PRIMARY SOURCES
General - Introducing Students to
Primary Sources
(for teachers only)
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)
Archives of American Public Speeches
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