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Teachable Texts from the National Archives at New York City

The records of the National Archives at New York City reveal many aspects of our history. The educational applications of these primary sources are limitless. In this regularly updated "Teachable Text" feature, a variety of National Archives records will be highlighted to help teachers and students better understand our past. The Teachable Text resources will include a document download, transcription, discussion questions, extension activities, and connections to standards.

If a teacher finds unique and effective ways to use these documents in their classroom and would like to share them with other teachers, please contact christopher.zarr@nara.gov

National History Standards Eras

• Era 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
• Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
• Era 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
  • United States v. William Durell: Violating the Alien and Sedition Acts
• Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
• Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
  • The Union Blockade: Lincoln's Proclamations
• Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
  • Susan B. Anthony and the Struggle for Suffrage
• Era 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
  • Life on the Lower East Side: A Tenement over Time
  • Margaret Sanger: The Woman Rebel
  • Ellis Island's Board of Special Inquiry: Case Study of Katelin Pilljar
  • Food Will Win the War: On the Homefront in World War I
• Era 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
  • Working with Rosie the Riveter: Supervising Women Workers
  • Any Bonds Today: Selling Support for World War II
• Era 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)
  • Bayard Rustin: Railroad to the Freedom Rides
  • Martin Luther King Jr. and the "I Have a Dream Speech" (exhibit)
• Era 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)