Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: History Through Primary Sources
This site from the Medieval Sourcebook answers the question: Why Study History Through Primary Sources? It provides complete information, a list of review questions, and bibliography information.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History: Primary Sources
A varied collection of primary resources from American history. They include portraits, banknotes, artifacts, newspaper items, paintings, and illustrations.
Read Works
Read Works: Primary Source Texts About Slavery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage provides two stories about slaves in America with question sets. This passage uses primary source documents to teach reading skills including comparing and contrasting.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Exploration of the Americas
This collection uses primary sources to explain the early exploration of the Americas.
Read Works
Read Works: Sojourner Truth, 1864: A Primary Source
[Free Registration/Login Required] ReadWorks features a primary source from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The primary source features the emancipated slave named Sojourner Truth who worked as an abolitionist and...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Chicago Tribune Cartoons
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: New Yorker Cartoons
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Woman
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Democracy
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern City in Art
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Factory
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Prosperity: Labor Strike
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Wets & Drys
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Religion & Science
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Historical Treasure Chests
After learning to distinguish between primary and secondary sources, students will examine four primary documents and address a set of questions for each.
Library of Congress
Loc: Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
This online catalog offers thousands of primary source photographs and prints from around the world.
National Archives (UK)
The National Archives: 19th Century Prison Ships
Examine the primary sources provided by Great Britain's National Archives to discover the state of the prison system in late 18th century Great Britain, and the conditions on the prison ships used because of the prison system. Read court...
Other
National Wwii Museum: Primary Sources: Gi Bill
Find primary sources related to the GI Bill.There are pdf files that explain how the bill provides money for education, promotes home ownership, and incorporates the recently discharged servicemen back into civilian life.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Radio
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Native & Foreign
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Library of Congress
Loc: Her Story
A rich Library of Congress resource page that is filled with links to historical and primary documents offering a female perspective throughout history. Lesson plan links are also given.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1956
A transcript of President Eisenhower's State of the Union on 1956 where he urges the nation to not judge people on their "color, race or religion" during a turbulent time in the United States.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Jamestown Changes
This cross-curricular lesson plan guides students to compare primary documents from Jamestown, Virginia to find the changes in life during the first few years of the settlement. This is an excellent plan that provides a link to an...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1955
A transcript of President Eisenhower's State of the Union address where he focused on the anti-communist initiative on behalf of the United States.