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goal is to engage students with primary historical material and
hopefully teachers will incorporate them into their course curriculum.
The use of primary sources encourage students to ask questions, view
events from a historical point of view, and think critically. Below are
sites where primary source material and information can be found. Two
links are from the Library of Congress Learning Page and relate to a
lesson which they developed.
19th Century
American Literary, Historical, and Cultural Studies
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
The
American History Online
Archiving Early America
A unique array of original newspapers, maps and writing fromt the 18th
century in digital format.
Civil War
Photographs
Classroom
Connect's American Memory
Doing Research
Dr. Seuss Went
to War
EyeWitness: History
through the eyes of those who lived it
First hand accounts, illustrated with vintage photos and original radio
broadcasts.
Heritage Image Partnership
The Learning
Page...especially for teachers
A teacher's guide to the American Memory collections of the Library of
Congress.
Lesson
Framework
Lesson Overview
National
Archives and Records Administration
PicSearch
Primary Source
Collections
Repositories of Primary Sources
UC Berkeley Library
Using Historical Photographs to Enliven Education
Using
Primary Sources on the Web |
Curriculum
Materials Center