Updated on March 9, 2017
These websites give kids the opportunity to learn about and appreciate the varied cultural landscape of the United States. In addition, there are sections for African, Hispanic, and Native Americans. Some sites include lesson plan ideas for teachers.
From site: The National Museum of the American Indian is the sixteenth museum of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native…
From site: In 1787, at a time when slavery was crucial to the prosperity and expansion of New York, the New York African Free School was created by the New York Manumission Society, a group dedicated to advocating for African Americans.…
From Slavery to Civil Rights: A Timeline of African-American History provides a short interactive timeline of key events, along with resources for teachers. Resources targeted to grades 5-12.
From site: The centerpiece of the NMAAHC Museum on the Web are the collected reminiscences of ordinary Americans. These stories, called “memories” are collected as text, images, and audio uploads in the virtual Memory Book where website visitors are encouraged…
From site: Slavery, according to historian and sociologist Orlando Patterson, was social death. This was especially so of the slavery practiced in the United States from its very founding as a colonial empire in 1609, to 1865, when ended the…
From site: The exhibition The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, showcases the incomparable African American collections of the Library of Congress. Displaying more than 240 items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and…
Get a broad overview of African American culture and history with the video portraits and images on this site. Learn more about Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshall, Jimi Hendrix, Oprah Winfrey, and many more.
Click on the interactive map to learn more about selected tribes. Other activities help you to learn about their culture and history. Additional premium features are available for a fee.
From site: SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA is a four-part series documenting the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Drawing…
From site: Take a virtual journey to meet American Indians of the 1830s with artist, ethnologist, and showman George Catlin. This site compiles paintings, historical documents, and commentary from contemporary experts so you can explore the intersections of two cultures,…
From site: This activity explores the role of the buffalo in the lives of the American Indians of the northern plains. For centuries, the American bison–commonly called the buffalo–has been revered by various Native American peoples. The buffalo still plays…
Black Wings tells the story of how one group of Americans overcame enormous obstacles to break into aviation. African Americans shared the universal dream of flight. But for almost 50 years after the Wright brothers historic flight in 1903, racial…
From site: This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These resources illustrate many aspects of life and…
From site: Circle of Stories uses documentary film, photography, artwork and music to honor and explore Native American storytelling… Welcome to the CIRCLE OF STORIES lesson plans. These lessons will allow students to examine the complex and rich oral tradition…
Mrs. Donn provides links to information by tribe and by region. These include activities, Powerpoint presentations and clipart. Great research site for elementary age children.