DocsTeach
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Plans and prices
From DocsTeach's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free account | Free | Create, save and share activities · save and share primary sources · access hundreds of additional member activities |
The facts
Each one read from DocsTeach's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility stated
- DocsTeach says it is designed for visitors with disabilities and to comply with federal accessibility guidelines.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Account information
- Creating an account requires a name, email address, and password.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Activity creation
- Users create activities by selecting a tool, choosing primary sources and customizing instructions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Activity reuse
- Teachers can borrow, copy and modify activities created by educators and the National Archives.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Activity tools
- Available tools include discussion, compare and contrast, zoom/crop, white out/black out, spotlight, sequencing, connections, mapping, big-picture analysis, weighing evidence and interpreting data.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Assignments
- Students can submit work through a DocsTeach account, Google Classroom or a learning-management system such as Canvas, Blackboard or Schoology.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- DocsTeach is presented as a resource for teachers, students, and history explorers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Content library
- The site provides letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, videos and other records spanning American history.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Content licence
- Except where noted, site content is under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0; teaching activities have CC0 dedication.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Copyright limitation
- The privacy policy warns that some archival items have donor or other rights restrictions and that users must assess rights themselves.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Create activities
- Members can create activities by selecting a tool, choosing primary sources, and customizing instructions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Current collection counts
- The homepage displays 63,773 registered members, 294 visitor activities, 427 member activities and 13,639 primary-source documents.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom uploads
- Activity authors may upload outside JPG, PNG, GIF or JPEG files up to 8 MB, provided they have permission to use them.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding partner
- LinkedIn identifies the National Archives Foundation as an independent Washington, DC nonprofit founded in 1992 with 11–50 employees that supports National Archives educational initiatives.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Classroom
- The FAQ says activities can be sent directly to Google Classroom and returned through its Classroom button.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent listing
- Learnamic describes browsing and published-activity use as free without an account, while saving and assigning require a free account.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Launch news
- The National Archives announced DocsTeach on September 20, 2010, describing a partnership with the Foundation for the National Archives and Second Story Interactive.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- The site says DocsTeach is generally licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 and teaching activities have a CC0 dedication.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Limit: accessibility details
- The EdTech Books evaluation reported confusing mouse-free navigation and said document images appeared to lack alt text or screen-reader descriptions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: audience fit
- Learnamic notes that navigation may overwhelm some users and that younger learners may need substantial parental guidance.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App compatibility
- The App Store listing requires iPadOS 13.6 or later; Mac use requires macOS 11 or later with Apple silicon, and visionOS is also listed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- App maintenance
- The latest App Store version shown is 3.1.1, released December 22, 2020.checked 15 Oct 2026
- iPad app
- The free National Archives DocsTeach app lets students enter classroom codes, complete assigned or era-based activities and inspect high-resolution sources.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: app usability
- Apple reviewers report sluggish performance, poor tablet optimization, clipped screen areas, orientation problems, an upside-down keyboard and no self-evaluation feature.checked 15 Oct 2026
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