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All the resources that appear in this unit are gathered here for you—the photographs, maps, objects, audiovisuals, documents, videos, biographies, and vocabulary words. Click on the image below to see a larger view of each resource with more information about each one. On some of the resources you can even zoom in and get a closer look. So go ahead, dive in, and explore. Before you know it, you’ll be thinking like a historian.

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Documents in this Unit:

Pink document has two columns and four categories with names and boxes for voting. Titles of categories are "For Delegates at Large," "For Alternate Delegates at Large," "For District Delegates," and "For Alternative District Delegates." Names listed have locations and roughly half note candidates to which delegates are pledged.
1944 Republican Primary Ballot
An old document with large paragraphs of black typed text. The title of the document reads: "In CONGRESS at EXETER,/January 5th, 1776."
New Hampshire Constitution of 1776
A vertical document on brown paper. The title of the document, typed in black text and located centered along the upper border, reads "STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE/WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW/NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE." Beneath the title are several lines of text in a smaller font.
Workers' Compensation Law

Explainer Videos and Virtual Field Trips in this Unit:

Mason Explains: First Amendment Rights
Mason Explains: How a Bill Becomes a Law
Mason Explains: How a Primary Works
Mason Explains: Rights and Responsibilities
Mason Explains: The Constitutional Convention
Mason Explains: The Preamble
Virtual Field Trip: The N.H. Supreme Court

Maps & Charts in this Unit:

A colored chart showing three vertical columns, separated by yellow lines. Each column contains a gray building - each different in size and design - a title, a purple arrow facing down, and a short caption. The text in those columns includes, from left to right: "Legislative/makes/the/laws," "Executive/carries out/the/laws," and "Judicial/evaluates/the/laws." The title of the entire chart, located along the upper border, reads "THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT."
Branches of Government
A colored map of the state of New Hampshire, colored in green. The map is set against a turquoise background and has the title "CITIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE" featured in the upper left-hand corner. The map has the state's rivers featured in blue, and has several stars placed around the state, each one with a different label.
Cities in New Hampshire
A colored cartoon drawing of two arrow graphs. Between the two graphs is a circle with a smiling moose in the center. The moose has its arms raised, and is wearing a white beard and a red, white, and blue top hat. Surrounding the moose are the words "TOWN OF/MASONVILLE." The arrow graph to the left of the circle is labeled "Select/Board" in black text and has a group of five moose sitting at a gray semi-circle table. Beneath the table are three arrows pointing to three different sized buildings, which are labeled "POLICE" (in blue), "FIREHOUSE" (in red), and "LIBRARY" (in green). The arrow graph to the right of the circle is labeled "School/Board" in black text and has a group of five squirrels sitting at a rectangular table. Beneath the table are three arrows that point to three different sized buildings, colored in purple. A label beneath the buildings read "SCHOOLS" in purple text.
Town Government Structure

Objects in this Unit:

A black pointed-toe leather shoe, with a slight heal and no laces.
18th-century Shoe
Rectangular, wooden ballot box with handle at one end. There is a sliding wooden lid with slit for ballots. Next to it are ballots from primaries in 1922 and 1960.
Ballot Box
A vertical poster on a wooden stick, which has the words "SAVE MARKET/BASKET!" handwritten in black ink at the top. Beneath those words are two colored photographs of two white men. Next to the first photograph are the words "ARTIE/T." handwritten in black ink and a thumbs-up symbol. Next to the second photograph are the words "ARTHUR/$" handwritten in black ink and a thumbs-down symbol.
Save Market Basket! Sign

Photographs & Prints in this Unit:

