Primary+Sources

**Websites**
[|DPLA] - Digital Public Library of America

Library of Congress - Using Primary Sources

Yale - Primary Sources

** Primary Sources Resources ** “ **Primary sources provide a window into the past**—unfiltered access to the record of artistic, social, scientific and political thought and achievement during the specific period under study, produced by people who lived during that period,” writes the Library of Congress.

**Primary Sources Tutorial**
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**Primary Sources Links**
[] We have selected thousands of primary source documents to bring the past to life as classroom teaching tools from the billions preserved at the National Archives. Use the search field above to find written documents, images, maps, charts, graphs, audio and video in our ever-expanding collection that spans the course of American history. Teach with documents using our online tool. Locate teachable primary sources. Find new and favorite lesson plans, and create your own activities for your students.
 * The National Archives Experience Docs Teach**

[|http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/education/index.html#handouts]
 * National Archives**

[|http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources#finding] This website discusses using, finding and evaluating primary sources. Provides many links to sources from Primary Sources
 * RUSA – Using, Primary Sources on the Web**

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 * New York Public Library Digital Collection Website**
 * NYPL Digital Gallery ** provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated [|manuscripts] , historical [|maps] , vintage [|posters] , rare [|prints] , [|photographs] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> and <span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|more] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">.

[] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.
 * The Library of Congress – American Memory**

State Library of Pennsylvania: United States Civil War Collection
A wide variety of Civil War literature, including preparations for the internment of the remains of the dead at Gettysburg, testimony of deplorable conditions in Confederate prisons, speeches for and against Reconstruction, and more. For regimental histories, see the State Library's Regimental Histories collection.

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 * The Finding Dulcinea Blog**

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 * Children and Youth in History**

**Apps**
OpenPics Culture Collage