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jayme prisbell

Activities | DocsTeach - 2 views

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  • Leah Dicke on 05 Oct 11
     
    This website has many lesson plans and units prepared for teachers using primary sources documents that were found at the National Archives. Covering the American Revolution to the present, the lessons focus on sequencing, details, interpretation, and connections of events. Great for Middle School through high school.
  • Lorie Adams on 08 Oct 11
     
    Students use primary sources to learn about historical events. There are activities ready to use in the classroom or modify existing activies to meet your classroom needs.
  • jayme prisbell on 08 Oct 11
     
    The National Archives Experience Docs Teach site allows its users to register and bookmark activities while allowing them to create their own interactive activities for the classroom. The site is designed to motivate students to take an interest in what they are learning by providing materials that sparks interest, provides multiple perspectives, and helps teach students how to recognize bias and question where the information they are reading is coming from. The site provides ready-to-use classroom materials as well as access to thousands of primary sources from the National Archives that allow the teacher to promote further investigation while making connections between the past and present.
Deb Kendall

History in the Raw - 0 views

www.archives.gov/...history-in-the-raw.html

Primary Source history

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      Deb Kendall on 01 Oct 11
       
      Justification for using primary source documents with students. It can be used with historical fiction as well as general research in other subjects.
  • Primary sources fascinate students because they are real and they are personal; history is humanized through them. Using original sources, students touch the lives of the people about whom history is written. They participate in human emotions and in the values and attitudes of the past. By reading a series of public opinion surveys from World War II, for example, students confront the language of the person interviewed and his or her fears about shortages, as well as the interviewer's reactions recorded after the interview. These human expressions provide history with color and excitement and link students directly to its cast of characters. Interpreting historical sources helps students to analyze and evaluate contemporary sources--newspaper reports, television and radio programs, and advertising. By using primary sources, students learn to recognize how a point of view and a bias affect evidence, what contradictions and other limitations exist within a given source, and to what extent sources are reliable. Essential among these skills is the ability to understand and make appropriate use of many sources of information. Development of these skills is important not only to historical research but also to a citizenship where people are able to evaluate the information needed to maintain a free society.
  • Deb Kendall on 01 Oct 11
     
    Many times primary source documents are overlooked as a tool for students to connect to history. Our textbooks rarely go in depth on any topic thereby leaving out the sense of humanity. Primary sources motivate students to engage in historical inquiry as they analyze and evaluate contemporary sources. I would like to see more primary source documents used in literacy classes to support historical fiction.
Megan Wismer

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The Collection. Battle Lines - 1 views

www.gilderlehrman.org/...index_good.html

war letters History primary american history

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  • Ann Maass on 05 Oct 11
     
    This site has many features including podcasts, audio, and video as well as photo, print, and other primary source documents arranged by era. Users can search from the beginning our country to the present. One of the most unique features of the site was the collection Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars. This section has 5 different categories of letters from soldiers, one from each era. There is a digital copy of the letter as well as an audio recording of the letter. This would be great to use with second language learners or struggling readers since the text is read to the user. Next to the picture there is also a photograph or print from the same era as the letter. A description of the letter's author is also printed next to the letter. A transcript which is easier to read than the original is also available.
  • Leah Dicke on 05 Oct 11
     
    This site focuses on original letters and contains audio files from the battlelines starting at the Revolutionary War to the Iraq War. Through these correspondences, a student will be able to have a better understanding of what war is like for the soldiers and their families from daily happenings to major events. Grades 6 +. Photos, print documents, a teachers guide, and a section called "teachable documents" help makes this a great site to help learn about different eras in our nation's history.
  • Megan Wismer on 07 Oct 11
     
    LOVE this website.  Letters from most American wars from Revolutionary War to Iraq.   Each letter appears on the screen and includes a recording of the letter read aloud.  Very powerful to hear the types of details soldiers wrote.  Each page also includes information about the solder. 5 categories to choose from with many letters in each.  The categories are enlisting, comforts of home, love, combat, and the end of the war.
Teresa Bell

Awesome Stories - 0 views

www.awesomestories.com

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  • Teresa Bell on 08 Oct 11
     
