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The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research.

The Library of Congress invites you to explore history visually by looking at interesting photos from our collections.

Short video about a library teaching students about digital technology to aid in research

TEACHERS, more than 10 million primary sources online, lesson plans, digital items that document american history and culturem "today in history" local legacies(creative arts, crafts and customs celebrating America's richly diverse culture), lyrical legacy( an indepth look at unique song and poetry documents from the librarys digital collections)

SnagFilms.com is a website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we're also a platform that lets you "snag" a film and put it anywhere on the web. With a library of nearly 450 films, and rapidly growing, you're bound to find films that resonate with your interests. We make it easy for you to find a film that shines a light on a cause you care about. You can then open a virtual movie theater on any web site, so any one can watch your favorite SnagFilms for free.

Can a media specialist do their job now if they are not also a social media specialist? Excellent collection of resources from a discussion about 21st century librarians.

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many different primary sources for different topics in American history, including; sports, culture, environment, arts, towns, maps, government and many more....

A list of links to support the use of Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning in the K-12 environment.