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Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. BOHWS has been recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The British Library Net, The New York Public Library, the BBC, Princeton University, -- and many others.

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

As this CNN.com article points out books are being discarded and replaced by digital learning centers and gaming areas. As one might imagine, not everyone is ready for, or embraces, such a change.

As this CNN.com article points out books are being discarded and replaced by digital learning centers and gaming areas. As one might imagine, not everyone is ready for, or embraces, such a change

Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital resources from public television and other leading media producers, designed for classroom use and professional development.

eachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital resources from public television and other leading media producers, designed for classroom use and professional development.

Extensive list of link to websites on Archaeology and the Study of Early Humans from a school library in British Columbia.

Extensive list of link to websites on Archaeology and the Study of Early Humans from a school library in British Columbia.

The Library of Congress has uploaded a rare collection of almost 700 Civil War photographs to Flickr and needs your help identifying them. Among the rarest images are African Americans in uniform, sailors, a Lincoln campaign button, and portraits with families.

Each film in the 'Famous Moments' series highlights a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' of early America with a better understanding of the people, places and events of this important era. Of added interest for viewers, each film tells its story using scenes and portraits from the Early American Digital Library. Many of the images are primary source documents - engravings, woodcuts and drawings that date back to the early to mid-1800s.

Each film in the 'Famous Moments' series highlights a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' of early America with a better understanding of the people, places and events of this important era. Of added interest for viewers, each film tells its story using scenes and portraits from the Early American Digital Library. Many of the images are primary source documents - engravings, woodcuts and drawings that date back to the early to mid-1800s.

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Some really outstanding images here.

LOC's page of digital resources.

Excellent collections of resources from Gilder Lehrman that cover US History via a humanities lens.

Primary Sources Galore!