Exploring Primary Sources
What are primary sources:
· Students: http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/psources/source.html
· Teachers: http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/primarysources/primarysources.html
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/howto.html
How do I use primary sources in the classroom:
· http://learning.loc.gov/learn/lessons/fw.html
· http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/firsthand/main.html
· http://www.youthsource.ab.ca/teacher_resources/ps_overview.html
· http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/educators/index.html
· http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/primsrce.html
· http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/primarysources.asp
· http://www.voicesacrosstime.org/index.htm
Research about the best way to use primary sources:
· Check out the National History Education Clearinghouse:
http://teachinghistory.org/best-practices
*For Elementary, or low level readers: http://teachinghistory.org/issues-and-research/research-briefs/19570
*Middle School: http://teachinghistory.org/issues-and-research/research-briefs/19392
*High School: http://teachinghistory.org/best-practices/examples-historical-thinking/19444
Ideas on how to help guide the experience in your classroom:
· http://teachinghistory.org/19448
· http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials/ask-a-master-teacher
· http://www.historicalinquiry.com/scim/index.cfm
· http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/questions.html
Ways to organize primary source information:
· http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/handbook/part4/ch10/example9.shtml
· http://anza.uoregon.edu/TeachersWWW/Gather_model.html
· http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/
Where to Find Primary Sources
Major Collections:
http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/Default.aspx Washington State Primary Sources
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/History/UShistorylocal.html Washington State Primary Source
http://www.digitalvaults.org/# National Archives Experience Digital Vaults
· http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html
· http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=history
· http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/
· http://content.lib.washington.edu
· http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/
· http://research.washingtonhistory.org/collections/default.aspx
· http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
· http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/featured-website-reviews
· http://historyexplorer.americanhistory.si.edu
· http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/USHistoryPrimarySources.htm
Document Collections:
· http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Manuscript
· http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true&
· http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp
· http://www.trlib.org/ref-db-menu.htm#Genealogy (Heritage Quest)http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/primarysources/primarysources.html
Map Collections:
· http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Map
· http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/Maps.htm
· http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmaps.html
· http://www.trlib.org/ref-db-menu.htm#Maps (Sanborn Maps)
Newspaper and Magazine Collections:
· http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/index.html
· http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
· http://www.time.com/time/archive
· http://www.harpweek.com/default.asp
· http://www.trlib.org/mags.htm
Music & Audio Collections:
· http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Motion+Picture
· http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Sound+Recording
· http://www.contemplator.com/america
· http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/research.htm
· http://www.lib.unc.edu/music/eam/index.html
· http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/SongLyrics.htm
Image & Objects Collections:
· http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Photograph
· http://picturingamerica.neh.gov
· http://www.nga.gov/collection/index.shtm
· http://www.photographymuseum.com/exhibits.html
· http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess
· http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/PhotosandotherImages.htm
· http://americanhistory.si.edu/index.cfm
· http://www.metmuseum.org/toah
· http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/