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"The HistoryMakers Digital Archive of 310 African American video oral history interviews available online for the first time on a test basis to registered users. Founded in July of 1999, The HistoryMakers (www.thehistorymakers.com) has grown into the nation's largest African American video oral history archive. Its collection includes the interviews of President Barack Obama (then an Illinois State Senator), TV actress Kim Fields, and Civil Rights leader Julian Bond, to name a few."

Website from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation to showcase some primary source materials about Abraham Lincoln online. The materials on Under His Hat are arranged into eight sections about Lincoln's life. You can click on materials to make them larger. Lesson plan suggestions are included and some of the documents are also accompanied by audio and video recordings.

The National Archives, through its National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), has entered into a cooperative agreement with The University of Virginia Press to create this site and make freely available online the historical documents of the Founders of the United States of America. "Through this website, you will be able to read and search through thousands of records from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison and see firsthand the growth of democracy and the birth of the Republic."

companion site for the movie with many educational applications. Determine what Lincoln would do in situations and events that happened after his death.

"Scholastic's Election 2012 is a nice set of resources through which elementary and middle school students can learn about various aspects of the 2012 Presidential Election. Election 2012 prominently features student-friendly artcles about the Republican primaries and caucuses. ."

"one-stop channel for key political moments from now through the upcoming U.S. election day on November 6. You can watch all of the live speeches from the floor of the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions...You'll find live and on-demand reporting and analysis from ABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, The New York Times, Phil DeFranco, Univision and the Wall Street Journal. Each will put their own stamp on the Presidential race-from the conventions to the debates to election night."

links to sites for Election 2012

website devoted to the 2012 election.

Site has special sections for teachers and students. Includes lesson plans, ideas for integrating current events, and other resources.

Links to many different history websites from presidential libraries to games to social studies blogs and so much more!

Ways educators can help students understand, create and preserve liberty by pursuing a connected 'general knowledge' as described by John Adams.

"A New Nation Votes is a searchable collection of election returns from the earliest years of American democracy. The data were compiled by Philip Lampi. The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives have mounted it online for you with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities."

check out election returns from 1787 to 1825. Searchable by year, candidate, office or state

From the museum of moving image- presidential campaign commercials 1952-2008

This is a free online resource from the Museum of the Moving Image, with more than 300 commercials, from every presidential election since 1952 It includes lessons for teachers and links to other online resources.

Great site for teaching about the election process but about media and digital literacy as well.