Primary Sources at the US Library of Congress

The Library of Congress offers reliable classroom materials to help teachers use primary sources in their classrooms.  To see resources for educators on primary sources click here.  

 If you used an idea from this website then buy Mr H a gatorade :)  Thank you

Primary Sources from World Digital Library

 

A couple of Septembers ago I posted about this great site for primary sources.  To see the post click here.

There is a search box in the middle of the page but at the top left hand corner there is a drop down menu titled "Explore".  You will then have the choice to search by Place, Time Period, Topic, Type of Item, Language, Institution.  The other icons at the top are Timelines (which has a WWI timeline), Interactive Maps and lastly Themes.  

World Digital Library

If you teach Cultural Studies or History this site hosted by the  US Library of Congress is a great searchable source of primary documents and fabulous images.  You can use the search box or the tools in the top left part of the header.  To see the site click here.

Echoes of the Great War

The US Library of Congress has an online exhibition about World War 1.  Much is from a US perspective but some is also from a world wide perspective.  There are many galleries with video and audio artifacts.  These artifacts would be great to use in class.  You might just want to use the 15 videos in the multimedia section.  To see the website click here.

Panama Canal

I know you have heard of the Panama Canal but did you ever hear about the Nicaragua Canal?  Well the Nicaragua Canal  was a competing proposal that the US congress was considering.  To read about it click here.