PRIMARY SOURCES

General  - Introducing Students to Primary Sources
(for teachers only)

National Archives Document Analysis Worksheets - excellent resource for teachers to help students analyze documents

Library of Congress Learning Page - strategies for analyzing documents

History Firsthand- Primary Source Research in Elementary School - discusses the importance of using primary sources for research (includes a detailed unit plan on teaching students how to use primary sources)

 

United States

Accessible Archives Database - 1700-1899- (Subscription expired)

World Book Primary Sources - U.S. History (see librarian for password)

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Archiving Early America - newspapers, maps, magazines and writings (including the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence)

U.S. Historical Documents

Archives of American Public Speeches

National Archives

American Memory Collection - Library of Congress

Infomine: Government Information (A collection of collections)

The American Colonist's Library

Popular Songs in American History

St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project (slavery)

Homepage - St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project

New York State

Uniquely New York - pictures and information about New York's people, land, culture, government and economy

Learning Adventures in Citizenship - pictures and information on different time periods in New York history

 

Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Egypt Primary Sources