYC 1880-1924. Created by the New York City Department of Education (via app...
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Open Registration for Summer Professional Development
We are now accepting applications for Primarily Teaching—our summer institute for educators on using historical documents in the classroom. Learn more and apply online. Summer 2015 workshops will be...
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Summer Programs in DC: Cursive, Immigration, July 4th, Genealogy, Magna Carta...
If you’ll be near Washington, DC, join us for our upcoming programs and professional development opportunities. Magna Carta Family Day Saturday, June 6, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Read the translation from Latin....
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Digitizing Chinese Immigration in Our New Innovation Hub
Teacher Nicole Thornton scans a document in the “Hub” during Primarily Teaching. This past week, we were excited to host our Primarily Teaching summer institute in our new Innovation Hub at the...
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New Chinese Exclusion Act Book and Course!
We’re happy to announce the release of two new learning tools for exploring the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act: “The Chinese Exclusion Act – Researching in the National Archives” can be downloaded...
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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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Primary Sources Show How the Chinese Exclusion Act was Applied
Today’s post comes from Evangel Penumaka, former intern in our Education and Public Programs division. This past summer the National Archives in Washington D.C. digitized many documents related to...
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The French Gift of Lady Liberty
Today we shine a spotlight on a document that gave the United States one of its most famous monuments. On the Fourth of July, 1884, the French People presented this deed of gift to Levi Morton, the...
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Memorable Primary Sources: Teacher-Digitized Documents
Today’s post comes from Kevin Goffard, former intern in our Education and Public Programs division. Earlier this year, we added hundreds of new documents to DocsTeach, thanks to teachers in our...
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Habeas Corpus and a Marriage Photo: Immigration Case Files
Today’s post comes from former education intern Natalie Charamut. She helped research, prepare for, and facilitate our 2015 Primarily Teaching summer institute in Washington, DC. Back in July, teachers...
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Eyewitness Accounts of Anti-Jewish Persecution in Russia in the Early 20th...
A newly digitized immigration file can help students learn about persecution against Jewish people in Russia in the early 1900s, and how it caused a spike in Jewish immigration to the United States....
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Primarily Teaching Summer Workshop for Educators
This summer, join us for one of our Primarily Teaching workshops for educators on using historical documents in the classroom. We’ll conduct research with original documents in the holdings of the...
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Summer Programs Around the National Archives
We have a fun summer planned for both families and educators at our National Archives and Presidential Library locations around the country! July Fourth Come to the home of the Declaration of...
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Picture This – With DocsTeach!
Connect students with historical photos to stimulate creative thinking and writing. Today’s post comes from Ang Reidell, education specialist at the National Archives at Philadelphia. DocsTeach is an...
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