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American History Teacher Resources

Study the people, politics, and events that comprise America's rich history – from colonial times to the twenty-first century – using the teaching resources below. You will find American Revolution printables, Civil War lesson plans, presidential quizzes, suffrage references, and much more! Native-American crafts, patriotic songs, reading passages, and stock market activities make it easy to incorporate U.S. history across your curriculum.
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Leaders in Women's Suffrage Movement
Virtual Field Trip of Underground Railroad in New Bedford, MA
Favorite July 4th Activities Slideshow
Favorite Flag Day Activities Slideshow
Presidents' Day Printables Slideshow (Grades 4-8)
Presidents' Day Printables Slideshow (Grades 1-3)
Favorite Women's History Month Activities Slideshow
Printables for Grades K-2
Martin Luther King Jr Coloring Page
I Have a Dream: Drawing Activity
The First Inauguration Little Book
MLK Jr. Coloring Page
Rosa Parks Coloring Page
Martin Luther King Jr. & Your Dreams
Presidents' Day Printable Book (Grades 1-3)
More Popular American History Printables
Printables for Grades 3 & 4
Martin Luther King Jr. Story Starter
Postage Stamps for Heroes
Black History Printable Book (K-5)
Presidents' Day Printable Book (Grades 4-8)
All About the Boston Tea Party
George Washington Carver Little Book
The Pledge of Allegiance
More Popular American History Printables
Printables for Grades 5-8
Martin Luther King Jr. Questions
Black History Printable Book (6-12)
My Brother Sam Is Dead Test A
Who's in the News Bulletin Board
Overview of the 1920s
My Brother Sam Is Dead Answer Key
Sarah Boone Coloring Page
More Popular American History Printables
Printables for Grades 9-12
The Controversy Over Nuclear Weapons
Fever 1793 Teacher's Guide
Columbus's First Voyage to the New World
Columbus Discovers a New World
Music Truths: I Cannot Tell a Lie
Slaughterhouse-Five Questions
All-Bright Court and Imani All Mine Reader's Guide
More Popular American History Printables
Lesson Plans
Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights Leader
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
Influencing Others in Our World
The Underground Railroad
Ellis Island
Classroom Lincoln-Douglas Debate
The Declaration of Independence & Your Own Rights
More Popular American History Lesson Plans
Quizzes
Martin Luther King Word Scramble
Constitution and the Bill of Rights Quiz
The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. Quiz
All About Martin Luther King, Jr. Quiz
Native Americans Quiz
Abraham Lincoln's Life Quiz (Advanced Level)
Asian-American History Quiz
More American History Quizzes
Bulletin Board Ideas
American Flag Bulletin Board
Who's in the News Bulletin Board -- Teacher Preview
Educational Technology Resources
Oregon Trail
A Day in the Life of Colonial America
Life on the Prairie
The Dust Bowl Worksheet
The Era of Thomas Jefferson
Colonial America Kaleidoscope
Life on the Prairie Worksheet
More Educational Technology for American History
Puzzles & Games
17th-Century Pastimes and Sports
The Original Thirteen States I
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Columbus's Discovery Maze
Citizenship Word Search
Olympics and Politics
The Blue and the Gray
More American History Puzzles & Games
References
History of Presidential Inaugurations
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life
Christopher Columbus Facts
North and South American New Year Celebrations
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Inaugural Address
William Jefferson Clinton's First Inaugural Address
More Popular American History References
Art & American History Connected
Native American Indian Crafts
Paper Weaving Instruction Sheet
Abraham Lincoln Coloring Page
Multicultural Statue of Liberty
Designing a Quilt Pattern
Paper Weavings
Patriotic Book
More American History Art Activities
Music, Drama, & American History Connected
Follow the Drinking Gourd Song
The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll
"Yankee Doodle" Measure Mix-Up
Dot the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
The Barnum & Bailey Circus
Oscar Night
Woodstock Music Festival
More Music & Drama Activities for American History
Mathematics & American History Connected
Bank Information
Patriotic Holidays
Columbus Day - Four Voyages
Quotations by Famous Presidents
Understanding the Stock Market
Presidents' Day Problems
Get Ready to Sail
More American History Activities for Math Class
Science & American History Connected
The Dust Bowl
Dr. Mae Jemison
The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918
The Mystery of DNA
Make a Dried Bouquet
Disaster in the Air
Space Shuttles
More American History Activities for Science Class
Literature Resources for U.S. History
My Brother Sam Is Dead
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Across Five Aprils Discussion Guide
1920's Written and Oral Report Ideas
Pedro's Journal
Homesick: My Own Story
More Popular Literature Resources for U.S. History
U.S. History Activities for Language Arts
Setting the Stage for the American Revolution Worksheet
Martin Luther King Jr. Alphabetizing
All About Early Explorers
Of Plymouth Plantation
Colonial Times: Heritage Handwriting
My Brother Sam Is Dead Mapping Activity
A Pilgrim Conversation
More Popular U.S. History Activities for Language Arts
Black History Month Resources
Indentured Servants' Experiences 1600-1700
The Struggle Against Segregation
Triangular Trade in the Atlantic Ocean
Timeline of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
The Underground Railroad Worksheet
American History Activities
All About Martin Luther King Jr. Quiz
More Black History Month – Teacher Resources
Native-American History Resources
Indians and Pilgrims
Sacagawea
Reading Warm-Up 19 for Gr. 3 & 4: Biography
Thanksgiving Fact Sheet
Native American Culture Groups
The Earliest Americans and Eastern Woodlands Indians Answer Key
Indian Pudding
More Native Americans - Teacher Resources
U.S. Women's History Resources
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Readers Theater Script: Little House on the Prairie
Readers Theater Script: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
U.S. Women's Firsts
Amendments to the Constitution: Voting
Betsy Ross Little Book
More Women's History – Teacher Resources
Colonial Times in America
American Revolution Books by Jean Fritz
Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons)
Pilgrim Fact Cards
William Bradford's Mayflower Passenger List
A Day in the Life of Colonial America Worksheet
Learn About Paul Revere
Birth of America Printable Book (4-8)
More Colonial Times Teacher Resources
American Revolution Resources
Boston Tea Party
Articles of Confederation
The American Revolution
The King's M & M's
Setting the Stage for the American Revolution
Colonial Times – Everyday Things
My Brother Sam Is Dead Test C
More Popular American Revolution Resources
Constitutional History
Is It Constitutional? Worksheet
The Constitutional Convention and Preamble
Is It Constitutional?
