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Kelly Eby

EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it - 1 views

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    First hand accounts, illustrated with vintage photos, original radio broadcasts. Ancient world through the 20th century accounts to include history in motion. All accounts are bookmarked and easily accessed. Citation information is located at the end of each article.
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    With sound and film clips, quotes, pictures, and documents, this website provides primary documents for time periods and cultures ranging from the ancient world to the 20th century. A great site for middle school social studies on up, the site is nicely organized and has monthly focus topics.
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    I highly recommend this site to social studies teachers.  Many of the events featured on this site are so relevant to discussions when learning about these historical periods.  If you follow a time line as you teach history, this site will thrill you with some fabulous videos, quotes, photos, sights, sounds and eyewitness accounts that will help highlight and help explain history.
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    This site is INCREDIBLE! The format is student-friendly and easy to navigate. There are numerous 1st-hand accounts of memorable moments in history, from a transcript of a dinner with Attila the Hun, to video of the Hindenburg explosion. Students can search through events from many countries, centuries, and eras, including the Civil War era and the Old West. Photos and radio broadcasts are also available. I especially enjoy the format of the homepage, which includes interesting tabs such as "Spotlight On" (i.e., Spotlight on History's Bad Guys) and "Notable Quotes."
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    This site had a lot of great information and first hand accounts of events in history. Included various sources, photos, videos, radio broadcasts, maps and many more. The index was detailed and well organized, I liked how it highlighted topics that were interactive. The photo of the week was also a nice feature, this could be used to start a discussion with students on the photo and get their reactions to it.
Deb Kendall

EyeWitness to History - Index - 0 views

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    These primary documents are listed by date, which would make it a handy reference for teachers and students, especially in social studies classrooms. The documents can be downloaded in a printer friendly view with the citation on the bottom. There is a wide variety of topics of interest to students.
McKenzie White

Eyewitness - 1 views

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    Eyewitness:American Originals form the National Archives provides first-hand and personal testimonies of select historical events as told from the point-of-view of presidents: Jefferson, Washington, Truman, JFK, Bush Sr., John Adams, Carter, Eisenhower-as well as other influential individuals. This would be great for time period specific research projects. Easy to read and compact digital arrangements make this user friendly for young students, teens, and educators.
Isela Padilla

EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it - 1 views

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    First hand accounts, illustrated with vintage photos, original radio broadcasts. Great source for biographical accounts, cultural views of specific eras. Could be used for the Rendevous project.
Kelly Eby

American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement - 0 views

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    5th graders learn about explorers in social studies and we do a research unit in media.  This site is very cool because it has actual documents that contain personal accounts by American explorers, Indians, missionaries, traders and settlers.  I love reading the actual words from these famous pioneers from long ago.  I think it gives kids something "real" to relate to when studying history.
Amanda Gregory

Rag Linen - 1 views

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    This is an "online museum of historic newspapers" and other historical documents. It provides users a chance to peruse documents dating back to the 15th century. It includes eyewitness accounts, letters, government documents, and of course, newspapers. This would be a great resource for any upper elementary through high school student studying any part of American history.
Amanda Gregory

Eyewitness to History: Voices of the 20th Century - 1 views

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    This site provides recordings from important figures in American history. Most are from 1899-1945, and deal mainly with World War II. This would be a wonderful resource for anyone studying this era of history, especially for auditory learners. Other parts of the site share written primary source documents and photographs as well.
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