Free PreK-12 lesson plans, activities, and resources
A photo tells 1000 words, goes the saying. Photographs can make a time and place more real, especially to today’s students.
With modern digital photography, future historians will have a rich trove of images to work with. One hundred years from now, what will be the definitive photographs of this era?
As you look at these works, think about what snapshots of an American life you would capture in photos today.
This lesson highlights the role and impact of portrait photography during and after the American Civil War. The lesson, which features the American Battlefield Trust's Melissa Winn speaking… learn more
BuzzFeed News has assembled 50 high resolution images showing Black History in America from before the Civil War to the present. Highly recommended. learn more
Offers representative photos for students to replicate the work of historians by sifting and comparing photos for the history of the U.S. between 1880 and 1920. EDC has… learn more
Includes photos and art, literature and historical documents about the Great Depression. learn more
Both the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information and Dorthea Lange document American life during the Great Depression. The photographers used black and white so their work is… learn more