    This site looks to be a great gathering place where one can locate primary source information. In addition, it has links to audio, video, documents and lesson plans. "AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories existas a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located." http://www.awesomestories.com/
Amanda Zieg

Learning at the British Library - 0 views

www.bl.uk/index.html

Collections history uk britishlibrary primary archives

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  • Amanda Zieg on 29 Sep 11
     
    Even though this is not an American affiliated site, the British Library has excellent resources for educators.  I enjoyed the variety of tools and resources it had to offer.  One particular area that I enjoyed exploring was their "Timelines: Sources from History" that allows you to explore collection items from ancient civilizations to the present day.  There was also this one section pertaining to a century of children's songs, rhymes and games, which presented children's culture in Britain over the years. I found this to be very intriguing because I did not expect to see a special area designated only for children's games of the past. In addition to explaining these games there were also curriculum links highlighting drama, history, art, citizenship, etc. 
Deb Kendall

About - Ad*Access - Duke Libraries - 0 views

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  • This site includes historical materials that may contain negative stereotypes or language reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place. These items are presented as part of the historical record.
  • Rather than include just a few ads on many topics, we elected to digitize and make available hundreds or thousands of ads that relate to one of five main categories. This enables researchers and students to have enough material to draw on to begin to understand that advertising for a certain product or time period. The categories we selected are: Beauty and Hygiene, Transportation, Radio, Television, and World War II.
  • Deb Kendall on 01 Oct 11
     
    This site could be an invaluable resource for teaching media literacy. Analysis of multiple advertisements for specific products over time will shed some light on not only advertising techniques but provide an insight into the social culture of the time. History should be taught in the context of  the culture of the time. Advertisements provide visuals as well as text to create an  image of that culture. I especially appreciate that negative stereotypes are included. These can be used, carefully, to spark a discussion where students can be taught critical thinking skills These could even be used in literacy classes to create a discussion and to introduce a book.
Kristina Peters

Ellis Island - FREE Port of New York Passenger Records Search - 1 views

www.ellisisland.org/default.asp

primarysources geneaology familyhistory immigration EllisIsland

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  • Kristina Peters on 08 Oct 11
     
    Ellis Island is an extremely important part of American History because our nation is founded on immigrants.  This site allows users to search the Ellis Island records for people who entered the country and discover more information about our own families.  Genealogy is something that isn't discussed much with students, but it is imperative for students to know our history.  Because we are a nation if immigrants, we all have relations to other countries and making that connection can be very important.  I would love to see high schoolers use this site to help investigate family origins.  Even if there were no connections to Ellis Island, they could choose from the list of more famous people to arrive.  The original documents that are captured on this site are a definite piece of our history that is worth investigating and sharing with others.
Cynthia Stogdill

Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy - 3 views

avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp

primarysources socialstudies history documents techintegration

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  • emilysarah03 on 27 Sep 11
     
    This is a collection of documents on law, history, and diplomacy. In World History we talk about many of these documents, so it would be interesting to have students read them and try to imagine how it felt to be a part of that event or history. For example, students can read the Balfour declaration to decide how Jews might react to it, and how Palestinians might react to it.
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  • Susan Findlay on 02 Oct 11
     
    The Avalon Project contains digital documents pertaining to the fields of Law, Economics, History, Politics, Philosophy and Government. Students can investigate everything from the Code of Hammurabi to the 911 Reports. Great resource for research.
  • Steph Schnabel on 08 Oct 11
     
    This site provides digital copies of historical documents which can be searched by century or by topic. The Avalon Projects collects records in the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government. Records include information from the ancient civilizations to the 21st century.
  • Cynthia Stogdill on 09 Oct 11
     
    I love this website for its primary sources and because they are listed by time period. It makes narrowing down a subject or selecting a time period easier for students. It also allows students to browse through different time periods if they aren't sure what topic they want to research.
Deborah Nichols

Our Documents - 100 Milestone Documents - 1 views

www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php

100documents CivilRights VotingRights 1776-1965 History reference

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  • emilysarah03 on 27 Sep 11
     
