“A" Loathsome Prison:” Slave Trading in Antebellum Alexandria
The Franklin and Armfield Slave Pen, 1315 Duke Street

America’s First Sit-Down Strike: The 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-In
The Robinson Library, 902 Wythe Street
The Barrett Branch Library, 717 Queen Street

Creating a More Perfect Community
Alexandria City Public Schools
"Creating a More Perfect Community" is a Teaching American History grant awarded to Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) and funded by the United States Department of Education. This three-year project (2004-2006) is a partnership between ACPS, George Mason University's Center for History and New Media and Department of History and Art History, the Office of Historic Alexandria, and Northern Virginia Community College.

Elementary School:

A Look at Virginians During Reconstruction The Rise and Fall of Reconstruction in Virginia Desegregation and Massive Resistance in Virginia

Middle School:

Reconstruction

High School:

Civil War and Reconstruction

Windows to the Past
Office of Historic Alexandria "Windows to the Past" was produced in 1997 as part of "It's Our Town," funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, was a partnership between six Alexandria museums and the Alexandria City Public Schools.

Teaching with Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
Teaching with Historic Places uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. A number of lessons relate to African American history.