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…
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.
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,…
Charlie May Simon: Pushing Against the Stream of Time
Charlie May Simon: Pushing Against the Stream of TimeCAHC Exhibit Charlie May Simon is one of the more notable figures in 20th-century Arkansas literature. She was an award-winning author who wrote children’s literature, autobiographies, and biographies. Published October 2018 /…
No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoons and the Arkansas Historical Perspective
No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoons and the Arkansas Historical PerspectiveCAHC Exhibit This exhibit examines the interaction of politics and history in Arkansas through a selection of original works by Arkansas political cartoonists Jon Kennedy (Arkansas Democrat, 1941-1988) and Bill Graham…
Johnny Cash: Arkansas Icon
Johnny Cash: Arkansas IconCAHC Exhibit Johnny Cash was an American country singer-songwriter. This exhibit explores Cash’s Arkansas connections from his 1930s childhood in Dyess, Arkansas, through his comeback at the turn of the 21st century. Special emphasis is placed on…
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.
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.
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.
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.