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Free lesson plans, primary sources, and virtual field trips from national parks and historic sites, covering history, science, and civics. Includes the Teaching with Historic Places series.

Free interactive text of the U.S. Constitution, with essays from scholars across the political spectrum explaining each clause and where interpretations differ.

The National Archives' free teaching site with thousands of primary source documents, ready-made activities, and tools for building your own document-based lessons.

Free primary sources, lesson plans, essays, and videos on American history for teachers and students, drawn from a major collection of historical documents.

Free library of tens of thousands of public-domain ebooks and classic literature, readable online or downloadable with no account. Teachers can assign full texts without cost for literature and…

Free classroom materials from the Library of Congress, including primary source sets, teacher-created lesson plans, and guides for analyzing primary sources. Helps teachers bring historical…

EDSITEment, a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, provides free, high-quality humanities education resources for K-12 teachers and students. It offers a vast collection of lesson…

Learn With Us from the National Geographic Society offers a rich collection of educational opportunities designed to ignite curiosity and foster a deep understanding of our planet and its diverse…

"History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web" is an extensive online resource crafted to support educators in teaching U.S. history from K-12 through college levels. It provides a rich array…

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) offers educators and students free access to millions of items from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. This extensive collection…

Smithsonian Learning Lab offers an expansive platform for teachers to access millions of digital artifacts, recordings, and texts from across the Smithsonian’s museums and research centers. Educators…