Mapping Little Rock HistoryCAHC Exhibit Learn about the effects of urban renewal by exploring thousands of geolocated photographs, reports, and maps of Little Rock. Layer historic maps over a modern one to visualize how the city changed over time. Visit…
Striving for Place: Stories of Vietnamese Refugees in Arkansas
Striving For Place: Stories of Vietnamese Refugees in ArkansasCAHC Exhibit After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, Vietnamese refugees entered the U.S. at Fort Chaffee for resettlement. Dr. Johnye Strickland and her team collected 218 oral histories from these refugees…
Arkansas Primary Source Set
Arkansas Primary Source SetsLesson Plans Grades K-12Explore curated sets of digitized primary sources from CAHC. Topics include: African Americans, Arkansas History, Arts, Biography, Civics and Government, Economics, Geography, Latinos, Literature, Native Americans, Science and Technology, U.S. History, Women, and World History.…
World Services for the Blind: A Story of Success
World Services for the Blind: A Story of SuccessCAHC Exhibit World Services for the Blind (WSB) is a comprehensive rehabilitation center for the adult blind and visually impaired located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Along with life skills, the center specializes…
Victor F. Snyder: The Courage and Commitment for Congress
Victor F. Snyder: The Courage and Commitment for CongressCAHC Exhibit Victor “Vic” Frederick Snyder is a Vietnam veteran, family physician, and lawyer who served as an Arkansas state senator from 1991 to 1996 and as a U.S. Representative for Arkansas’…
Refugiados Cubanos: Last Step to Freedom The Cuban Refugee Crisis in Arkansas
Refugiados Cubanos: Last Step to FreedomStudent Exhibit During a six-month period in 1980, approximately 125,000 Cuban refugees left Cuba in a mass exodus. Almost immediately after refugees arrived, the Jimmy Carter administration opened federal detention centers across the U.S. This…
Character Collection
Character CollectionStudent Exhibit A collection of mini exhibits featuring some of the unique Arkansans found in the archival collections at CAHC. Published February 2022.
Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1979-1980: Citizen Participation in the Political Process
Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1979-1980CAHC Exhibit From 1979 to 1980, Arkansas held its eighth convention to revise the state constitution. The proposed constitution addressed controversial issues such as changes to usury limits, property taxes, and redistricting. Due to numerous challenges, the…
History Alive: Virtually!
History Alive: Virtually!Lesson Plans Grades K-12Explore curated sets of digitized primary sources from CAHC. The sources are organized in ten thematic virtual mini-collections: Agriculture, Arkansas and the World, Arkansas before Statehood, Change over Time, Civil Rights, Civil War and Reconstruction,…
Zero Hour: Arkansas in 1980
Zero Hour: Arkansas in 1980Student Exhibit The year 1980 was a pivotal moment in both American and Arkansas history. Arkansans faced a Titan II missile explosion, clashed over the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, and considered a…
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas
The Civilian Conservation Corps in ArkansasCAHC Exhibit This exhibit features the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Arkansas. Through President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1933 New Deal initiatives, the CCC enrolled millions of unemployed, Depression-stricken men, including thousands of…
Elaine Race Massacre: Red Summer in Arkansas
Elaine Race Massacre: Red Summer in ArkansasCAHC Exhibit The Elaine Race Massacre was the deadliest racial conflict in Arkansas history. A gun incident at a farmers union meeting on September 30, 1919, turned into mob violence and led to the…
Blogging the Digitization of the History of Segregation and Integration of Arkansas’ Education System
Blogging the Digitization of the History of Segregation and Integration of Arkansas’ Education SystemProject Blog This blog documents the digitization of materials related to segregation and integration of Arkansas’ Educational System. Part of the project included the creation of the…
Jim Guy Tucker Papers Project Blog
Jim Guy Tucker Papers Project BlogProject Blog This blog follows the processing of the James Guy Tucker, Jr., Papers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture. Part of the project included the creation…
Mapping Little Rock History Lesson Plans
Mapping Little Rock History Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades K-12Download lesson plans related to urban renewal and race relations in Little Rock. Topics include: Why do Cities Change, How do Transportation Changes affect a City, Exploring the Intersection of Geography and…
Striving for Place Lesson Plans
Striving for Place Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 7-8Download lesson plans and explore sources related to Arkansas and the Vietnam War. Topics include: the Vietnam War’s Effects on Arkansas and Refugee Resettlement at Fort Chaffee. Published June 2024.
