This activity is designed to accompany the contextual essay “Assembling, Amplifying, and Ascending: Recent Trends Among Women in Congress, 1977–2006,” from the Women in Congress website, history.house. gov/exhibition-and-publications/wic/women-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the women who served in Congress from 1977 to 2006. Students are encouraged to analyze the role women Representatives and Senators played in Congress during this era, as well as the ways in which they may have changed the institution.

This activity is designed to accompany the Black Americans in Congress website, history.house.gov/ exhibitions-and-publications/baic/black-americans-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to analyze historical photographs associated with Black Americans who served in Congress and with the history of civil rights in the United States. Students are encouraged to think more about the role historical photographs can play in the study of past events and people.

This activity is designed to accompany the Artifacts section of the Black Americans in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibitions-and-publications/baic/artifacts/artifacts/. Students have the opportunity to analyze artifacts associated with Black Americans who served in Congress. Students are encouraged to think about how artifacts can be used in the study of past events and people.

This activity is designed to accompany the Black Americans in Congress website, history.house.gov/ exhibitions-and-publications/baic/black-americans-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to analyze
a series of statements made by Black Americans who served in Congress. Students are encouraged to think about the role that quotations can play in the study of history. (Citations for the quotation exercise used in this activity appear in the “Historical Quotations” document.)

This activity is designed to accompany the contextual essay “A Changing of the Guard: Traditionalist, Feminist, and the New Face of Women in Congress, 1955–1976,” from the Women in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibition-and-publications/wic/women-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the women who served in Congress from 1955 to 1976. Students are encouraged to analyze the role women Representatives and Senators played in Congress during this era, as well as the ways in which they may have changed the institution.

This activity is designed to accompany the contextual essay “‘The Negroes’ Temporary Farewell’: Jim Crow and the Exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887–1929,” from the Black Americans in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibitions-and-publications/baic/black-americans-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the Black Americans who served in Congress from 1887 to 1929. Students are encouraged to analyze the role African-American Representatives played in Congress during this era, as well as the ways in which they may have changed the institution.

This activity is designed to accompany the contextual essay “‘The Fifteenth Amendment in Flesh and Blood’: The Symbolic Generation of Black Americans in Congress, 1870–1887,” from the Black Americans in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibitions-and-publications/baic/black-americans-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the Black Americans who served in Congress from 1870 to 1887. Students are encouraged to analyze the role African-American Representatives and Senators played in Congress during this era, as well as the ways in which they may have changed the institution.

This resource from the History, Art & Archives of the United States House of Representatives website includes background information, a fact sheet, and teaching tips about this history of Hispanic Americans in Congress.

This activity is designed to accompany the contextual essay “‘I’m No Lady, I’m a Member of Congress’: Women Pioneers on Capitol Hill, 1917–1934,” from the Women in Congress website, history.house.gov/ exhibition-and publications/wic/women-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the women who served in Congress from 1917 to 1934. Students are encouraged to analyze the role women Representatives and Senators played in Congress during this era, as well as the ways in which they may have changed the institution.

This activity is designed to accompany the contextual essay “Onto the National Stage: Congresswomen in an Age of National Crisis, 1935–1954,” from the Women in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibition -and publications/wic/women-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the women who served in Congress from 1935 to 1954. Students are encouraged to analyze the role women Representatives and Senators played in Congress during this era, as well as the ways in which they may have changed the institution.

This activity is designed to accompany the contextual essay “Keeping the Faith: African Americans Return to Congress, 1929–1970,” from the Black Americans in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibitions- and-publications/baic/black-americans-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the Black Americans who served in Congress from 1929 to 1970. Students are encouraged to analyze the role African-American Representatives and Senators played in Congress during this era, as well as the ways in which they may have changed the institution.

This activity is designed to accompany the contextual essay “Permanent Interests: The Expansion, Organization, and Rising Influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971–2007,” from the Black Americans in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibitions-and-publications/baic/black-americans-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the Black Americans who served in Congress from 1971 to 2007. Students are encouraged to analyze the role African-American Representatives and Senators played in Congress during this era, as well as the ways in which they may have changed the institution.

This activity is designed to accompany the Women in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibition-and -publications/wic/women-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to analyze historical photographs associated with women Members of Congress and with women’s history in the United States. Students are encouraged to think more about the role historical photographs can play in the study of past events and people.

This activity is designed to accompany the Artifacts section of the Women in Congress website, history. house.gov/exhibitions-and-publications/wic/artifacts/. Students have the opportunity to analyze artifacts associated with the careers of women who have served in Congress. Students are encouraged to think about the role that artifacts can play in the study of past events and people.

This activity is designed to accompany the Women in Congress website, history.house.gov/exhibition-and -publications/wic/women-in-congress/. Students have the opportunity to analyze a series of statements made by women Members of Congress. Students are encouraged to think about the role that quotes can play in the study of history. (Citations for the quotation exercise used in this activity appear at the end of the “Historical Quotations” document.)