USING PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS IN THE CLASSROOM

There are so many digitized primary source materials from museums, libraries, and personal collections found on the Web. Learn how to use these materials to support lessons across the curriculum.

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BOOKS ON THE TOPIC

• Vest: Using primary sources in the classroom (SS)
• Conklin: Analyzing & writing with primary sources (SS/ELA)
• Frazel: Link to the past with genealogy
  

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PORTS TO VISIT

• National Archives: Digital Classroom
• LOC American Memory Collection : Learning Page
• National Archives: Our Documents
• National Park Service: Treasures of our Nation
• LOC American Memory Collection: Inventing Entertainment
• Digital Public Library of America
• World Digital Library
  
• LOC Pinterest page: Primary source lessons

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES IN THE CLASSROOM

• University of Illinois Tutorial 
• University of Maryland definition 
  
• Why use primary resources in the classroom? 
  

• Finding Primary Resources 
• Historical Records and Teaching 
• Using Primary Sources on the Web (ALA) 
• Teaching Primary Students with Primary Sources
• Teaching with Primary Sources
• Common Craft: Primary and Secondary Sources

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SUBJECT SPECIFIC SITES

Geography

• Martha B. Sharma, et.al. (2000) Greenwood Press.
  Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Geography.
• Lewis and Clark Archives: The Journals
• Lewis and Clark Expedition: Voyage of Redisovery
• Rocky Mountain Life
• America's Historical Maps
• Topographic Map Symbols
• Google Earth
• TerraServer
• Aerials Only Gallery

Government, Economics, and World Issues

• James M. Shiveley, et.al. (2001) Greenwood Press. 

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in  Government, Economics, and Contemporary World Issues.

• NARA Analysis Sheets
• Think-Pair-Share Strategy and additional strategies
• Search for Webquests on QuestGarden

History

• Kathleen W. Craver. (1999) Greenwood Press.
    Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in History.
• Photojournalism: A Record of War
• Weather on Your Birthday
• EdSitement (National Endowment for the Humanities)
• What are we fighting for over there?
• Letters Written by the Pilgrims

Mathematics

• Evan Glazer. (2001) Greenwood Press.
    Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Mathematics.
• Bath Time with Archimedes
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline
• Project Interactivate Image Tool
  

Sciences

• Carolyn Johnson. (2003) Greenwood Press.
  Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in the Sciences.
• Hippocratic Oath
• Virginia Apgar's paper outlining the Apgar Score
• Scientific Anomalies
• Watson and Crick's DNA Paper
• Alexander Graham Bell's Notebooks Project

Visual Arts

• Pamela J. Eyerdam. (2003) Greenwood Press. 
  

• Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in  Visual Arts.

• Architecture and Interior Design (LOC)
  

World Languages

• Grete Pasch, et.al. (2000) Greenwood Press.
  Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in World Languages.
• The State Hermitage Museum
• The Official Berlin Site
•  The Berlin Wall
  

World Literature

• Roxanne M. Kent-Drury. (2005) Greenwood Press. 
  
• Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in World Literature.

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PRIMARY SOURCE SUPER SITES

• American Memory Collection
  
• America's Story
  
• National Archives Digital Classroom
  
• Famous Speeches in History
  
• Repositories of Primary Sources
  
• Avalon Project
  
• Historical Census Browser
  
• USPTO Patent Applications
  
• BBC Legendary Interviews: Modern Writers
  
• Feeding America
  
• NYPL Digital
  
• AD*Access
  
• Discovery Education Streaming
  
• Blog Search Engine
  
• Google Blog Search
  
• Archive.org and The Wayback Machine
  
• Commons Project: Public Photography Collections
  
• Calisphere
  

PRESENTATION SUPPORT MATERIALS

• Classroom Connect article (10/05): "Navigating Primary Source Materials on the Internet" (see below)
  
  

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