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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) web site for educators is an amazing resource for teacher and students of American history and civics. The site features everything from primary documents (original Brown v. Board of Ed. decision, Washington’s Farewell Address…all the good ones) to lesson plans for different era to interactive online activities.
Discovering Justice is a project, housed at the courthouse in Boston, focused on teaching students about justice and the American justice system. The project offers programs for all age groups, of particular importance are their courthouse tours (and observing court sessions) for all ages and their mock trials and “Arts in the Law”, which teaches legal history through drama, for secondary student
Things Fall Apart is a novel set among the Igbo people in Nigeria during the British colonial period. The book follows Okonkwo, a clan leader and wrestling champion, though personal struggles of courage and masculinity.
“Grave of the Fireflies” is a powerful Japanese anime film set at the end of World War II. Subtitled in English, “Grave of the Fireflies” tells the story of an adolescent boy, Seita, responsible for the care of his younger sister, Setsuko, after his mother is killed in the firebombing of Kobe and their father in service of the Japanese Army.
Database for primary source documents relating to the history of the American South
Blufr: a free, addictive trivia game challenging you to identify statements as true or false. Answer below to get to the next bluf!
Night is an autobiographical work by Elie Wiesel based on his experience, as a young Orthodox Jew, of being sent with his family to the German death camp at Auschwitz, and later to the concentration camp at Buchenwald. (wikipedia)
This documentary is a part of an awesome series of documentaries called POV (Point of View). It tells the story of Benjamin Pule "Lee" Leinaeng, one of the “twelve disciples of Nelson Mandela.” The story is a fascinating account of the way in which a schoolteacher organized a group of twelve young men to form a resistance movement against the apartheid system in South Africa.
History Matters is a website that provides high school and college history teachers with a range of materials for the teaching of United States history through seven key features.