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Jewish Life in America is a rich collection of archival materials and primary sources documenting the history of Jewish settlement and life in the US from colonial times through the mid-twentieth century.
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Jewish Life in America

The archive brings to life the communal and social aspects of Jewish identity and culture, while tracing Jewish involvement in the political life of American society as a whole.
John Smith's Map of Virginia 1624. Detailed description provided in annotation.
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John Smith's Map of Virginia 1624

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World War II Military Situation Map
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World War II Military Situation Map

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Apolitical Intellectuals/ Intelectuales Apolíticos

Otto Rene Castillo wrote the poem “Apolitical Intellectuals” in 1967 in response to the Guatemalan Civil War, which lasted from 1960-1996.

Maria Tallchief dancing with Erik Bruhn, banner reads 7Dance Magazine, July 1961, 75 cents
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Maria Tallchief in Dance Magazine, 1961

This 1961 Dance Magazine cover depicts a photograph of ballet dancers Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn.

Teaching Central America: A Project of Teaching for Change
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Teaching Central America

Teaching Central America provides educational materials for K-12 educators with the goal of centering Central American history and culture in primary and secondary classrooms.
Teaching LGBTQ History website homepage with a collage of images from the archive behind the title.
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Teaching LGBTQ History

Teaching LGBTQ History is an organized and quality social-justice oriented educational resource that provides a wide diversity of adaptable lesson plans and connection to outside community-based and digital online resources.
Girl Museum Logo, Celebrating 15 years, 2009-2014
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Girl Museum

The Girl Museum makes important interventions by placing girlhood more squarely into the teaching of history, literature, culture, and arts on a global scale.
Logo of the National WWII museum
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National World War II Museum

The museum also offers a bank of student resources, primarily research tools such as the yearbook database and Research Starters, a bank of statistics and introductory ma
Logo of the Office of the Historian with the title of the Foreign Relations Series using a background depicting old books.
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The Foreign Relations of the United States Series

The Foreign Relations of the United States series contains the transcriptions of historical documents related to significant official U.S. foreign relations events.