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Click Here for a good basic definition of the difference between primary and secondary sources.
National Archives Web Page Here's an electronic portal to our nation's official storehouse of primary sources!
Online Exhibit Hall Electronically walk through exhibits that have been or are currently on display at NARA sites around the country. The exhibits feature documents and photographs from NARA holdings.
Library of Congress Web Site The Library of Congress offers a gateway to the many history resources and primary sources available online from the Library of Congress. Important History Day support materials can be found there, including:
American Memory: Find American history primary source photographs, documents, pamphlets, manuscripts and more in the 18 American Memory historical collections currently online from the Library of Congress. Look for Special Presentations and Timelines for each collection that will help you tap into the most useful information in each collection.
Photographs of Exhibit Examples
http://www.kshs.org/teachers/historyday/2005khdexhibits.htm
Check out Encyclopedia Smithsonian.
Updated daily, this site features political cartoons from newspapers all over the world, organized by artist. The site also includes lesson plans for teachers who wish to use the cartoons as teaching tools.
Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection contains approximately 1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles from the 19th century.
In these lively and unedited interviews, distinguished men and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work. They reminisce about their participation in great events, and they share their perspectives on the past and reflect on what the future may hold. Guests include diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers; economists and political analysts; scientists and historians; writers and foreign correspondents; activists and artists. The interviews span the globe and include discussion of political, economic, military, legal, cultural, and social issues shaping our world. At the heart of each interview is a focus on individuals and ideas that make a difference.
Yale University Law School's Avalon Project features primary source documents in law, history and diplomacy. Subjects covered include both American and World Studies (primarily Western Europe).
The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara is a treasure trove of Presidential information and primary sources.
The National Security Archive at George Washington University is an independent non-governmental research institute and library that collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States.
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
Seattle has a unique civil rights history that challenges the way we think about race, civil rights and the Pacific Northwest. Seattle's civil rights movements started well before the celebrated struggles in the South in the 1950's, and included not just African American activists but also Asian Americans, Latinos and Native Americans.
Inflation Calculator - The following form adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2005.
HistoryLink is an evolving online encyclopedia of Seattle and King County history. It is being written on and for the Internet to establish a new baseline history in anticipation of the 2001-2002 sesquicentennial of the establishment of Seattle and King County, Washington, USA. HistoryLink is also being designed to serve as a model for other communities seeking to preserve and present their histories via the Internet.
City of Seattle page provides digital access to the city archives..
History Day at the University of Washington
The UW Libraries is one of the major research libraries in the United States with extensive collections of books, journals, newspapers, government documents, microfilm and manuscripts. This guide introduces you to the vast array of resources available to you and your students at the University of Washington Libraries in order to make your History Day research visit to the UW Libraries a successful venture.
Have you received another email describing an amazing story that seems to bizarre to be true? Check this web site to see whether it is true or not.
The Motherload of Metasites!
Shorewood Students have exclusive access to an amazing array of data bases through the digital learning commons. DLC is a site full of meta sites!
netTrekker DI is organized by subject and grade level. A great way to find web based sources that are already organized for you! (Register Using Shorewood HS)
Corbis Images for Education collects over 400000 digital images from fine art, historical, science, nature and pop culture collections
Grolier Online houses encyclopedias that you can "check out" of the digital library.
SIRS is a collection of online databases that specializes in social issues, science, history, the arts and more.
Facts on File News Service is a news digest, featuring U.S. and world news from 1940 to the present. .
infoSkills links to free information-literacy-skills tools that help students take papers and projects from start to finish.
Follow these tips for learning how to use Google more effectively.