Teacher / Library Resources

Title: For Teachers Location: Framingham, MA Annotation: Provides resources on Framingham biographies, history, and more. Worksheets include information on the city seal, city artifacts, and a home water usage log. Also provides resources, broken down into 3 eras, for 3rd grade teachers in preparation for classroom visits to the center. Use: Aligns with Massachusetts History and Social Science framework for grade 3, specifically for Framingham students. Searching: Searching searches the entire Framingham History Center.

Title: iCivics Massachusetts Location: (Undisclosed) Commonwealth of Massachusetts Annotation: Lesson plans specifically developed for Massachusetts classrooms. Covers democracy, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Local Massachusetts government, and comparing the Massachusetts constitution with the U.S. constitution. Use: Aligns with Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework for grades 8–12. Searching: Searching searches the entire iCivics education site.

Title: Educational Resources and Activities Location: Boston, MA Annotation: Downloadable PDFs, videos, and lesson ideas for teachers who plan on taking their class to the New England Aquarium. PDFs directly relate to exhibits, activities do not require a field trip. Use: Aligns with Massachusetts Science Technology and Engineering framework for grades 1–3, life sciences. Searching: Searching searches the entire New England Aquarium site.

Title: Resources and Professional Development Location: Lincoln, MA Annotation: Lesson plans, professional development, virtual or in-person workshops available for teachers to teach Earth Science. Use: Connects with Massachusetts Science Technology and Engineering framework for grades K–12 with inquiry-based lessons Searching: Searching searches the entire Mass Audubon site.

Title: Center for the Teaching of History at the Massachusetts Historical Society Location: Boston, MA Annotation: Provides resources to teachers for Massachusetts history. They offer teacher workshops, classroom resources, an online collection, and student programs. Use: Connects with Massachusetts History and Social Science framework for grades 3, 5, and high school. Searching: The Massachusetts Historical Society does not support searching on their website.

Title: Curriculum Matters: Instructional Materials and Professional Development Location: Everett, MA Annotation: Teachers resources for Massachusetts curriculum professional development. Supports teachers with understanding, integrating, and discerning high-quality instructional materials. Use: Teacher professional development Searching: Searching searches all of DESE

Title: Conservation Resources for Educators Location: Multiple locations within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Annotation: Contains information on workshops and trainings along with resources for teachers on conservation principles. Use: Aligns with Massachusetts Science Technology and Engineering Framework for grades 7–12. Searching: Searching searches the entire mass.gov site.

Title: Education Resource Center Location: Boston, MA Annotation: Teacher resources about the Massachusetts judicial branch, legal history, and historic preservation. Use: Aligns with the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework for grade 8. Searching: Searching searches the entire mass.gov

Title: Investigating History Location: Everett, MA Annotation: a compiled inquiry-based curriculum that aligns with the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework for grades 3-7, as it was created by DESE in collaboration with Massachusetts teachers, scholars, and organizations. Includes curriculum, educator resources, and professional development. Use: Aligns with the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework for grades 3-7 Searching: Searching searches the entire DESE website.

Title: Primary Sources for your Classroom Type: Digital Repository Annotation: A collection of primary sources about the immigrants who came through Ellis Island and their experiences. Includes documents, first hand accounts, and how to get started with primary sources. Use: Connects with the Massachusetts History and Social Science framework with immigration topics for grades 2,4,5-8.

Title: A Hub for Fashion Research Type: Digital Repository Annotation: Primary sources of fashion from throughout history along with definitions and explanations of each. Although, images are sourced from books, not directly from the objects. Use: Could connect with the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum, or a fashion class, or theater costumer. Searching: There is no search on the home page, but once you click through the menu options, each page has a search that searches the entire website.

Title: For Teachers Location: Framingham, MA Annotation: Provides resources on Framingham biographies, history, and more. Worksheets include information on the city seal, city artifacts, and a home water usage log. Also provides resources, broken down into 3 eras, for 3rd grade teachers in preparation for classroom visits to the center. Use: Aligns with Massachusetts History and Social Science framework for grade 3, specifically for Framingham students. Searching: Searching searches the entire Framingham History Center.

Title: Celebrate Native Plants Location: Wayland, MA Annotation: Native Plant Trust discusses conservationism through education programs, family activities, tours, and informational resources. Use: Connects with Massachusetts History and Social Science framework with agriculture expansion and Massachusetts Science Technology and Engineering framework. Searching: Searching searches the entire Native Plant Trust website.

Title: Primary Source Literacy Guidelines (2018) Annotation: Guidelines for finding, analyzing, evaluating, and using primary sources. Use: Great as a reference guide for primary sources for teachers and / or students. Searching: Searching searches the entire TPS Collective site.

Title: DPLA Type: Digital Repository Annotation: a collection of over 50M images, texts, videos, and sounds from the United States. Also has access to primary sources, family research, scholarly research, and online exhibitions. Use: Materials would be best used in conjunction with a lesson plan. Searching: Searching searches the entire collection.

