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The first people to to come in contact with what would later be known as "America", arrived about 20,000 years ago and were ancestors to later Native American cultures.

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This collection of recorded interviews documents the stories of people whose lives were shaped by Ellis Island. Passengers, families, immigration officials, military personnel, detainees, and former island employees share their perspectives and relive the moments that formed our collective history. Educational, uplifting, harrowing, and inspiring, these precious cultural artifacts give meaning and texture to our collections.

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Discover | Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

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This collection of recorded interviews documents the stories of people whose lives were shaped by Ellis Island. Passengers, families, immigration officials, military personnel, detainees, and former island employees share their perspectives and relive the moments that formed our collective history. Educational, uplifting, harrowing, and inspiring, these precious cultural artifacts give meaning and texture to our collections.

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Many African Americans were treated as property and forced to work for White people. They were not given freedom or rights although they contributed to the overall progression of the United States.

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Slavery and the Making of America . The Slave Experience: The Family | PBS

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In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) sponsored a federal project dedicated to chronicling the experience of slavery as remembered by former slaves and their descendants. Their stories were recorded and transcribed, and this site presents dozens of select sound recordings and hundreds of transcriptions from the interviews.

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Some states allowed women to vote but it wasn't until the election of 1920 that women were allowed to vote in every state.

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Part of the Vast Billboard Campaign of the Woman's Party. Putting up billboard in Denver-- 1916.

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Summary: Photograph of unidentified woman putting up billboard with bucket and broom. Billboard reads: "'Women of Colorado, you have the vote. Get it for women of the nation by voting against Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic Candidate for Congress. Their party opposes national woman suffrage. The National Woman's Party."

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For a large amount of time, African American children where not allowed to attend the same schools as their White peers.

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MLA - Michals, Debra. "Ruby Bridges." National Women's History Museum. National Women's History Museum, 2015. Date accessed.

Chicago - Michals, Debra. "Ruby Bridges." National Women's History Museum." 2015. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges.

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Trailblazer Ruby Bridges was only six when she advanced the cause of civil rights in November 1960 when she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Learn more about her on womenshistory.org.

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In history, children often did not attend school because they had to work.

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Millie, (about 7 years old) and Mary John (with baby) 8 years old. Both shuck oysters. This is Mary's second year. She said, "I shuck six pots if I don't got the baby; two pots if I got him." (Many of

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DocsTeach is a product of the National Archives education division. Our mission is to engage, educate, and inspire all learners to discover and explore the records of the American people preserved by the National Archives. The National Archives and Records Administration is the nation's record keeper.

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2.H.1
Understand how various sources provide information about the past.
2.H.1.1
Use timelines to show sequencing of events.
2.H.1.2
Identify contributions of historical figures (community, state, nation and world)
through various genres.
2.H.1.3
Compare various interpretations of the same time period using evidence such as photographs and interviews.