Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Jewish Family
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...
The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford: A Colonial Family and Community
Students are asked to be historical detectives. Using primary documents, they uncover information about the life and community of the Daggetts of northeastern Connecticut in the 1700s.
Library of Congress
Loc: Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
All the primary source documents of the Graham Bell Family can be found at this Library of Congress site. An exhaustive site that is interesting to peruse.
Cengage Learning
Making America: Primary Sources: Rules for Husbands and Wives (1830)
Explanation and text of Matthew Carey's 1830 "Rules For Husbands and Wives" with questions to consider. From an online college textbook.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Loss of Relatives
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...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Paul Revere's Ride Classroom Activity
A lesson plan/activity which allows students to learn about primary source documents and family histories while researching the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Taken from the ReadWriteThink calendar on 4/18/07.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Out of the Dust: Visions of Dust Bowl History
Primary sources, in addition to Karen Hesse's award-winning historical fiction "Out of the Dust", guide students as they explore the the Dust Bowl and its effect on school life, community, family, and agriculture.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: Technology's Impact on Family Life
This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about technology's impact on family life.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Recreation Yesterday and Today
Primary texts from the 1920s and 1930s launch an exploration of entertainment and recreation popular during that time in America's history. Students will research rural and nationwide experiences from this time and, in turn, make...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Through the Lens of History
Choose your own mini-exhibit about the Holocaust to explore. Mini-exhibits include photographs of Schindler's factory, photos of Auschwitz, family pictures, identity cards and more. Each exhibit contains a summary and primary source...
Northwestern University
Hidden Truths: The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park
This project details the research, beginning with the original documents, and shows how the Chicago City cemetery became Lincoln Park. It also reveals how the physical remains of earlier Chicagoans became buried within the layers of...
Other
Alexander Palace Time Machine
Look back on the time of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of pre-revolutionary Russia. Take a virtual tour through the palace, with its elaborate halls and reception rooms, family living quarters, and libraries. Of particular interest is the...