Title: The McAuliffe Collection Type: Digital Repository Annotation: Includes documentation, images, and correspondence on Christa McAuliffe and The Challenger. Use: Discussing space programs Searching: Searches the entire Framingham State University Digital Repository (FSUDR)

Title: Louvre site des collections (Louvre Collections) Type: Digital Repository Annotation: A collection of 500,000+ works between the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix. The collection contains architecture, books, paintings, personal objects, monuments, textiles, sculptures, and more. Each item is photographed / scanned and allows for image downloads and printing the item webpage. Use: I would suggest high school as the search is in French. Could connect with Massachusetts Languages Curriculum Framework (for French) and / or the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Framework for research beyond what is available in U.S. primary sources. Searching: Searching is conducted in French, and results are in French. Searching searches the entire Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix collection. Searches are able to be filtered by artist, medium, specific collection, and / or if the item is on display.

Title: Teaching Resources Type: Collection Annotation: A collection of teaching resources dedicated to many art movements and artists. Use: Connects with Massachusetts Arts Curriculum framework. Resources are able to be filtered by grade level or broken down into categories. Searching: Searching searches all of the National Gallery of Art.

Title: Explore Collections Type: Digitized repository Annotation: A collection of primary sources from the Babylonian, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript library, Classics library, Cushing / Whitney Medical library, Divinity library, Fortunoff Video archive of Holocaust testimonials, Gilmore Music library, Historical Sound Recordings, Humanities, International, Lewis Walpole library, Lilian Goldman Law library, Manuscripts and Archives, Marx library, Mathematics library, Microform Reading Room, Oral History of American Music, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Robert B. Haas Family Arts library, Yale Center for British Art, Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale Film Archive, Yale University Art Gallery collections. Use: Students could explore collections based on assignment. Could be accessed for History, Art, Mathematics, Government, and more. It has wide applications, but needs time to search under each specific collection. Searching: To search you need to click into the specific collection. Searching and filtering will work within the specific collection.

Title: Browse Collections Type: Digital Repository Annotation: A collection of audio, files, and images of Native Americans and their history and oral traditions. Contains collections for many tribes, but a few for each and not a complete collection. Use: Connects with Massachusetts History and Social Science framework for grades 3, 9–12. Would be great in conjunction with a lesson plan. Searching: Searching searches the entire collection. The collection can be filtered by the repository, tribe / community / culture, subject (category), media type, and keywords.

Title: Search Type: Digital repository Annotation: A collection of primary sources ranging from books, letters, photographs, paintings, film, newspapers, audio, documents, and much more. Provides collections from all over the world that are housed in Massachusetts. Also connects you with the collection houses to search within specified collections such as the Boston Public Library, Fitchburg State University, and many more. Use: Great for students to search to find primary information based on any topic for a research assignment. Best for Massachusetts History and Social Science framework connections. Searching: Searching searches the entire online collection, but the filters change depending on what is available for your inquiry.

Title: Collection — eMuseum Type: Digital repository Annotation: A collection of paper, paintings, sculptures, furniture, textiles, logbooks / journals, domestic items, etc. pertaining to the Whaling Era, specifically for New Bedford, MA, but also includes other maritime cities and countries. Everything in the collection is digitized and contains additional information. Use: Connects with Massachusetts History and Social Science framework for grade 5. Searching: Searching searches the entire collection, but the collection can be filtered using detailed breakdowns.

Title: How to Use: DBQuests Annotation: Allows students to be guided through questions as they analyze curated primary sources. Use: Each DBQuest has a dropdown by state to review what standards the DBQuest connects with. Searching: There is no search feature unless you click into "Explore the resource library". Then you can search all educational resources and filter.

Title: Teacher Program Annotation: Classroom materials and professional development for teachers to teach and use primary sources. Offers help with getting started, analyzing, and citing primary sources. Use: For teachers to use personally or in the classroom. Use as a resource with a lesson. Searching: Search searches the entire Library of Congress website.

Title: Find your family. Free Genealogy Archives Annotation: A free archive of family history and relatives. Must make a free account to access. Use: Students can use the family tree to find relatives and make connections to their family in history. Searching: There is not a search capability.

Title: National Archives Annotation: Provides teachers with resources on how to conduct primary source document analysis such as photographs, written documents, artifacts, posters, maps, cartoons, videos, and sound recordings. It also provides an access link to DocsTeach where you can access thousands of primary sources. Use: A great teaching tool for getting students used to analyzing a primary source and asking questions to gain deeper information. It provides worksheets in English and Spanish and for Novice / Young Students through Intermediary. Searching: Searching searches the entirety of archives.gov

Title: Teaching with Primary Sources Annotation: A Learning Lab collection for teaching Primary Sources. Includes activities to help students learn about primary sources through objects, documents, music, and oral history. Use: A great use for librarians and history teachers to help students understand what a primary source is and why it is important. Searching: Searching searches the entire Smithsonian Learning Lab

Title: Smithsonian Learning Lab: Discover, Create, Share Annotation: Resources for educators, curriculum developers, librarians / media specialists, museum educators, learners, and parents. Resources include images, audio, video, text, lesson plans, and more. Collections include social studies, language arts, science, art, and more. Use: As supplementary material for any classroom. Searching: Searching searches the entire Smithsonian Learning Lab.