Center for History Education
Road to Revolution: How did Actions and Responses Lead to an Independent United States?
Using primary sources, maps, and an interactive M&M game, young historians examine the American revolution as if they were detectives trying to solve a crime. Resource includes graphic organizers and a final writing prompt to aid...
Center for History Education
Should the Colonists Have Revolted Against Great Britain?
Should the Americans have taken the plunge and revolted against Great Britain? Using documents, including the famed Common Sense and a Loyalist response, pupils conduct a lengthy investigation of the question. The interesting resource...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Hudson River School
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Hudson River School.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: American Indian Boarding Schools
This collection uses primary sources to explore American Indian boarding schools.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: 19th Century Schools for the Deaf, Blind
This collection uses primary sources to explore the development of schools for deaf and blind students in the nineteenth century.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Beyond Busing: School Desegregation in Boston
This collection uses primary sources to explore school desegregation in Boston.
Yale University
Yale Law School: First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first Inaugural address. In this speech, he outlines the world crisis facing the country in 1933. He also outlines the aims of government programs and his primary goal, which was to relieve unemployment by...
Yale University
Yale Law School: Proclamation of 1763 by King George Iii
Primary text of the Proclamation of 1763 ordered by King George III. The colonists' main objection was to a reserved area west of the Appalachian Mountains. American colonists were forbidden to settle in this area, and many colonies...
Yale University
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Read historical documents from before the 18th century to the present. Providing "Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy," this website can be browsed by historical period or searched via search engine.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Hudson River School
Primary source documents tell the story of the Hudson River School founded by artist Thomas Cole.
Other
Primary Research Through the History of Beverly
At Beverly High School in Massachusetts, students learn history through their own primary research on local history topics. This article and links from it explain how it's done.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Educational, Cultural Activities
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
Yale University
Yale Law School: Resolutions of the Continental Congress, 1765
Contains the primary text of the resolutions against the Stamp Act sent to King George III.
Yale University
Yale Law School: Avalon Project: British American Diplomacy: Paris Peace Treaty
Primary documents related to the signing of the Peace of Paris Treaty in 1783 between Britain, France, and America. This treaty ended the American Revolutionary War.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Civil Rights Era: A Civil Rights Act of 1964 Pamphlet
From the archives of the Library of Congress read the pamphlet that explained the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in plain language. Find out all the different issues the law addressed and what one could do if the law wasn't being followed. A...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern American Architecture
This primary source set includes images of Wright's work, excerpts from his writings and speeches, information about his influences, and commentaries on his work. Teaching guide included.
US National Archives
Our Documents: Morrill Act (1862)
Primary document (and transcription) of Morrill Act, which provided land to states to use in the establishment of agricultural colleges.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Resources: Robert Kennedy on Civil Rights
[Free Registration/Login Required] After reading the background information about Attorney General Robert Kennedy's report on civil rights enforcement activities of the Department of Justice in 1962, read the full transcript of the...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Voices From the Lodz Ghetto
The dire conditions children lived in during the German invasion of Poland are hard to imagine. These primary sources try to bring to life what they went through living in a Polish ghetto so we can understand the unimaginable. Sources...