United States v. Wong Kim Ark - Wikiwand
How many teachers know that birth citizenship under the 14th Amendment was not established for Asian Americans until 1898?
10: Industrializing Society
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
Instead of describing to students what "Jim Crow" looked like - why not have them look at it themselves?
Thomas Carlyle's "Signs of the Times"
Those of us in the 21st century are no strangers to fears of technology - especially artificial intelligence, The complaints about technology in this 1829 article suggest that "modern" is in the eye of the beholder. Every generation might feel that they have experienced the most change ever and they'd be right
Pessimists Archive
Newspaper headlines and excerpts from articles voicing fears and complaints about the telephone. Great way to show students the reception of new technology at different points in history. What does this tell us about what people thought about the telephone - does this help us understand reactions to new technology today?
Are We Living in the Gilded Age 2.0 ?
Essay by Edward O'Donnell
Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war | TED Talk
Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people -- appalling, and largely ignored -- compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson.
Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth (June 1889) | The American Yawp Reader
Concise excerpt for inclusion in a lesson - what would Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk say about Carnegie's opinion?
The Crash at Crush – A Crazy Publicity Stunt Turned Deadly - Texas Proud
Teachers who know about early 2000s TV show "Jackass" might be interested to know that Americans have enjoyed such entertainment for more than a century. How much money could be made from driving two 35 ton locomotives at 120 MPH directly into each other? How do you explain two spectators dying from shrapnel?