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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.

The images are organised around themes and can be viewed in very high resolution. Very interesting to see too that even 65 years ago Japanese people always had immaculate hair all the time. Amazing.

Historians see themselves as detectives searching for evidence among primary sources to a mystery that can never be completely solved. Wouldn't this image be more enticing to a bored high school student? It would, and that's one reason why thinking like a historian deserves a place in the American classroom, the sooner the better.

"Chronicling America provides free access to more than a million historic American newspaper pages. Listed here are topics widely covered in the American press of the time. We will be adding more topics on a regular basis."

Again, thought I'd added this one. Oh well. Well-organised set of collections.

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.

Congress thinks people should know what's going on. I know, I'm skeptical, too. But they asked the Library of Congress to create this site where students can find out how government works or doesn't. Track bills, check up on your Congressman, or visit the LEARN section midway down the homepage for links to sections on how laws are made, how the Supreme Court works and a host of primary source documents sorted by theme: The American Revolution and New Nation; National Expansion and Reform; and Civil War & Reconstruction.

Interactive site which might be good for a lesson on African-American history.

Has a strong focus on social justice issues and wars. Both edges of the political spectrum seem to be neatly appeased... Should be useful for lesson planning on US history.

Some useful primary sources for classroom use.

Maps, newspaper articles, sketches and official documents related to that 'other' first English settlement in the Americas.

Another excellent set of primary source collections on many aspects of immigration into the USA provided by the Library of Congress.

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