Everything is a Primary Source TO GO!

Teach and learn History through Pop Culture with unique artifacts of everyday life delivered straight to your door.

How it Works

For Educators

First

Select the time period or topic you are studying from the list of options below.

Next

A kit of ephemeral items will be curated from the EPS collection, packaged and shipped to you, complete with an inventory. You’ll also receive a password to access lessons and activities so you can get the most out of your delivery.

Then

Once the items have served your classroom, package them up and use the included postage to send the kit back to Everything is a Primary Source. Subscribers will have their next shipment on the way as soon as their previous one has shipped!

The Everything is a Primary Source collection of pop culture artifacts is extensive and ever-growing, so there are always new materials ready for you and your learners.

Time Periods

  • 1820s to 1860

  • Civil War and Reconstruction to 1900

  • 1900 to 1920

  • 1921-1932

  • 1932 to 1945

  • 1946 to 1960

  • 1961 to 1970

  • 1971 to 1980

  • 1981 to 1995

  • 1996 to 2020

Topics

  • Place, location, region, human-environment interaction, movement

  • Buying and selling, trade, transport, finances, supply and demand, factors of production, trades & occupations

  • Law, legal actions, government documents, official business, public service, political campaigns

  • Innovation, interaction with the natural world, formal education, technological advancement, household appliances, transportation, communications.

  • Settlement patterns, social hierarchies, entertainment, the arts, gender roles, occupations, ethics and morals, perspectives on religion, local and regional cultures