National Museum of American History Online Exhibits

Last week, NPR featured a story about the reopening of the National Museum of American History after an $85 million renovation. My first thought was how I'd love to hope a flight to D.C. and experience it first hand, but then the reality of the current economic crisis (and personal and professional budget limits) prompted me to do the next best thing: check out their online exhibits.

Of the 53 exhibits, the following seem like they might be the most relevant to your local curriculum. These also appear to all have linked educational materials and resources. See the entire list of exhibits here or at the individual links below:

A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution

Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life

America on the Move (transportation)

The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

America's New Birth of Freedom: Documents from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820–Present

Edison Invents: All About Thomas Edison and His Inventions

The Gettysburg Address

Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings

Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970–1974

Produce for Victory: Posters on the Home Front, 1941–1945

Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education

The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag That Inspired the National Anthem

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

Within These Walls . . . (historic home in Mass.)