May: Early Americas—Library of Congress Exhibition

• http://myloc.gov/exhibitions/earlyamericas/Pages/default.aspx

April: Economics/Federal Reserve

• http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/

March: The Civil Rights Movement as seen through California photographers

• http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/subtopic6a.html

February: The Civil War in America "The Valley of the Shadow" website-Primary documents from two communities, one Northern and one Southern. Documents cover the period from Fall 1859 to Fall 1870.

January: Images from Japanese American Internment Camps. Includes photographs, artwork, questions for students, connection to standards.

• http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/subtopic5e.html

November: "To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis" Exhibit at the National Archives. Site has T.V. footage of JFK and a mobile app for ipads with items from the exhibit.

• http://www.archives.gov/nae/visit/gallery.html 
  

October: Election (NARA political cartoon analysis sheet so teachers can use it to analyze political cartoons, both current and past)

• NARA’s cartoon analysis sheet
  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/cartoon_analysis_worksheet.pdf
• A good collection of cartoons for high school students
  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/cartoonamerica/cartoon-political.html

September: The Consitution

• Primary source set and teachers guide from the Library of Congress
  http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/constitution/
• A more focused lesson from the National Archives for grades 4-12
  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-workshop/index.html