African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
A Library of Congress site that offers primary sources important to African
American history.
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/
Links to many important digitized American documents, from 1492 to 1917.
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital
Library
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Over 7 million digital primary sources from the Library of Congress.
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Primary and secondary sources on American history including documents,
maps, images, audio archives of speeches and lectures by historians, an
interactive timeline, virtual exhibitions, and ideas for teachers and
students.
Documenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
A digitized collection of sources on Southern history, literature, and
culture from the colonial period through WWI from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
History Matters: Many Pasts
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/
This feature from George Madison University contains 1,000 primary documents
in text, image, and audio about the experiences of ordinary Americans
throughout U.S. history.
Lesson Framework
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/fw.html
Information on using primary sources in lesson plans.
NC ECHO: Exploring Cultural Heritage Online
http://www.ncecho.org/
A project that highlights digitized special collections of North Carolina's
libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and other cultural institutions.
Primary Sources and Activities
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/teaching_with_documents.html
A site from the National Archives and Records Administration that provides
primary documents and teaching activities for major events in United States
history.
Primary vs. Secondary Sources
http://libguides.bgsu.edu/content.php?pid=20573&sid=145214
A comparison of primary and secondary sources.
Smithsonian: History and Culture
http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture/
Online exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution tell history through
artifacts.
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/primary.html
An explanation of the types of primary sources.