Consensus
Compromise
The Nineteenth Amendment
Iroquois Confederacy: Seed for the U.S. Constitution
More U.S. Constitution Resources for Teachers
U.S. Civil War Resources
Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Procedure
Chronology of Conscription in the U.S. -- Colonial Era to 1999
The Red Badge of Courage
Readers Theater Script: The Drinking Gourd
Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Assessment
Frederick Douglass
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
More Popular U.S. Civil War Resources
Twentieth-Century American History
1920's Timeline
Hiroshima
The Struggle Against Segregation Worksheet
Muckraker's Cake
About the Great Depression
Famous Firsts: 1940s
Hiroshima: Synopsis, Ideas, and Writing Connections
More Twentieth Century—Teacher Resources
American History Biographies
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Analogies
Alice Stone Blackwell
Carrie Chapman Catt
Crispus Attucks
Abolitionists Working Together
Hiroshima: Questions to Consider
More Biographies – Teacher Resources
U.S. Speeches & Addresses
George Washington's First Inaugural Address
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Third Inaugural Address
Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address
Women Abolitionists -- Poem and Speech
Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience
Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society Speech
Sojourner Truth - Biography
More U.S. Speeches & Addresses
U.S. Monuments & Landmarks
Statue of Liberty Activities
National Cemeteries
The Golden Gate Bridge
Monumental Bingo
The Statue of Liberty's History
54th Regiment Memorial
The Mount Rushmore Story
More U.S. Monuments & Landmarks
Historic U.S. Buildings & Sites
Ellis Island Worksheet
Harriet Tubman Memorial
Ellis Island Vocabulary
Site of the Boston Massacre
Angel Island Five W's Worksheet
Ellis Island Rubric
African Meeting House/Abiel Smith School
More Historic U.S. Buildings & Sites
Government Resources for U.S. History
Know the Presidents
U.S. President: Facts
The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments
Presidential Events Crossword Puzzle I
Mock Election Ideas for the Classroom
American Indians Today
Origin of U.S. State Names
More Popular Government Resources for U.S. History
History Resources for U.S. Elections
Women and the Vote Worksheet
Women and the Vote
Frances Elizabeth Willard
Anna Howard Shaw
Mary Church Terrell
Lucy Stone
Paulina Wright Davis
More Popular History Resources for Elections
U.S. History Activities for Presidents' Day
Presidential Trivia Crossword Puzzles: Printable Book (4-8)
Star Design
Presidents' Day Worksheets
Log Cabin Pattern
Jean Fritz's American History Books
President Warren Gamaliel Harding Biography
Emancipation Proclamation
More Popular Presidents' Day Activities for U.S. History
U.S. History Activities for Memorial Day
My Brother Sam Is Dead Projects
My Brother Sam Is Dead Test B
Patriotic Hat
Betsy Ross Flag Company
Vietnam War Student Project
Patriotic Songs
Patriotic Shield
More U.S. History Activities for Memorial Day
Independence Day History Resources
Declaration of Independence
Thirteen Original Colonies -- Secret Code
Born on the 4th of July
History of the American Flag
The Early Congresses
July 4th Trivia
The Story Behind the Fourth of July
More Popular Independence Day History Resources
U.S. History Resources for Veterans Day
The Story of the "Star-Spangled Banner"
The Selective Service System
Slaughterhouse-Five Synopsis
American Patriotic Pencil Wrap
Three Famous Americans in the Civil War
More Popular Veterans Day Resources for History
Physical Education & American History Connected
More Popular History Resources for Physical Education
Additional American History Resources
Asian-Pacific-American History – Teacher Resources
Explorers – Teacher Resources
Popular Creative Writing Activities for History
Popular Geography Resources for History Class
Popular Historical Fiction Resources
Popular States Resources for History Class
U.S. Presidency Resources
U.S. Presidents' Biographies
Virtual Field Trip: Black History in Boston
World War I Teacher Resources
World War II Teacher Resources

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