    This is a collection of the 100 most influential documents according to the U.S. government. It would be interesting to have students read these throughout the year, and rank them on their own list of most influential. It also helps students understand how great of an impact a document can have on a country's history.
  • Ann Maass on 04 Oct 11
     
    A site that would be great for any American History class. It has digital copies of the 100 most important documents in US History. I think that it would be used with high school students in an American History or Government class. Students are able to click on the list of documents they'd like to see and an image of the actual document appears. It can be enlarged so it's a little easier to see. Due to their age, some of these documents are difficult to read, but there an option for students to read the document transcript.
  • Deborah Nichols on 09 Oct 11
     
    This is a list of the top 100 primary source documents as chossen by this website. One of the great features of this is it is easily manageable. It has documents from 1776 to 1965. The links take you to both a printer friendly version of the document and a digital image of the primary document. You can see George Washington and President Kennedy's handwriting also.
emilysarah03

Stanford History Education Group - 1 views

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  • emilysarah03 on 27 Sep 11
     
    Our district recently partnered with SHEG to provide us with these lessons and documents. On the left there are units and each one has a guide for students to use as well as copies of the documents. It provides support activities to help students understand how to use sources effectively, how to understand perspective, and how to put a primary document in context with the time period.
Michelle Phillips

NASA - Students - 1 views

www.nasa.gov/...index.html

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  • Michelle Phillips on 06 Oct 11
     
    A science topic that is bound to grab and hold onto everyone's attention is outer space. NASA offers four versions of their student site: K-4, 5-8, 9-12, and higher education. Each version offers some basic "must-haves" for primary sources such as photo libraries, videos, and a link to NASA-TV. In addition, there are games to motivate students, career profiles (to help students see what steps are necessary if they want to become an astronaut), and "Homework Topics" to help students extend their learning. There is also a great NASA Kids Club that is available!
Lacey Matthews

Smithsonian - 2 views

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History archives

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  • Amanda Zieg on 29 Sep 11
     
    The Smithsonian Collections has a vast collection of objects, documents, photos, etc. ranging from ancient civilizations to current historical events. According to the Smithsonian website there are "7.4 million digital records available online through the Collections Search Center." This site would be a great resource for students when searching for primary documents. 
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  • Leah Dicke on 05 Oct 11
     
    One of the world's greatest museums, the Smithsonian has digitized some of its collection by sharing pictures and information about its many artifacts and items. Great for 5-12, students can use this information to explore many different scientific and historical fields through its libraries and archives. Teacher Guides and classroom resources are provided.
  • jayme prisbell on 08 Oct 11
     
    The Smithsonian is the world's largest museum and research complex that provides materials for educators, students, and researchers and allows the user to make connections while providing a multitude of activities and instruction to learn from. This site allows its users to access a plethora of information from different tabs and links allowing its users to explore research centers, exhibitions, events, cultural programs, collections, museums and zoos through interactive tools, links, videos and websites. Smithsonian also provides a newsroom that feeds updates and information about the Smithsonian.
  • Lacey Matthews on 08 Oct 11
     
    One of the greatest museums in the entire world. The website is great for middle school-high schools. It brings history to each and every person who accesses it. No longer do you have to travel so far to learn so much. It would be a great use to students looking for primary resouces.
Kelly Eby

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

www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html

history socialstudies primarysource documents american history

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  • Raelynn Buffington on 02 Oct 11
     
    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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  • Leah Dicke on 05 Oct 11
     
    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.
  • Kelly Eby on 06 Oct 11
     
    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.
  • Michelle Phillips on 06 Oct 11
     
    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."
  • Rachel Gordon on 07 Oct 11
     
    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.
jayme prisbell

Institute for Holocaust Education - Home - 1 views

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  • jayme prisbell on 08 Oct 11
     
    The Institute for Holocaust Education site provides educational resources, workshops, survivor testimony for both students and educators of all ages and all levels of learning. The site is designed to ensure appropriate, accurate, and authentic lessons/materials are provided to the students so they are able to understand the political, social, and intellectual conditions that led to the Holocaust while recognizing stereotypes, prejudice and racism. The site also provides its users with additional references (i.e.) books, web links, exhibits, and a website dedicated to the Nebraska Holocaust Memorial.
Teresa Bell

