From the homepage you can access their various collections (Prints & Photographs, Manuscripts, Newspapers, etc). Scroll down towards the bottom of the page to access Today in History.
Here you will find classroom materials and information on using primary sources in the classroom (including the Teacher’s Guides and Analysis Tool)
http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/slavenarratives/
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
Includes a Teacher Resources and many Primary Sources for classroom use.
This is a fun visual tool that brings together primary sources about a topic. Many topics are represented. Click Search to search for a topic (i.e. Vietnam War).
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone
Provides access to digitized primary sources (and online exhibits) from over 50 libraries and museums in the Hudson Valley. Includes a For Educators section with links to lesson plans.
Provides access to digitized primary sources from hundreds of libraries and museums in New York (mostly upstate – some NYC).
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/d/
Digitized primary sources from the collections of the New York State Archives.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/scandocs/
Digitized primary sources from the collections of the New York State Library.
http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/
A site dedicated to exploring America’s Dutch Heritage. Includes Teacher Resources
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Provides access to over 800,000 digitized resources.
http://www.nyhistory.org/library/digital-collections
https://www.library.fordham.edu/digital/collection/digi_hudson
A project at Fordham Univeristy. Provides access to digitized resources about the Hudson River.
http://www.harvestofhistory.org/
An online educational tool developed by the Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown, NY. Includes 16 interdisciplinary activities for fourth grade students.
This is a news article from the UK Daily Mail that includes photographs and short biographies.
Free Sites for Searching Historical Newspapers
Search and browse historic newspapers contributed by libraries in the Hudson Valley.
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/
Search and browse historic newspapers contributed by libraries in upstate New York.
http://www.fultonhistory.com/fulton.html
This is a home-grown site (literally built in someone’s garage) that contains millions of digitized newspaper pages. The site is a bit wonky and the search and browse options are not the most sophisticated, but there is a wealth of newspaper content.
Slide Rocket http://www.sliderocket.com/
Museum Box http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
History Pin https://www.historypin.org/
Prezi http://prezi.com/
Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/
Voice Thread http://voicethread.com/