WE MAKE HISTORY COME ALIVE!

The New Mexico History Museum Education Department is creating extensive resources to help you and your students understand the context of historical events and how they relate to our lives today.  

Early Childhood Students 

The Hochberg Early Learning Academy

• The Hochberg Early Learning Academy offers museum visits and educational programs to preschoolers and their families.  

Elementary, Middle and High School Students 

New Mexico Timeline Worksheet and Summaries 

• The Historical Timeline Worksheets link students’ interests to specific time periods, people, places, and events in New Mexico history. 
• The Timeline Summaries will give you an overview of each historical period in New Mexico. 

Teacher Resources

• New Mexico Social Studies and English Language Arts Common Core State Standards 
  

  This page contains the New Mexico Adopted Content Standards for all subjects and grade levels including the social studies standards. 
• NM Pueblos and Tribes Map (For all ages) - COMNG SOON!
  This comprehensive map shows Pueblos and Tribes in New Mexico and includes details such as language groups.
• Exploring New Mexico: A Student’s Guide to the Land of Enchantment (For all ages)  

 Additional Activities and Lessons 

• Demonstrations of Learning 
  Accommodate many different learning styles by giving students creative options to demonstrate their learning. We are developing resources to assist teachers in guiding students through projects that require research on an historical event, period or figure and give directions on how to do the following creative projects: 

Accordian Book (For 4th –12th graders) Spanish 
A two sided book that allows different perspectives on each side.

Pop-up Book (For 3rd –12th graders)
A short book that includes a timeline and elements that pop-up.

“I am” Poetry Exercise (For 4th –12th graders) 
A worksheet that celebrates students cultural identities. 

• Palace Investigations (For High School students)
  Explore New Mexico History through the history of the Palace of the Governors in this 360 tour (coming soon.) Students can fill out these worksheets exploring this history through the lives of six different historical figures. (Link to PDFcoming soon.)
• Through the Lens Lesson (For k-12 graders)
  This lesson is a great way to explore the New Mexico History Museum’s Palace of Governors Photo Archives 
• Historic Maps as Teaching Tools 
  Learn about New Mexico history by using historic maps. (For 5-8 graders) 

Interactives and Videos 

• Segesser Hides (For 4th-12th grades)
  A virtual tour of the earliest know depiction of colonial times in the United States. 
• Shifting Boundaries (7th-12th grade)
  An interactive exploration of the First Peoples Period through the Mexican Period, with great maps!
• Making History Virtual Activities (For all ages)
  Videos on how to create projects inspired by New Mexico’s history and culture. 
• Moments in Time (For 4th-12th grades)
  The New Mexico History Museum and KNME present short pieces about New Mexico's history. 

All Learners!  

The New Mexico History Museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez Library holds some of the most important historical documents in the United States, including an original 1681 edition of the Recopilación de Leyes de las Indias (The Laws of the Indies) along with many other primary resources that illustrate the complex history of North America. The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives holds over 1 million photographs that visually document the story of the United States, and New Mexico, in particular beginning after the U.S. occupation of México to the present. 

Fray Angélico Chávez History Library click here to visit

Materials are available for use by the public in the library’s reading room by appointment.  Guidance on how best to use the library can be found under Research. You may also want to review information about our on-site Library Collections that include books, manuscripts, maps, periodicals, microfilm, and clipping files. Online resources are viewable in our Digital Collections.  The library may be contacted via phone: (505) 476-5090 or email: historylibrary@dca.nm.gov.

Palace of the Governors Photo Archives click here to visit

Photos can be accessed online or in person with an appointment. High-quality digital scans and prints may be ordered for display, publication, or multimedia projects. The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives may be contacted via phone: (505) 476-5200 or email: photoarchives@dca.nm.gov.