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"Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments. Developed by the Stanford History Education Group (http://sheg.stanford.edu), Beyond the Bubble is the cornerstone of SHEG's membership in the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources Educational Consortium. We "go beyond the bubble" by offering easy-to-use assessments that capture students' knowledge in action - rather than their recall of discrete facts."

America's Story from America's Library from Teaching with the Library of Congress

"a multimedia/multicultural wikispace for teachers and students,created by teachers and students"

A collection of primary resources-historical documents, literary texts, and works of art-thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.

TPSQuarterlyFall10.pdf

"The following is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965."

"PhilaPlace is an interactive Web site, created by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, that connects stories to places across time in Philadelphia's neighborhoods. ...The PhilaPlace Web site uses a multimedia format - including text, pictures, audio and video clips, and podcasts - and allows visitors to map their own stories in place and time."

Find teacher lesson plans and resources for these topics: PA Ethnic History, Philadelphia History, Abolition and UGRR, PA's New Immigrants, Women's History, Japanese American Internment, and National History Day.

Joyce Valenza and her students created a theme song for primary sources and the LOC. Lyrics are included!