WORKSHOP 1.1 - AGE OF DISCOVERY / PRIMARY SOURCES

Resources

Primary Sources Research-Yale University Library
http://www.library.yale.edu/ref/err/primsrcs.htm

Research Using Primary Sources-University of California, Berkeley, Library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/PrimarySources.html

Using Historical Sources-North Park University History Department
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/Classes/Basics/UsingSources.html

Using Primary Sources in the Primary Grades-ERIC Digests
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed419773.html

American Memory-Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov

American Journeys-Wisconsin Historical Society
http://www.americanjourneys.org/

Archival Research Catalog-National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.html

Archives Center-National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/home.htm

Archives of American Art-Smithsonian Institution
http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/

Archives of American Gardens-Smithsonian Institution
http://gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/AAG/home.htm

Exploring Florida-University of South Florida
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida

Florida Folklife from WPA Collections, 1937-1942-Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/flwpahtml/flwpahome.html

Florida Memory Project-Florida State Archives
http://www.floridamemory.com/

History Resources on the Internet-Christopher Newport University
http://www.cnu.edu/library/hist.html

History Resources on the Internet-University of Southern California
http://www.usc.edu/isd/elecresources/resources/history.html

National Air and Space Museum Archives-Smithsonian Institution
http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/arch/archdiv.htm

National Anthropological Archives-Smithsonian Institution
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa

National Museum of African Art Archives-Smithsonian Institution
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/resource/archives.htm

National Museum of the American Indian-Smithsonian Institution
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

National Register Research-National Register of Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/research

National Security Archive-George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv

National Standards
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/Standard.asp?SubjectID=5

Our Documents-National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/

Primary Sources-Hennepin County Library
http://www.hennepin.lib.mn.us/pub/wsc/rw_primarysources.cfm

Primary Sources-History Online
http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/k12projects/jimperry/Primary.html

Research Links-National History Day
http://64.226.212.131/08_others/08_links.html

Primary Sources on the Web-Western Michigan University Libraries
http://www.wmich.edu/library/handouts/primary-sources.html

Smithsonian Institution Archives
http://www.si.edu/archives

Social Studies Sources-Indiana University, Bloomington
http://www.indiana.edu/~socialst

Using Primary Sources-ProTeacher
http://www.proteacher.com/090093.shtml

The Web's Best History Archive-The History Net
http://history.about.com/?once=true&

American Memory Learning Page-Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
The home page of the American Memory Project provides links to historical collections on the Web, resources for teachers, and lesson plans.

American Memory Learning Page-Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/pshome.html
An excellent lesson plan introduces students to primary sources and presents activities that teach techniques for analyzing such materials.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/primary.html
Activities are suggested for six broad categories of primary sources: objects, images, audio, statistics, text, and the community. Suggestions range from using historic photographs to study fashion trends over time to researching the history of famous local buildings and sites.

California Heritage Collection-University of California, Bancroft Library
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/k12/primary.htm
A lesson with multiple activities involves students in gathering primary sources, constructing a timeline, creating a personal archival box, and critiquing primary and secondary sources.

EDSITEment-National Endowment for the Humanities
http://edsitement.neh.gov
NEH offers lesson plans and resources from various sources, and in four categories-art and culture, literature and language arts, foreign language, and history and social studies.

Florida Memory Project-Florida State Archives
http://www.floridamemory.com/
The Florida Memory Project offers access to the state photographic collections, including a webpage for kids; highlights of Florida history represented by maps, documents, and posters; and lesson plans based on primary sources.

School Programs for Students and Teachers-Maryland Historical Society
http://www.mdhs.org/teachers/worksheets.html
A set of nine worksheets teach students how to distinguish between primary and secondary sources, interpret different types of sources (broadside/ads, documents, maps, pictures, objects, and oral histories), and turn an idea into a research project.

Teacher Resources-Ohio Historical Society
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/teachers/primary.html
Materials downloaded from the Internet are the basis for a lesson that outlines a simple strategy for introducing the analysis and evaluation of primary source documents.

The Digital Classroom-National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/education/classrm.html
Lesson plans and/or activity ideas explore twenty-one topics in American history, using reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives.