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This is a guide to creating lessons using primary sources provided by the Library of Congress. They've just started a new initiative helping teachers use primary sources in the classroom; I went to the site they're set up but there wasn't much there. Maybe it will grow in time.

Themed Resources | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress

Primary Source Set | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress

"Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library highlights two collections at the Library of Congress that illuminate the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the sixteenth president of the United States. The Abraham Lincoln Papers housed in the Manuscript Division contain approximately 20,000 items including correspondence and papers accumulated primarily during Lincoln's presidency." Awesome.

1492. Columbus. The date and the name provoke many questions related to the linking of very different parts of the world, the Western Hemisphere and the Mediterranean. What was life like in those areas before 1492? What spurred European expansion? How did European, African and American peoples react to each other? What were some of the immediate results of these contacts?1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE addresses such questions by examining the rich mixture of societies coexisting in five areas of this hemisphere before European arrival. It then surveys the polyglot Mediterranean world at a dynamic turning point in its development. The exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600. During this period, in the wake of Columbus's voyages, Africans also arrived in the hemisphere, usually as slaves. All of these encounters, some brutal and traumatic, others more gradual, irreversibly changed the way in which peoples in the Americas led their lives. The dramatic events following 1492 set the stage for numerous cultural interactions in the Americas which are still in progress - a complex and ongoing voyage.

A collection of documents for American history C18 to the C20th, provided by the Library of Congress.

"Bound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI). Comprised of seventy digital prints made from color transparencies taken between 1939 and 1943, this exhibition reveals a surprisingly vibrant world that has typically been viewed only through black-and-white images."

Might be useful in showing your students that everything before the 1950s didn't happen in black and white. A humbly titled collection.

Another one of the excellent collections provided by the Library of Congress. Gotta love 'em.

The By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 collection consists of 908 boldly colored and graphically diverse original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.

A collection of primary documents from the period 1763-1815 in American History.

A large set of collections of photographs and images from a diverse range of time periods and places. Some of them only have sample images, however quite a few have full access. If only Diigo let us use more than 20 tags!

Great resource for students. Great link for analyzing the past, by the numbers. Advanced historical inquiry.

Well-organised and searchable database of American newspapers. The time frame and states available are somewhat limited.

Searchable archive of papers from across the United States, 1860 - 1922

This is the main page of the American Memory pages. Most of the sub-pages have been added to the group.

A collection of around 90 documents on American history compiled and displayed by the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.

This Issue's Theme: Making Primary Sources More Accessible to All Students This issue explores how teachers can use instructional strategies and other supports to facilitate the primary source-based learning of students with disabilities.

A useful quarterly guide to using primary sources in the classroom with children of all ages.

Surprisingly large collection of primary source sets for such a narrow topic. Lots of correspondence and photos.

An extensive collection of primary source materials relating to the Hispanic exploration of the Americas.