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Educational Resources | Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
Educational Resources | Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
Includes: Virtual experiences, including one that takes you inside the Statue of Liberty for an unprecedented look at her history, construction, and views of NY Harbor; Tips for using the Passenger Search database to discover your family’s connection to Ellis Island; Videos vignettes exploring the Ellis Island immigrant experience; and links to recommended webinars, activities, crafts, and educational materials
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·statueofliberty.org·
Educational Resources | Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
The Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
The Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
Explore more than 130,000 digitized images from the Newberry’s renowned Graff collection, documenting America’s westward expansion. Topics covered include narratives from explorers, pioneers, hunters, traders, and prospectors; accounts of the Mormon treks of 1846 and 1849, the California gold rush, and overland travel during the 19th century; the development of transcontinental railroads; the growth of Western city and town life; and the history and culture of Native Americans.
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·publications.newberry.org·
The Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
Discovering American Women's History Online - Middle Tennessee State University Digital Collections
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.
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·cdm15838.contentdm.oclc.org·
Discovering American Women's History Online - Middle Tennessee State University Digital Collections
Papers Of Abraham Lincoln
Papers Of Abraham Lincoln
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln is a documentary editing project dedicated to identifying, imaging, transcribing, annotating, and publishing online all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime (1809-1865).
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·papersofabrahamlincoln.org·
Papers Of Abraham Lincoln
Cold War International History Project | Wilson Center
Cold War International History Project | Wilson Center
The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Through an award winning Digital Archive, the Project allows scholars, journalists, students, and the interested public to reassess the Cold War and its many contemporary legacies. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program.
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·wilsoncenter.org·
Cold War International History Project | Wilson Center
Civil Rights Digital Library
Civil Rights Digital Library
The Civil Rights Digital Library is a GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia Libraries that collaborates with Georgia's Libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions of education and culture to provide access to key information resources on Georgia history, culture, and life.
#primarysources#digital#civilrights
·crdl.usg.edu·
Civil Rights Digital Library
DocsTeach
DocsTeach
website from the National Archives about teaching with historic documents
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·docsteach.org·
DocsTeach
Our Documents - Home
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.
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·ourdocuments.gov·
Our Documents - Home
The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students | The Holocaust Encyclopedia
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.
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·encyclopedia.ushmm.org·
The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students | The Holocaust Encyclopedia
Teaching with Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)
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.
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·nps.gov·
Teaching with Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)
TPS Home - Walker Library at Middle Tennessee State University
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.
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·library.mtsu.edu·
TPS Home - Walker Library at Middle Tennessee State University
Making Sense of Evidence
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.
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·historymatters.gmu.edu·
Making Sense of Evidence