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The Rural Experience in America


 

Looking for new stories, primary sources, or lesson suggestions?

 

NCHE is pleased to share this curated list of resources gathered to support our programs focused on the rural experience in America. These sites offer historical context, a variety of primary sources for analysis, and suggestions for using differnt types of sources with learners of all ages. 


 

Rural History: The Westward Movement

A Gilder Lehrman Unit

 Website

Crossroads: Changes in American Agriculture

Smithsonian Learning Lab Collection

Website

Teacher Center


National Agriculture in the Classroom

Website

Alphabet Soup: Rural American and the New Deal

Smithsonian Learning Lab Collection 

Website

Rural Life in the Late 19th Century 

Library of Congress Primary Source Set

Website

Rural America After the Civil War


CSPAN Lesson Plan

Website

Farming and the Rural Landscape


An ESRI Geoinquiry

Website

Stories from Main Street


A Smithsonian Podcast

Website

Rural Resources and Publications


National Agricultural Library

 Website

Rural Schools and Hard History

Learning for Justice Webinar

Website

Farming History Timeline

Wessel's Living History Farm

Website

Rural Life in a Moden Age

State Historical Society of Iowa Primary Source Set 

Website

Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Website

Redefining Rural America


A Report Compiled by American Progress

Website

Here and Queer in Rural America


Article from Ms. Magazine

Website

Defining Rural at the U.S. Census Bureau

American Community Survey & Geography Brief
 
Website

Wonder Women of American Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture 


Website

Bringing the World Home


Google Arts & Culture Exhibit from the National Postal Museum
  
Website