Explore American Flags Throughout History
Smithsonian Institution , United StatesThis is an assortment of photographs from the Photographic History Collection of photographs and photographic objects that include an American flag.
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This is an assortment of photographs from the Photographic History Collection of photographs and photographic objects that include an American flag.
Short oral histories of people connected to Intrepid' s collections , including veterans, a Concorde pilot and the former head of NASA.
First Book and Pizza Hut's Empowering Educators program is a series of free resources designed to support educators in helping their students engage in effective, courageous conversations about race and social justice. We invite you--whether you're an educator, parent, or concerned citizen--to explore the Guidebook on Race & Racism and our digital series. Make yourself […]
Explore objects and archival materials that feature more than 150 years of Presidential history with a Western Pennsylvania connection.
This is the live launch of the Educating for American Democracy initiative.
The intuitive and easy-to-use Citizen You mobile app is designed to foster civic engagement by gamifying everyday civic actions. The FREE app helps bring together citizens of all ages to compete in challenges and earn points for a variety of civic-minded activities including attending local council meetings, helping a neighbor in need, and (most importantly) […]
Are there limits to the types of speech we protect? What happens when a publication threatens national security? How do we keep the practice of one religion from impinging on the rights of others? Americans have debated the boundaries of their First Amendment rights since those rights were delineated in the Constitution.
Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America by Deborah Diesen rhythmically takes you on a journey to the founding of our nation and the establishment of one of our core rights as Americans, the right to vote. Follow the history of how that right has changed over time.
This collection of Educator Resources rely on primary sources to explore different aspects of the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. You can use each of these for your own independent learning or to facilitate group learning.
Imagine radical visions into reality. The 2020 Awakening featured more than 100 billboards by over 85 artists in all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Use this resource to explore one Japanese American family's experience of incarceration during World War II. Utilizing artifacts donated to JANM by the Gihachi Yamashita family, this resource includes an Issei’s reflections while separated from his family along with correspondence between him and his wife and daughters as they reached out to each other through […]
If you had to edit the Declaration of Independence, could you? Would you search for formatting and grammatical errors or would you focus on the content? Maybe you would do both. Of course, once you edit it, you have to give it back to the writer. Are you ready to deal with an angry author?