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Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project - 1 views
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Good tool for displaying historic information on maps. Canada only.
Newspaper Archives for TheOldenTimes.com - 1 views
HistoryBuff.com - 3 views
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Welcome to HistoryBuff.com, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing FREE primary source material for students, teachers, and historybuffs. This site focuses primarily on HOW news of major, and not so major, events in American history were reported in newspapers of the time. In addition, there is information about the technology used to produce newspapers over the past 400 years. Our latest addition is panoramas of historic sites in America.
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Site has primary sources, newspaper archives, reference libraries and narrated tours of historic sites.
Children and Youth in History | Home - 1 views
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Children & Youth in History is a world history resource that provides teachers and students with access to sources about young people from the past to the present.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The Institute. Public Programs and Ex... - 3 views
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One Stop Shopping for Everything Civil War with 150th Anniversary.
Talking History - 10 views
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Talking History, based at the University at Albany, State University of New York, is a production, distribution, and instructional center for all forms of "aural" history. Our mission is to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as broad and outstanding a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources as is available anywhere.
Our Archives (U.S. National Archives Wiki for Researchers) - Breaking Apart - 7 views
Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural - 14 views
As storm clouds of disunion and war were gathering across the nation, president elect Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic first inaugural address on March 4 closing with these words addressed t...
New @ EDSITEment - 11 views
EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov the free high quality educational resource from the National Endowment for the Humanties has a new interface. We have over 500 primary source based lessons in...
Teacher Guide - George Washington: A National Treasure - 6 views
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This Teacher Resource Guide is designed for incorporation into history and social studies curricula. It will introduce your students to some of the events and issues that shaped George Washington's life. The activities should enhance your students' knowledge of Washington and expand their horizons about this complex and interesting man.
Welcome to the Steinway Diary Project | The William Steinway Diary: 1861-1896, Smithson... - 1 views
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The National Museum of American History is engaged in a long-term project to create the first publicly accessible, annotated online edition of William Steinway's remarkable diary. This first installment of the Web site includes Edwin M. Good's complete transcription of all 2,500 pages of the Diary alongside high-resolution scans of each handwritten page.
Activities | DocsTeach - 29 views
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Turn your students into historians with primary-source based activities that develop historical thinking skills. Activities are ready to use in your classroom. Or alter an existing activity to fit your unique needs. Exchange primary source documents and modify activity instructions. Log in to borrow from an even larger selection from fellow educators.
Redistricting the Nation - 8 views
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Redraw the map on redistricting.
Legislators have long used redistricting as an opportunity to select their constituents, rather than empowering voters to elect their representatives. The redistricting following the 2010 Census is an opportunity to change how the process is conducted. Armed with knowledge and the right tools, the public can redraw the map on redistricting.
100 Terrific Sites to Find Primary Source History Documents | Bachelor's Degree Online - 21 views
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Researching on the Internet means working from home, viewing collections from around the world and stumbling across rare finds from somewhat obscure libraries or museums. But it also means linking to garbage, weird conspiracy theories, and even plagiarized material. To connect you to the best historical references, we've generated this list of 100 terrific sites that feature primary source documents, recordings, images and more.
Gettysburg Address on Vimeo - 12 views
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Animated adaptation of the Gettysburg Address. Great way to present the speech to students/ -
It starts out slow but then it is better.
Education | Rag Linen | Online Museum of Historic Newspapers - 9 views
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Rag Linen aims to be the premier online resource for information about historic newspapers. As such, we're frequently updating our education pages and resources section, which contains links to important videos, blogs, books, websites and more. We hope Rag Linen increases your interest and passion for historic newspapers.
