Discover resources and activities for all ages or browse lesson plans and other materials for classroom use.
Educational Resources
Current Opportunities
National History Day Contest
Competition for students grades 6-12. 2020 Theme and workshop information now available. More information and student examples on our National History Day Page.
High School Trivia Contest
The Truman Library High School Trivia Contest will be Monday October 21. The 2019 theme is "Presidential Trivial Pursuit."
Click here for contest information
If you have questions, e-mail mark.adams@nara.gov
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Activities & Lessons
Spy's Dilemma
Step into the shoes of a Soviet spy sent to retrieve top secret documents from Truman's White House. The Spy's Dilemma
Truman Presidential Inquiries
Take a look at ten document-based classroom units created as a collaboration between the Truman Library and Independence School District. Truman Presidential Inquiries
Lesson Plan Database
More than 390 lesson plans created by teachers are now available on the Truman Library Website. Lesson Plan Database
Truman Digital Archives
The Student Research File is currently divided into 55 topics, listed here. Each topic is focused on an event of issue from Truman's life and presidency and contains between 500 and 1500 pages of documents selected from the Truman Library's collections by its archives staff.
Popular Activities
3 Branches of Government
This series of activities allows students to gain basic information about the three branches of government by completing a series of tasks that relate to each branch.
Advise the President Booklets
The Advise the President Series provides teachers an opportunity to bring the deliberation process surrounding these historic decisions to the classroom. Each booklet focuses on a significant topic during the administration of a specific president.
World War I and Wheat Farmers
In this featured lesson plan, students will study the impact of World War I on wheat farmers, learning how a dramatic world event can impact a small sub-set of people. View Lesson Plan.
Document Analysis Worksheets
Teach your students the process of document analysis with this Analyzing Documents tool.
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