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Bring History to Life

Help Students Form a Connection to the Past.

DocsTeach For Teachers, Students, and History Explorers

Access thousands of primary sources  — letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, videos, and other document types — spanning the course of American history. Borrow from an ever-expanding collection of document-based activities from the National Archives holdings by teachers around the U.S. and the world. Copy and modify activities for your students.

DocsTeach by the Numbers

62,914

registered members and growing...

294

activities available for visitors

400

activities available for members

13,632

primary source documents available

Create your own activities using the online tools

It’s as simple as:

  1. Selecting a tool
  2. Choosing your primary sources
  3. Customizing instructions
A new and improved DocsTeach was launched on 9/4/2025. Educational activities created on the previous DocsTeach website that have not already been migrated to the new website will be permanently deleted on 1/31/2026. If you created or used an educational activity in your classroom from the previous website and haven't migrated it over to the upgraded DocsTeach, please contact us at docsteach@archivesfoundation.org. We can assist in transferring the data from the previous website to the current DocsTeach.
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