Free Guides to Teaching and Learning With Primary Sources

Last month Common Craft released a great video explanation of the differences between primary and secondary sources. After sharing that vid...

Common Craft Explains Primary and Secondary Sources

Understanding the differences between primary and secondary sources can be a challenge to some middle school and high school students. Under...

Browse the Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America is a huge collection of digitized artifacts and exhibits from museums and libraries across the United...

Primary Source Analysis Guides for Students and Teachers

Last week I conducted a webinar on teaching with primary sources . The Library of Congress is one of the resources that I always mention whe...

Five Ways to Create Word Clouds

This morning at the Massachusetts School Library Association's conference (a fun conference that I highly recommend) Pam Berger presen...

Using Google Drive for Online Discussions of Primary Sources

This same information is included at the end of my slideshow on Teaching With Technology and Primary Sources , but I wanted to share it as a...

Teaching With Technology and Primary Sources

This morning I had the pleasure of giving a virtual presentation to teachers in the Christian Teacher Collaborative based in Frisco, Texas....

Create Your Own Interactive Primary Source Document Activities

I've written about many resources from the U.S. National Archives in the past. Until today my favorite of their offerings was the Nation...

Historical Thinking Matters - Multimedia Investigations in U.S. History

Historical Thinking Matters features four fantastic historical thinking investigation activities for students. Through the investigations s...

Browse for Primary Sources on the World Digital Library Map

The World Digital Library  hosts nearly 5,000 primary documents and images from collections around the world. Sponsored by the United Nation...

Create Videos and Posters on the U.S. National Archives Digital Experience

This afternoon as part of a Primary Resources 2.0 workshop that I conducted ( workshop outline here ), we explored some resources on the Nat...