CONTENTS
FROM THE EDITOR Does the American Family Have a History? Family Images and Realities Steven Mintz
HISTORIOGRAPHY Teaching Family History: An Annotated Bibliography Steven Mintz
ARTICLES Introducing Students to Family History Linda Gordon
Bringing the History of American Family Law into the Classroom Michael Grossberg
The Challenge of Family History Stephanie Coontz
Your Family History: Anthropology at Home John R. Gillis
Family Life in the Slave Quarters: Survival Strategies Marie Jenkins Schwartz
Flight to Freedom: One Family and the Story of the Underground Railroad James Oliver Horton
Teaching American History with Teddy's Bear Miriam Forman-Brunell
Photographs as a Source for Family History Joseph M. Hawes and Elizabeth I. Nybakken
LESSON PLANS Picturing Delinquents, Institutions, and Families Eric C. Schneider
Growing Up in America Harvey J. Graff
Fatherhood, Childhood, and War: 1945 Robert Griswold
Grace Abbott and the U.S. Children's Bureau Kriste Lindenmeyer
Adoption and the Family in Early-Twentieth-Century America E. Wayne Carp
A Will as a Source for African American Family History Wilma King
Primary Source Document: The Last Will and Testament of Betsey Sompayrac 600dpi (high res) screen versions: Page One | Page Two | Page Three | Page Four 300dpi (8.5x11") printable versions: Page One | Page Two | Page Three | Page Four
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Family History: An ERIC/ChESS Sample Laura A. Pinhey
Selected Internet Resources on Family History Steven Mintz
ON TEACHING The American Melting Pot? Miscegenation Laws in the United States Bárbara C. Cruz and Michael J. Berson
CLASSROOM MEDIA Object Lessons: Material Culture on the World Wide Web Charlene Mires
HISTORY HEADLINES