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The U.S. National Archives and the Library of Congress have digitized a wealth of primary sources on America's Westward Expansion. View some of those holdings together with annotated maps, paintings of the western "wilderness" (commissioned by the U.S. government) and pictures of pioneers, Native Americans and the transcontinental railroad.

Digital images of art from the Getty Museum, including lesson plans and artsednet Talk, an online community of teachers and learners of art education.

The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials.

History abounds in graveyards. This site gives information and steps to take when trying to find graveyard evidence that would be useful to your research.

Heritage Colorado provides access to thousands of images representing Colorado's cultural, scientific and historic heritage.

Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection provides access to newspapers published in Colorado between 1859-1923.

Western Trails provides access to over 20,000 images from four states related to the exploration, settlement, and development of the American West

An online multimedia museum collection featuring oral history recordings and historic photographs that document life on the Colorado Plateau.

Questions and Answers about Copyright and Fair Use for the Library of Congress American Memory Collections.

Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) copyright page for educators, K-12.

Articles, information, activities and lessons about copyright.

Information for classroom teachers of their rights under the copyright law and copyright guidelines of the United States.

Colorado's Main Streets introduces students to the imporatance of historic preservation in our communities and provides access to virtual walking tours of five Colorado communities.

Provides links to lesson plans related to virtual walking tours from five Colorado communities. Additional links for educators related to historic preservation in Colorado.

Overview of activities at the Center for Children and Technology related to using primary sources in the classroom.

A newsletter of practical teaching ideas for American Memory Users

The THWT Newsletter offers resources, lesson plans, and tech tips to help history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses.

Learn about new lesson plans for your classroom, along with a wide variety of educational events, exhibits, programs, websites, and more.

This site demonstrates how to piece together the past from fragments that have survived, using the example of the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife and healer from the 18th century.

Provides access to historical treasures of Ohio, bringing together primary sources from all parts of the state.

Through a variety of professional development programs and resources, educators can learn how to effectively use American Memory resources in the classroom.

American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. The Learning Page has lessons, features, activities and tips and tricks for using these collections in your classroom.

A digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.

Digital diaries, letters, documents, photos and prints that are directly related to women and the Civil War.

Bilingual, multimedia digital libraries resulting from collaborative efforts with other countries. Current collections are Meeting of the Frontiers with Russia and Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier: Parallel Histories with Spain.

NARA has the cornerstone documents of our government, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights, as well as the 100 milestone documents of American history. Currently you can participate in 'The People's Vote' and vote for which documents you think were most influential in American History.

This site contains primary source documents from the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government, as well as supporting documents.

The Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

A searchable database presenting tens of thousands of digital images from The New York Public Library's collections including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, rare prints and photographs, and more

A database of photographs, political cartoons, and texts speeches, letters, and other historic documents from the New Deal period.

In this activity from the Library of Congress American Memory, students learn techniques for analyzing primary sources and students apply these techniques to analyze documents about slavery in the United States.

An illustrated handout that provides a rationale for using primary sources.

Students learn about the historical record and then learn to analyze primary sources.

A teachers guide to interpreting objects and writing history from the Smithsonian Institution.

The Learning Page has lessons, features, activities and tips and tricks for using these collections in your classroom. Additional sites for primary source material are also available.

The National Archives and Records Administration educators site has many document-based lessons for use in the classroom.

Strategies for analyzing online primary materials, with interactive exercises and .Scholars in Action . segments show how scholars puzzle out the meaning of different kinds of primary sources.

Lesson plans emphasizing inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections.

This lesson focuses on ways in which teachers can use objects for effective classroom teaching. Artifacts of historical significance are examined and analyzed to develop an understanding of the artifact as a "tool of the history trade" . a source of historical information.

This site describes how using "material culture" - things made by people - helps students to understand the world today and in the past, and provides classroom activities and lessons about objects.

Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects.

Worksheets to help your students work with written documents, posters, cartoons and more from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Help guide your students into deeper analysis of primary sources with these worksheets created by educators through the Library of Congress American Memory.

All sorts of information can be found on the Internet, including misinformation, false information, and sheer fabrication. Assessing Internet information based on a few simple indicators helps students with constant practice in thinking critically about the nature of research and evidence.

Evaluation criteria, examples and more information about the importance of evaluating web sources.

A group activity to help students understand the importance of carefully examining and selecting websites to use for information.