Dr. Matthew Pinsker talks about the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth and the military tribunal and execution of his co-conspirators.

Six videos to get you and your students ready to give a speech.

Students learn how to annotate historical speeches for deeper understanding.

Students explore perspective and its role in their understanding of history. Students also develop and demonstrate narrative writing skills.

Students learn about Confederate monuments and the recent push to remove them, using New Orleans as an example.

Engage your students in a Socratic Seminar-style group discussion about the cause and inevitability of the American Civil War.

Students use primary sources to understand different points of view about Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

In this lesson, students will learn about the origins of Afrofuturism and how The Wiz plays a vital role in American art and history.

In this video from the Ford's Theatre Museum, learn about the challenges that faced President Abraham Lincoln as he arrived in Washington.

In this video from the Ford's Theatre Museum, learn about how President Abraham Lincoln dealt with the secession of southern states in 1861.