Multimedia Resources
Own Your History® offers a series of multi-faceted resources suitable for classrooms, after-school activities, enrichment programs, adult learning, book clubs, etc.
We have in-depth Multimedia Resources on nine OYH topics. Each is in a one-page format, with links to wide-ranging articles & videos. They reflect the diverse participants & complexities in American history we all need to know. Each resource is well-suited for group consideration & discussion, as well as individual exploration.
All of these resource pages, except “America the Divided: Democracy, Protest and Extremism Since 1900,” coordinate with OYHL school modules. OYH does not charge for non-commercial use of its programs. All OYH materials are available under a Creative Commons license, here.
America the Divided: Democracy, Protest and Extremism Since 1900
USA-American-Flag-Cracked, 2017, pixabay.com
Health Crises and Health Inequities in the US: 1900-Present
Women streetcar conductors in New York City during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
A Nation of Immigrants: Past, Present, Future
Decorative world map, circa 2018
American Women, 1848 to Present: Ownership, Leadership, and Rights
Women suffragists picketing the White House, 1917
LGBTQ+ Americans: The Experience of Difference
Banner in the Fifth Annual Gay Pride Day march (Gay Liberation Day), New York City, June 30, 1974.
American Apartheid: Segregation Outside the South (1920-1960)
“Residential security" map of Philadelphia, classifying neighborhoods by estimated riskiness of mortgage loans, federal Home Owners Loan Corp., 1936.
Civil Rights in the New Deal
Marian Anderson performing at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Easter Sunday, 1939.
Civil Rights Leadership in the 1960s
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, March 26, 1964.
Cesar Chavez & La Causa: The 1960s Movement for Farmworker Dignity
Mural of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, West Jordan, Utah, by Miguel Galaz. Photographer: Gary Whitton, 2016.