This project is designed to help teachers more easily integrate the use of primary source materials into their classrooms. Each unit contains background information for the teacher and is made up of several lessons. The lessons contain learning objectives, suggested activities, and documents. Documents are reproduced in the original form and transcribed when necessary. Primary source materials may be printed and reproduced for classroom use. Lessons can be used without modification, adapted for specific class use, or entire new lessons and activities may be created based on the primary source materials provided.

The Alabama Moments Project provides supplementary curriculum materials for the 1998 Alabama Course of Study for the integration of Alabama history in the tenth and eleventh grade U.S. history courses.

Gregg LeFevre and Jennifer Andrews, with the assistance of Jose Marti and Bill Muller, and Mary Walton Upchurch, Landscape Architect, Inc., developed the final presentation of the Bronze Map. Images on the Bronze Map were chosen by ADAH staff from a list of images suggested by Alabamians from across the state. The map was commissioned by an anonymous donor in memory of Isidor Weil. It was dedicated December 14, 2006.

Periodically, an educators newsletter with information about the Archives and our programs will be electronically published and emailed. As a part of this information, a primary source document selected from our collection and suggested class activities that are aligned with the Alabama Course of Study for Social Studies will accompany the newsletter.

Over the years, the Education Section at the Alabama Department of Archives and History has developed special Activity Sheets. Activity Sheets may include Alabama trivia, crossword puzzles, facts on First Ladies of Alabama, etc.

These sheets have been available for young and old visitors to the Archives when they visit the Hands On Gallery. Teachers have requested that this information be made available from the Archives web site. Teachers and students alike will enjoy using these Activity Sheets. For best result, print a copy of the sheets for more enjoyment in using them.

Guests to the Alabama Department of Archives and History’s museum galleries who visit without benefit of a guided tour can learn more by using a Gallery Guide. The guides provide background information about the museum galleries at the Archives. You can use the prepared questions and answers to learn more through a self-test. Print copies of the guides, and prepare yourself before your visit!

Hundreds of links to other websites with information about topics in Alabama history.

Online teacher resources, including lesson plans, encyclopedias, periodicals, and links to other sites.

A list of items available at the Friends of the Alabama Archives gift shop: posters, maps, paperdolls, toy soldiers, books, T-shirts and much more.