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This google site allows users to access news stories that have been archived to ones that have posted just minutes ago. Using advanced search tools, users can be very specific in the searches that they do, looking only in certain publications, or limiting searches to include stories only from certain locations, etc.

This site uses resources housed by the New York State Library. It is a lesson plan using newspaper articles from two New York newspapers from the late 1800s. The lesson plan includes the documents as well as activities using them. In addition to being a useful lesson plan for the Gilded Age and labor movements, it also serves a model for those wondering how to set up a unit using primary documents.

This website focuses on the study of geology, geography, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us. I believe this site is best suited for secondary level students. Government documents include photos, maps, news releases, and videos about all topics in the earth science area. I especially found the "Science In Your Backyard" tab on the right margin interesting. You select a state and a link will allow you to access real time data, statistics, and new releases related to geology and natural resources in that state.

What a great site to explain energy. My 3rd graders learn about potential energy, kinetic energy, light and sound energy, etc. This site will provide great information and resources when I begin this Energy unit in November. With an outdated textbook, I'll rely more and more on sites like this to explain the possibilities of new energies, especially as our natural resources deplete and we rely on finding new ones or utilizing renewable resources.

The Newseum is an actual brick and mortar museum located in Washington, D.C. Its website contains an eye-opening feature called "Today's Front Pages," which publishes front pages from newspapers around the world (see link on the right sidebar). Excellent source for teaching Media Literacy by demonstrating how differences in societies and cultures frame news stories differently. Especially fitting for journalism and social studies classes. Varies from many of my chosen sites because it displays current primary sources.

This website is designed for use in education and features historical documents and images of historical artifacts, mainly from early american history in New England. Super cool tool in the Just 4 Kids section is the Magic Lens -- which "translates" old cursive writing of primary documents into a more easily read font. I also found interesting the images of everyday artifacts. Excellent resource for "Thanksgiving" history.

Excellent site to explore everything there is to know about the United States government. Photos, facts and explanations on the White House.

Labeled "Facts and Fun for all Ages." Photos and basic information about the White House, the presidents, presidential pets and fun historical facts. Main focuses: presidents and White House. Visually pleasing, easy-to-use.

This site provides information about the various branches of the U.S. government, all of the U.S. presidents, the current administration, current issues, and the White House itself. It would be a good resource for social studies or history students

This site introduces students to the Secretary of State and the job of diplomacy. There are news links for important international events. Resources are available for parents and educators and a passport game for K-6.

This site hosted by the Library of Virginia contains a number of transcriptions of primary documents. The documents (most of which are excerpts from larger texts) are related to Virginia and are organized for time period, for example "A Nation in the Making" or "Virginia and the New South". This site would be useful in a number of American History Units as it contains texts from before the Revolution as well as from the Civil War.

This site was born from the work between the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The site offers informational essays on the revolution as well as a number of images and texts from the revolution as well as songs and maps.

This site is a joint venture between the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. This site provides examples of how to analyze primary documents as well as links to sources of documents pertaining to world history organized by both region and time period.\n

Just one of the many detailed sites listed in this directory. The entire site has categories in every curricular area. Live links to magazine articles, podcasts, news, etc. This site is an excellent reliable resource for librarians who are working with teachers to design research projects.

This site has been of interest to every teacher I tell about it. It contains virtual trips of a large variety of books for all age groups. You need google maps to use this site as it is map based. Takes books to where they take place and shows you on the map or with photos of what the characters would see. A new way to look at books.

This is a primary source document . . . in Spanish! It is purported to be (as I'm no hispanohablante) a letter from 1570 that "describes the settlement at Ajacàn and requests that Juan de Hinistrosa, the Royal Treasurer of Cuba, send a ship of grain to sustain the settlement." This would be great for Spanish class, obviously, and then maybe for world history after the other students translate it. :-)

Wow, who knew. Dr. Seuss was the chief editorial cartoonist for the New York paper for two years. This is an archive of the political cartoons he drew. This would be a really good site for middle school and high school students. It would put a different twist on Dr. Seuss Week for them.

This site would be very helpful for students new to research. It has a lot of information in just one site. It has 15 links to different documents, a citation link, pictures, and videos.

This site contains a vast amount of stories, documents and photographs of the Great Depression. Students will get a first hand account of trials and tribulations faced by so many Americans during the 1930's.

This site contains primary documents to help students understand what was happening when our country was seeking independence and after we became an independent nation. I know that the journals of the continental congress would be intersting to some students.

NOAA has primary resource collections on the Gulf oil spill, hurricanes, El Nino, tides and sea turtles. I really like the way they feature current topics of importance in the news right now. This would be a great way to teach media literacy to our students. They also have a feature activity section called "Data in the Classroom" where students can make real world connections with real data related to El Nino, sea level, and water quality.

This site is an excellent weather website with resource collections divided into the following areas: ocean and coasts, climate, weather and atmosphere, marine life (sea turtles), freshwater (water cycle), and special topics. There data visualizations for weather events, lots of maps and charts for middle/high school students to analyze weather events, water cycle lessons, and a section with activities for teachers to bring real world data into the classroom.

This website is a must for science teachers. Numerous Internet-based lesson plans and activities can be found here. Nearly all of these lessons are linked to common science standards and science literacy standards. Students can listen to the weekly podcast on breaking science news or stories. What is really cool is the resource navigator which helps science educators find other online resources dealing with their topic of study.