Primary+Sources

**National resources** (they do include New York resources as well): American Memory from the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Materials in the Library of Congress and other institutions' collections. Free ebooks through iTunes: []

[|Curriculum Materials]  ( [|Teacher pages] ) on LOC.

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Fairly new website that aims to bring together digital primary sources from libraries, archives, and museums. (NY HERITAGE resources are not included but hopefully will be soon.)

 World Digital Library (WDL)  WDL is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations around the world.

Teaching with Primary Sources Treasures Boxes [|https://www.waynesburg.edu/web/tps/at-boxes-and-resource-cds] Each American Treasures boxes and Resource CDs is based on a specific topic from American history. The American Treasures boxes consist of a Resource CD, printed documents and images from the Library of Congress and ideas on how they can be incorporated into the classroom.

New York State Archives <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Provides access to historical and state-specific records.
 * New York resources:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New York State Historical Newspapers <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free, searchable and browse by county features.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throughout the Ages (former name) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.archives.nysed.gov/projects/throughout/index.shtml <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New York primary source photos arranged by general topics.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New York State Historical Association - Classroom Resources <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DBQs and lessons incorporating primary sources.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New York Digital Heritage <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.nyheritage.org/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Primary sources supported by the NY 3R's Association.

Students as Historians Local Primary Sources Lesson Plans Madison-Oneida BOCES School Library System - Madison and Oneida county historical documents lesson plans and Inquiries, correlated to the Common Core and now the new NY Social Studies Framework. Supported by two New York State Archives Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund (LGRMIF) grants.

Assessments: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Assessments & primary sources: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">History assessments developed by the Stanford University History Education Group.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5;">Training videos: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Library of Congress Self-Directed Modules[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Six training modules (i.e. supporting inquiry using primary sources, analyzing primary sources, etc.)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> NYS Archives Instructional Videoshttp://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/digital/video/video_instructional_classroom.shtml <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Training modules by format (i.e. using photographs, using maps, etc.)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Differentiating Instruction Archived Webinar@http://www.waynesburg.edu/web/tps/tpseasternregion/webinars <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Webinar on differentiating in the classroom through using primary sources. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> provided by Julie Daniels, NYS Archives