Primary+Source+Links


 * 1) **Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - [|Document of the Week]**includes a useful link to archive of featured documents, each with a lesson plan
 * 2) **[|American Memory]** - Library of Congress site with extensive set of primary sources from all periods of U.S. History
 * 3) **[|Treasure Chest]** - a Social Studies and ELA activity - provides a model for engaging students in an investigation of authentic materials from the past. Students are provided with four primary sources and a set of questions to guide their investigation - good SmartBoard resource.
 * 4) **[|Reading and Interpreting Primary Sources]** - website with links to various tools for analyzing primary sources
 * 5) **[|The Learning Page]** - Library of Congress U.S. History Primary Sources collection
 * 6) **[|AMDOCS]** - extensive set of documents for the study of American History
 * 7) **[|American Rhetoric] -** full text ttanscripts of the top 100 American political speeches of the 20th century
 * 8) **[|The Authentic History Center]** - primary sources from American popular culture - good lesson on stereotypes in history
 * 9) **[|The Avalon Project] -** documents in law, history, and diplomacy
 * 10) **[|Chronology of U.S. History Documents] -** easy-to-access chronological list of documents in US History
 * 11) **[|Core Documents of U.S. Democracy]** - direct online access to the documents that define our democratic society
 * 12) __**[|Ease History]**__ **-** students learn about U.S. History through the use of presidential campaign ads
 * 13) **[|National Archives]** - searchable database of documents in the National Archives
 * 14) **[|New York Public Library]** - digital and text sources from the NYPL history collections
 * 15) **[|Picture History]** - searchable database of images in U.S. History
 * 16) **[|Workshops in American History]** - full workshops on topics that include lesson plans and video segments - looks excellent
 * 17) **[|Smithsonian's History Explorer]** - bring history to life with artifacts, primary sources, and online tools for the classroom using the Smithsonian collections
 * 18) **[|Teaching American History] -** full list of documents in American history