A colored cartoon drawing of a donkey and elephant holding signs. The donkey, standing on the left side of the image against a blue background under the title "DEMOCRATS," holds a sign that reads "VOTE/DONKEY." The elephant, standing on the right side of the image against a red background under the title "REPUBLICANS," holds a sign that reads "VOTE/ELEPHANT."
American Political Parties
A black and white photograph of a room full of people standing and sitting among several rows of chairs. The photograph is taken from a elevated position on a stage, which has a podium and a microphone at the front of it.
Andover Town Meeting
A black and white photograph of a room full of men and women seated in rows of chairs. At the center of the photograph, a man with a mustache is standing and gesturing with his left arm.
Bristol Town Meeting
A black and white photograph of a white man with parted dark hair, wearing a collared shirt, a tie, and a suit jacket. He has his right hand raised, and looks off to the right.
David Hackett Souter
A colored photograph of a smiling white woman with brown hair. She wears a blue blazer with a white shirt, and a gold necklace. The backdrop is of the American flag and the New Hampshire state flag.
Governor Ayotte
A two-story white building with black shutters. White columns in the front. Green shrubs line the walkway to the door. A sign above the door reads Hopkinton/Town/Hall in black letters. There is an American flag on a flagpole to the left of the building.
Hopkinton Town Hall
A colored photograph of a gymnasium filled with people sitting in rows. At the forefront of the photograph is a table, which has three people seated on one side and three people standing on the other.
Hopkinton Town Meeting
A colored photograph of a white man and a white woman in black robes sitting behind a high counter, facing the viewer. They look at a bald white man, who stands with his back to the viewer in front of a podium, and a seated man with brown hair, who also faces away from the viewer.
N.H. Supreme Court
A New Hampshire governor addresses a session full of people.
New Hampshire Legislature
A colored print of a gold-bordered circle, surrounded by gold vines and stars on a dark blue background. The circle has the drawing of a ship with two tall masts banked on a sandy shore. In the background there is a small body of water and a rising sun. Surrounding the circle are the words "SEAL*OF*THE*STATE*OF*NEW*HAMPSHIRE*1776*" in gold text against the blue background.
New Hampshire State Flag
A colored postcard of a large building surrounded by tall trees. The building is two stories high, with a large dome sitting on top. The front of the building has a porch held up by several columns and has a pointed roof. The words "State Captiol Concord, N.H." are written in black text in the lower left hand corner. Sitting in the top right hand corner is a badge with a a setting sun, a large sailboat on a beach, and several people walking around. The words "NEW HAMPSHIRE" are written along the bottom of the badge.
New Hampshire State House
A colored photograph of a two-storied building, with a large dome sitting on top. The front of the building juts out from the rest of the building, and has a two-storied porch held up by several columns and has a pointed roof. There is a flag pole on either side of the dome, which both have flags on them.
New Hampshire State House
A colored print of a gold-bordered circle. The circle has the drawing of a ship with two tall masts banked on a sandy shore. In the background there is a small body of water and a rising sun. Surrounding the circle are the words "SEAL*OF*THE*STATE*OF*NEW*HAMPSHIRE*1776*" in gold text against a dark blue background.
New Hampshire State Seal
A black and white photograph of a room full of men and women seated in rows of chairs. All of the seated people look at a man standing behind a table at the front of the room. Next to the standing man, seated at the table, are a woman and another man.
New Hampshire Town Meeting
A black and white photograph of a room full of men and women seated in rows of chairs. All of the people have one arm raised while holding up a piece of paper.
Newbury Town Meeting
A colored cartoon drawing of a moose and squirrel holding a document. The squirrel stands on a gray stool to match the height of the moose. The document they are holding reads "TAX BILL" in yellow text, and a green stamp with the word "PAID" is stamped diagonally across the document.
Paying Taxes
A black and white photograph of a group of men and women holding large, old-fashioned cameras, standing in the middle of the street. The road is wet, with several puddles, and the houses and lawns in the background are covered in snow.
Reporters Covering the 1952 Primary
A black and white photograph of a room full of men and women seated in rows of chairs. The people all look forwards and at a man standing at the front of the room, who stands at a microphone while reading from a document. He wears eye glasses, a flannel long-sleeved shirt, pants with a belt, and shoes.
Speaking at Town Meeting
A colored photograph of a cardboard sign leaning up against a street sign on a sidewalk. The sign reads "HONK/IF YOU/HATE the/TAX BILL."
Tax Protest
A black and white photograph of a group of people standing around a long table. At the front of the photograph, a man in a winter coat and a fedora stands on one side of the table and talks to a seated woman on the other side of the table, who is looking through a multi-paged document. In the background of the photograph, two other women stand on opposite sides of the table.
Voter Check-In
A woman steps out from a voting booth holding a piece of paper. Blue sports jackets line the upper third of the photograph.
Voting
A black and white photograph of an older woman with short hair and large, rounded eye glasses. She wears a long-sleeved dress with a belt, and has her coat draped over her shoulders. She holds a piece of paper on her right hand and places a smaller piece of paper into a slot in a tall wooden box.
Voting at Town Meeting
A black and white photograph of a group of women in long white dresses and white hats, marching in a parade down a street lined with multi-storied buildings. The women at the front of the group hold a long horizontal sign that reads "FRIENDLY CLUB," though the "F," the "R," and the "I" are blocked by a woman who walks in front of the group.
Women Marching in Concord
A black and white photograph of a group of women all dressed in long, light-colored dresses and broad-rimmed hats. Some of the women wears sashes around their shoulders, which read "VOTES FOR WOMEN" and carry American flags. The woman at the center of the photograph pushes a baby in a stroller, and there is a young girl walking behind them.
Women's Suffrage Parade
A black and white photograph shows the interior of a Jewish temple. There are three men in religious garments on a raised wooden platform with arched, short pillars. One man stands at the center of the platform, reading from a book. The other two men hold the Torah and also read from a book on either side of the man in the middle. On the ground level, a woman plays the piano in the right-hand corner of the photograph. In the background, an American flag and a flag with the Star of David hang on either side of the alter. Above the altar hangs two tablets with Hebrew written on them.
Worship at the Synagogue