This collection uses primary sources to explain the early exploration of the Americas.

A collection uses primary sources to explore the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A look into the history of the Americas from the beginning of time to 1620. Learn about the American Indians, imperial rivalries, and exploration with resources from this page.

A collection of primary sources to explore the motivations and realities behind life in the American colonies.

This American Memory site documents the discovery and exploration of the Americas with both manuscripts and published maps, many of which date from the European Age of Discovery. The site includes 22 map titles and descriptions, as well...

This collection uses primary sources to explore The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the impact of women blues performers.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Woman ideal.

A collection uses primary sources to explore the construction of the Panama Canal.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the secession of southern states from the United States prior to the Civil War.

A collection of primary source material from the modern age, explores the 1920s and how it relates to today. Section includes introductory notes, classroom discussion questions, and supplemental links to related resources.

Primary source material on European presence in North America between 1492 and 1690 covers the topics of contact, exploration, settlement, permanence, and power. Includes notes and discussion questions.

This collection of primary sources explores the introduction of electric power to the United States.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the 1925 Scopes Trial.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the impact of television on news media.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Great Migration.

An on-line exhibit displaying copies of Columbus' journals, other writings about his voyages and findings, as well as information and artifacts of the Taino, the Native Americans Columbus encountered on San Salvador.

This primary source set includes photographs, documents, maps, and footage that can be used to explore the stories of environmental issues, political struggle, and human labor that built the Panama Canal.

This collection uses primary sources to explore blackface minstrelsy in modern America.

Primary resource material on post-Revolution America, 1789-1820, which explores the topic of religion and national identity in the early republic. Includes questions for discussion and links to supplemental material.

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

This exhibition explores the Gold Rush, a group of related gold rushes to Western territories in the second half of the nineteenth century, and its impact on American history and culture.

Over thirty primary sources explore the American Revolution covering the topics of early republican life, religion, politics, expansion, and equality. Includes notes and discussion questions.

This collection uses primary sources to explore visual art during the Harlem Renaissance.