Gov Docs Kids Group / FrontPage - 0 views

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History Science Culture Government

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  • Teresa Bell on 08 Oct 11
     
    Promotes "government information in order to engage K-12 students in learning about history, culture, science, and government through games and other interactive activities; to assist teachers and school librarians with locating teaching aids, lesson plans, and exciting tools to enhance students' learning, and to provide librarians with a collection of free government resources to advance their reference interview and collection development decisions." http://govdocs4children.pbworks.com/w/page/8811722/FrontPage
Teresa Bell

The Labyrinth - 0 views

labyrinth.georgetown.edu

history medieval reference research literature Resources culture Education

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  • Teresa Bell on 08 Oct 11
     
    "The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Each user will be able to find an Ariadne's thread through the maze of information on the Web. This project not only provides an organizational structure for electronic resources in medieval studies, but also serves as a model for similar, collaborative projects in other fields of study. The Labyrinth project is open-ended and is designed to grow and change with new developments in technology and in medieval studies." http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
Sandra Fey

Teachers' Resources - 1 views

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  • Megan Wismer on 07 Oct 11
     
    National Archives website with a lot of great resources.  Lesson plans & activities to help planning lessons around primary sources, school tours and activities, links with help to use primary sources.  There are also featured activities and resources.  Not to mention professional development opportunities!
  • Amber Blair on 08 Oct 11
     
    Archives.gov offers a section designed just for educators. There are lesson plans and reproducible sources that can be used to teach American History. Teachers can find lessons based on specific historical time periods. Educators can also find professional development opportunities. There is a section for state and regional primary resources, but I noticed that Nebraska is not on the list.
  • Sandra Fey on 09 Oct 11
     
    The National Archives provides many primary documents.  Looking at the site, I also found the teacher resource section really helpful.  Some of the things that can be found there are how to find primary resources and how to use them. For teachers and librarian that are new to using this resource, or new a refresher, I think it will really benefit them.
Deborah Nichols

Lincoln/Net: About Lincoln/Net - 1 views

lincoln.lib.niu.edu/aboutinfo.html

AbrahamLincoln NativeAmericanHistory Slavery

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  • Deborah Nichols on 07 Oct 11
     
    This is the Lincoln Library website. They have a collection of primary source material that ranges from text to photographs and covers a wide variety of topics from Native American History to Civil War and slavery. It would be great to use to introduce students to Abraham Lincoln.
Cynthia Stogdill

Welcome to the British Cartoon Archive - The British Cartoon Archive - University of Kent - 2 views

www.cartoons.ac.uk

primarysources socialstudies history Art cartoon politics

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  • emilysarah03 on 27 Sep 11
     
    This is an archive of political cartoons printed in Britain. It would be great for a lesson that showed multiple viewpoints and perspectives on issues and moments in history. Students can analyze them to find out the cartoonist's perspective on an idea, and what the public's reaction was to an event. I use these in class to have my students see how one country can react to the events in another, and how different areas view each other.
  • Cynthia Stogdill on 04 Oct 11
     
    This site list British cartoons from 1904 to the 1990's.  Cartoons are often a mirror of the culture which they portray.  This site is excellent source for social and political history of Great Britain. This site also allows registered users to create groups of cartoons for education purposes and users can access other previously created groups. The site also provides teaching and learning tools and lessons.
Megan Wismer

Teaching With Documents - 1 views

www.archives.gov/...lessons

Primary sources american history reproducible documents

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  • This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections.
  • Anne Hubbell on 04 Oct 11
     
    This site has great resources for teaching history, civics, or government. There are many primary documents for students to see and lots of ideas for teachers. There are state standards and lesson ideas. Lessons are provided for different eras and there is a link to DocsTeach where teachers can create their own documents or search for something they can use. I think this site would be very helpful.
  • Megan Wismer on 07 Oct 11
     
    Reproducible copies of primary sources for teachers to use in their classrooms.  Website is well organized by topics and dates with many primary sources to use in classrooms or in the library to help students with research. Documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States.
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