The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918: A Digital Encyclopedia
the Influenza Encyclopedia has become the Internet repository for historical documents on the American influenza pandemic of 1918-1919.
Primary Sources
Discovering American Women's History Online - Middle Tennessee State University Digital Collections
This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. The database offers the following features: Detailed descriptions and links to more than 700 digital collections Quick access to basic and advanced searches on every page Options for browsing by subject (300+ entries), place, time period, and primary source type Options for narrowing search results by subject, time period, place, and primary source type An interactive map links more than 500 locations (towns, schools, buildings) with relevant online primary sources.
Making of America
Collections on JSTOR
HathiTrust Digital Library | Millions of books online
State Digital Resources (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)
Papers Of Abraham Lincoln
Home - Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
EuroDocs
Documenting the American South homepage
Cold War International History Project | Wilson Center
Civil Rights Digital Library
Teachers (U.S. National Park Service)
Creating the Historical Record for the Future, One Student at a Time
RT @KevinLevin: I went ahead and wrote up this thread as a blog post so it can be more easily shared.
Home - Free Educator Resources from the Feds - LibGuides at University of Memphis Libraries
This research guide presents free resources for educators hosted by United States government agencies RT @erynduffee: Amazing resource being presented by two staff members at U Memphis! #tnla19
Digital Public Library of America
DPLA works with a national network of partners to make millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country available to all in a one-stop discovery experience.
nhdarchives [licensed for non-commercial use only] / Using Primary Sources
National History Day resources on Using Primary Sources. Includes a few websites with examples on how to use them.
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Discover, Create, Share
free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning.
DocsTeach
website from the National Archives about teaching with historic documents
Our Documents - Home
The primary source documents on this page highlight pivotal moments in the course of American history or government. They are some of the most-viewed and sought-out documents in the holdings of the National Archives.
The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students | The Holocaust Encyclopedia
an overview of the Holocaust through historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and testimony clips. It is a resource for middle and secondary level students and teachers, with content that reflects the history as it is presented in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Permanent Exhibition.
Teaching with Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)
teaching tools and lesson plans to help educators engage young people with powerful stories representing America’s diverse history. Historic places in National Parks and in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects.
Primary Sources - Walker Library at Middle Tennessee State University
links to a variety of places where you can find primary sources on the web
TPS Home - Walker Library at Middle Tennessee State University
Teaching with Primary Sources offers free K-12 professional development thanks to funds provided by the Library of Congress. TPS-MTSU serves educators across Tennessee by improving the way primary sources are used to promote critical thinking in the classroom and across the curriculum. Includes lesson plans and activities as well as tools and primary source sets.
Primary Sources on the Web: Finding, Evaluating, Using | Reference & User Services Association (RUSA)
Links to websites for finding primary sources; provides tips for evaluating primary sources; and how to use primary sources when writing
Making Sense of Evidence
“Making Sense of Documents” provide strategies for analyzing online primary materials, with interactive exercises and a guide to traditional and online sources. “Scholars in Action” segments show how scholars puzzle out the meaning of different kinds of primary sources, allowing you to try to make sense of a document yourself then providing audio clips in which leading scholars interpret the document and discuss strategies for overall analysis.
Education Outreach: Classroom Resources | Tennessee Secretary of State
resources specific to Tennessee state standards for K-12. Includes lesson plans, links to resources, tips for analyzing various documents, and more
Educator Resources | National Archives
all National Archives resources for K-12 teachers in one place. Includes Civics for All of Use, DocsTeach, Distance Learning, Milestone Documents and more
Smithsonian's History Explorer |
website for K-12 educators includes lesson plans, teacher resources, primary sources, and interactive media
Flickr: The Commons
Since launching in 2008 with the Library of Congress, the Flickr Commons has been sharing hidden treasures from the world’s photography archives, with over 100 members.