Embedded Files
Digital Classroom Primary Resources (numerous sources thanks to NHD)
Key Questions to Ask When Analyzing Media Resources
Digital Vault from the National Archives
The World Digital Library
Awesome Stories
http://www.awesomestories.com/history
Picturing America
http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/educators.php
Primary Access-web-based tool that offers simple access to digital images and materials to create personal narratives
Library of Congress on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
Librarians’ Internet Index – Photograph Collections
Strategies for Locating Primary Sources – from Yale University
United States Holocaust Museum
American Historical Association – Historians and the web: A Beginner’s Guide Creating an Annotated Bibliography from NHD
Hoover Presidential Library - Resources for NHD
Researching a Topic in 4 Easy Steps – from Yale University
Research Skills from Colorado History Day – A Student’s Guide to the Study of History – A guide written to help high school and college students with historical research
A Student’s Guide to the Study of History – A guide written to help high school and college students with historical research
A Listing of Historical Organizations and Institutions – A list compiled by NHD.
Museums and Historic Sites – NHD.
The Library of Congress: American Memory Project.
The Internet Public Library – An extensive list of history resources.
A Listing of the Presidential Libraries - from the National Archives
The Smithsonian Institute Research Information System – This site allows you to search all the Smithsonian Collections!
American Journeys: a new digital library and on-line learning center that makes available over 17,000 original letters, diaries, rare documents, images and more allowing direct student and teacher access to key primary resources from 1000 to about 1830.
Colonial Williamsburg teaching resources: Access to the wealth of resources available through the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation including lesson plans, videos, games, electronic field trips.
Jamestown Journey: Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Jamestown. Access to over 85 Jamestown/Virginia related interdisciplinary lesson plans for k-12 educators.
Kidon Media Link: Links to over 17,000 international media sources including newspapers, magazines, radio, TV. News, etc…This site is AWESOME for locating a plethora of media sources from every possible perspective.
Library of Congress: The largest library in the nation!!!
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Official site of the NARA. Access to primary source documents on line including the US Constitution, and other US Government publications.
National Geographic: The official website for the National Geographic Society. Great source for maps and map building activities. The site also contains links to current events and news from around the world.
United Nations System of Organization: An alphabetical list of all websites in the UN organizational system. Access to UN treaties, resolutions, etc…
The Digital Classroom Site run by the National Archives and Records Administration has primary sources, activities and training for educators and students aimed at encouraging learners at all levels to use archival materials in the classroom.
Extensive resources on most time periods, resources using History Channel programming, and extremely useful classroom section with emphases on Hometown History, National History Day, Save Our History, lesson ideas, and links to other history resources.
The History Net Has primary source archives from wars, interviews, weekly features on events in American history, picture galleries, travel and technology sections. Covers events in American and world history. Links to National History Day site and a daily history quiz where participants can win prizes.
Homework Help, movie reviews, timelines, photos, speeches, videos, and essays written from different points of view are just some of the resources available here. Topics include U.S. History, World War II, and World History.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project Link
Collections of sourcebooks about ancient history, medieval studies, and modern history. Sources are in the public domain, or are copy permitted, and can be used or copied for educational purposes right off of the web. Also includes several subsidiary sourcebooks on a range of topics.
Users can search the catalog of the Library. Includes an online gallery, Kids and families section, and calendars of news and events at the Library.
This link will bring you to the Field Trips and Learning resources section, where you will find lesson plans, a resource bank, field trip information, and a media catalog. Go to the main page, http://www.si.org to take advantage of all of the informational and research opportunities the site has to offer.
By providing links to other sites, Clarinda Community School District does not guarantee, approve, or endorse the information or products available on these sites.
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