| Lives on the Railroad |
| Online exhibit examining the central role railroads played in American life during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Trains carried people, agricultural products, manufactured goods, and the daily mail to all parts of the country. Although railroad travel made long-distance travel possible for anyone who could afford a ticket or catch a “free ride,” Jim Crow laws forced African Americans to ride in segregated train cars while traveling through the South. This is the ninth section of the online exhibition America on the Move. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
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| Living in the Atlantic World 1450-1800 |
| Section of the online exhibit On the Water: Stories from Maritime America focused on the web of maritime connections between Western Europe, Western and Central Africa, and the Americas that made up the Atlantic world. Learn how Atlantic-based trade shaped modern world history and life in America. Topics covered are the tobacco and sugar trades, the Middle Passage and the transatlantic slave trade, and the piracy that plagued the Caribbean Sea and North American coast during this period. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy |
| Online exhibit presenting portraits and a biography of jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong. |
| Provider: National Portrait Gallery |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Meet Our Museum Podcast: The Sioux City Ghosts |
| Podcast discussing the Sioux City Ghosts, an African American travelling baseball team and swing band from the 1930s. The Teacher's Guide includes links to the podcast in two formats and related images. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
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| My People, Our People |
| Teacher resource combining activity and discussion exercises with sculpture, painting, poetry, and music of African American artists. |
| Provider: Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): PreK–3, 4–8, 9–12 |
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| New Visions: Emerging Trends in African American Art |
| Printable exhibition guide highlighting the work of eight contemporary artists. Includes bios and samples of the work. |
| Provider: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12, General audience |
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| Oh Freedom! Teaching African American Civil Rights through American Art at the Smithsonian |
| Interactive website that offers fresh ways of teaching about the Civil Rights Movement by making connections between history and art. It includes nearly 40 artworks, from a 1908 portrait of Booker T. Washington to the “Hope” portrait of President Obama. Web 2.0 tools bring teachers together to discuss the materials and to share lesson plans and activities. |
| Provider: Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Save Our African American Treasures: Protecting Family History |
| Lesson plan explores what can be learned from everyday objects. Students discuss the importance of protecting historical objects and learn how to preserve their own family items, such as photographs and documents. |
| Provider: National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8 |
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| See for Yourself |
| Young children´s guide to the Free within Ourselves exhibition giving pointers for looking at and interpreting artwork. |
| Provider: Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): PreK–3, 4–8 |
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| Segregated America |
| Online exhibit showing how racism, manifested in social attitudes and policies such as Jim Crow laws and poll taxes, led to the Plessy v. Ferguson case legalizing segregation. Segregated America is the first section of the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education. Targets grades 6-12. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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