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This lesson plan explores how the reintroduction of buffalo to the Native peoples helps them reclaim their identity, culture, and traditions. Tribes have an inherent right to reintroduce and manage buffalo on their reservations to preserve their way of life.

Your students will learn about winter counts, which are a pictographic record of historical events for a tiospaye (community). Many Plains Indians used the winter count to preserve history. Significant events are recorded for future generations. During this lesson, your students will create a class winter count, learn about nature dyes, and compare their drawings to original images.

HOMEFRONT: SOUTH DAKOTA STORIES is a World War II oral history collection that follows the theme of “What was it like for you?” WWII Veterans shared their stories with us, and we are honored to share them with you.

In this lesson plan, your students will learn about how the Japanese military sent thousands of large balloons toward the United States during WWII. They used air currents to move the balloons from Japan to the shores of the United States. The balloons carried bombs and fire-starting devices. Your students will learn about one such device found in rural South Dakota.

The Williamsburg Bray School, founded in 1760, is the oldest surviving building built to educate Black children in America. Its lessons reveal deep contradictions—teaching skills and faith while reinforcing enslavement. Today, the school stands as a site of resilience, memory, and critical reflection on America’s complex history. Discover Hampton Roads’ unsung heroes whose actions helped spark the American Revolution.

NWPB traveled across Washington state to ask everyday people what the American Revolution—and America today—mean to them. Released to accompany the new documentary series, The American Revolution, this short documentary invites viewers interested in history, politics, and community to explore how “We the People” define America—its food, its freedoms, its contradictions, and its promise.

Anthony Veliz, a fifth-generation Oregonian, shares his family's connection to Colegio César Chávez—the first accredited Chicano college in the U.S. founded in Mt. Angel, Oregon—and how it inspired his mission of educational reform.

By Parties Unknown explores the story of the violent lynching of four Black men in Russellville, Kentucky in 1908 after they were singled...

Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom is a documentary by award-winning director, Ya’Ke Smith that invites viewers into the story of Juneteenth –...

Developed by Nebraska Public Media, Civics Scribble is a line-drawing puzzle game that challenges players to flex their U.S. civics knowledge. Navigate 96 unique levels in a fun, retro-meets-modern game experience.

This film documents the historical context of textiles used in activism, and the remarkable process of this relevant nationwide public...

Experience U.S. history through the eyes of peers from the past with Mission US, WNET's free, award-winning interactive gaming series...

An interactive site with a forward mission: where one can play as a character moving to a brand new school, 16 year old Verna Baker, that...