Websites

 

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (U.S. Government Printing Office)

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of current and historical Government publications is being made available for free, permanent, public access via GPO Access.

 

National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/

Main page look for the sidebar with Archives.gov for – under this section select Educators and Students. On this page you will the section for Teaching with Documents Lesson Plans - Document analysis worksheets are found here.

 

Alabama Department of Archives and History

http://www.archives.state.al.us/

Main page look for the link for Teachers and Students – click on this link. The two most useful links will be the Using Primary Resources in the Classroom and the Alabama Moments in American History (designed for high school).

 

Alabama Mosaic

http://www.alabamamosaic.org/

AlabamaMosaic is a repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people. Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from Alabama's archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories electronically accessible to Alabama residents and to students, researchers, and the general public in other states and countries.

 

Avalon Project at Yale Law School

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/

Check under 18th Century Documents for section Chronology of American History

 

PBS

www.pbs.org

Main page look for the Explore box – click on the drop down box and select History.  On the History page you will see a link for the United States – click on this link.

 

American Memory – Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

Main page look for the American Memory link – click on this title. The Browse Collections by Topic are all related to American History.  The Teachers link on this page should be very helpful.

 

Historical Documents (Constitution Center)

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

Main page look for the Explore the Constitution – click on this title.  Great resources

 

The Smithsonian

http://www.si.edu/

There is so much information on this site – enjoy exploring the whole thing!

 

Our Documents (National Archives and Records Administration, National History Day, and the USA Freedom Corps)

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/

Main page look for the 100 Milestone Documents – click this title.  These documents chronicle American History from 1776 – 1965.

 

Veteran’s History Project

http://www.loc.gov/vets/

Great site to hear oral histories from all wars as well as other great resources about veterans.

 

 

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