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6 Great Websites for Primary Sources
1. Library of Congress
  • Search by Standards
  • Education: Teachers
  • Using Primary Sources
  • Analyzing Primary Source Documents

2. Digital Vaults (National Archives)
  • Digital Vaults Teacher Tutorial
  • Try the "Pathways Challenges"
  • Create posters and movies
  • Look for the "Educational Resources" tab on individual records

3. Docs Teach (National Archives)
  • Docs Teach Tutorials
    • Create an account
  • Browse or Search by Historical Period, Historical Thinking Skill or Tool
    • Documents
    • Find and Use Activities
    • Change an existing activity
    • Create Your Own Interactive Learning Activity

4. British Pathe(1890-2011)
  • YouTube Channel
  • To search the Youtube channel type "British Pathe AND Search Term" into YouTube

    Poster created through Digital Vaults
  • "Workspaces"
  • Stills
  • Galleries

5. Pioneer Library
  • EBSCO
    • Peer reviewed articles
    • Student Research Center
    • Points of View Database
  • Gale's Opposing Viewpoints in Context
  • Mountain West Digital Library
  • Utah Digital Newspapers
  • CultureGrams comparison graphs

6. World Digital Library
  • Includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films
  • Can browse by place, time, topic, type of item, language, or contributing institution
  • Downloadable pictures
  • Timelines
  • Browse by topic
  • Maps

Primary Sources in Content Area
  • Content Area Examples
  • Examples of Primary and Secondary Sources

Other Resources:
  • 100 Milestone Documents
  • African American History and Primary Sources
  • Annenberg Learner and Primary Sources
  • AP Document Based Questions 1973-1999
  • Bill of Rights Institute
  • Civil War Primary Sources
  • Digital History
  • EduPlace's Primary Sources on the Web
  • Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
  • Google
    • Search for topic and "primary sources"
    • Examples: "ancient Egypt" primary sources, "ancient Rome" primary sources
  • National Archives: Teachers
  • OER Commons--Primary Source Resources
  • Political cartoon resources:
    • Cartoonists' persuasive techniques
    • Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
    • Political Cartoons in American History (LOC)
  • Primary Documents Relating to World War II
  • Primary Source.org
  • Primary Sources for Science
  • Primary Sources Resources: Workshop in American History
  • Primary Sources: WWII
  • Repositories of Primary Sources
  • Salt Lake County Library--Census records
    • Research Room > Genealogy > Heritage Quest
    • Library card required
  • Smithsonian Source
  • A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust--Documents
  • Utah American Indian Digital Archive
  • Wikipedia
    • Check External Sources and References
  • World War II Diaries and Journals
  • World War II Primary Sources
  • World War II Propaganda, Cartoons, Film, Music & Art

Primary Sources Activities
  • Reading Like a Historian
    • Assessments
  • 10 Primary Source Activities
  • Examples of Primary and Secondary Sources in Different Subject Areas
  • Historical Scene Investigations
  • Ideas for Starters
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