Victor F. Snyder Lesson Plans
Victor F. Snyder Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 7-12Download lesson plans related to Victor F. Snyder. Topics include: What Does a congressperson Do?, LGBTQ+ History and Politics, and Central High Desegregation Commemoration. Published September 2022.
World Services for the Blind Lesson Plans
World Services for the Blind Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades K-12Download lesson plans related to World Services for the Blind (WSB). Topics include: the Blind Experience, the Great Depression and New Deal, and Transformations in Minority Groups in Arkansas. Published September…
Arkansas Constitutional Convention Lesson Plans
Arkansas Constitutional Convention Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades K-12Download lesson plans related to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1979-1980. Topics include: Who Were the Delegates?, Preambles Through the Years, Let’s Make Some Changes, Let’s Raise Taxes or Not, and The Ghost…
Civilian Conservation Corps Lesson Plans
Civilian Conservation Corps Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 5-12Download lesson plan related to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) work in Arkansas. Topics include: Environmental Protection, Changes in Geography and Climate, and Human Impact on the Environment. Published October 2019.
Elaine Race Massacre Education Resources
Elaine Race Massacre Education ResourcesLesson Plans Explore primary and secondary sources related to the Elaine Race Massacre. Published September 2019.
Charlie May Simon Lesson Plans
Charlie May Simon Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 3-8Download a lesson plan related to Charlie May Simon. Students will identify attributes of various primary sources from the collection. Published October 2018.
The Road from Hell Lesson Plans
The Road from Hell Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 5-12Download lesson plans, educational resources, and posters related to segregation and integration in Arkansas. Topics include: Desegregation in Arkansas, the Little Rock Nine and the Central High School Crisis, Race Relations in…
Confronting the Crisis Lesson Plans
Confronting the Crisis Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 5-12Download lesson plans, educational resources, and posters related to the Little Rock Central High School Crisis. Topics include: the Little Rock Nine, Daisy Bates, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Lost Year. Published…
Jim Guy Tucker Lesson Plans
Jim Guy Tucker Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 9-12Download lesson plans related to events during Jim Guy Tucker’s political career. Topics include: the Lost Year, Prison Reform, Whitewater, and the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War). Published March 2017.
Arkansas Women’s Suffrage Lesson Plans
Arkansas Women’s Suffrage Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 7-12Download lesson plans related to the women’s suffrage movement in Arkansas. Topics includes: Arkansas-A Feminine Perspective, Votes for Women, and the Ratification of the 19th Amendment. Published February 2017.
No Laughing Matter Lesson Plans
No Laughing Matter Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 7-12Download lesson plans, classroom activities, and drawing sheets related to analyzing political cartoons. Topics include: Political Cartoons about Arkansas and Political Cartoons about World Events. Published November 2016.
As Much as the Water Lesson Plans
As Much as the Water Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 7-12Download lesson plans and activities sheets related to the steamboat in Arkansas. Topics include: How Steamboats Shaped Arkansas and the Sultana Disaster. Published November 2015.
Johnny Cash Lesson Plans
Johnny Cash Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 6-10Download lesson plans related to Johnny Cash. Topics include: The Cotton Belt Railroad, the Great Depression in Arkansas, Native American Rights, Prison Reform, and English/Language Arts. Published April 2016.
Winthrop Rockefeller Education Resources
Winthrop Rockefeller Education ResourcesLesson Plans Download an annotated bibliography and teacher guide related to Winthrop Rockefeller. Published February 2016.
Life Interrupted Lesson Plans
Life Interrupted Lesson PlansLesson Plans Grades 4-12Download lesson plans, educational resources, and posters related to Japanese American internment at the Rohwer and Jerome Relocation Centers. Topics include: Journey Home, the Impact of World War II on Arkansas, Arkansas Delta Geography…