Tutorials
and Helpful Websites

Helpful Websites for Individual, Pair, and Group Work

• America's Founding Documents - Known collectively as the Charters of Freedom, these documents are considered instrumental to the founding and philosophy of the United States.
  
  

• Constitution Day - honors the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787, recognizing all who are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, have become citizens.
  
  

• Encyclopedia Britannica | Britannica - General knowledge English-language encyclopedia.
   

• Founding Fathers Online - Includes documents, articles, and writings from the seven important men of the United States: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.
  
  

• Library of Congress - It's the nation's oldest and largest library in the world, with more than 162 million items.  The collections include books, sound recordings, films, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.
  
  

• National Geographic Kids - National Geographic Kids magazine makes it fun to learn about the world!
  
  

• Texas Historical Commission - This library is divided into four main areas: museum studies, archeology, state and local history, and historic preservation and architecture.