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For Student Research
 | Our Documents - This site has
copies of top 100 original documents from U.S. History.
(Such as the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation,
etc.) Although the site is not searchable by subject, documents
are presented in chronological order. They
can be downloaded in the original format or the content may be printed in
transcript form. This site is hosted by the National Archives
and Records Administration (NARA) |
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American
Memory-Excellent
site for locating primary source materials of all sorts regarding life in
the United States. Sponsored by
the Library of Congress this site has fully searchable databases of
extensive collections of photos, music, manuscripts, newspaper articles,
etc. Also has a “This Day in
History” section that usually features two different events with pictures
and text for each day. |
On-Line Activities
| American Memory
Activities-Groups of primary documents and/or specific lessons using
them
such as flight before the Wright brothers, copyright issues, women in
history, etc. |
On-line Lessons/Teacher Resources
| American Memory
Lessons-This link has lesson
plans using primary resources screened for appropriate connections to
specific topics. |
| Digital
Classroom - Good resource for US history lessons using primary
resources. Valuable information on teaching with documents, evaluating
resources, interviewing sources, etc. Site is a government archive. |
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Slavery Using Primary Sources This lesson
introduces students to primary sources -- what they are, their great variety,
and how they can be analyzed. The lesson begins with an activity that helps
students understand the historical record. Students then learn techniques for
analyzing primary sources. Finally, students apply these techniques to analyze
documents about slavery in the United States. |
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Worksheets
to Analyze Primary Documents-Including written documents,
photographs, cartoons, posters, maps, artifacts, sound recordings, motion
pictures. |
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