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Use the links in the navigation bar above to find both open access and licensed resources for your classroom. Visit the links below to become more familar with the use of primary documents in teaching.

Girl sitting at desk flipping through textbook pages at Putnam School

Girl sitting at desk flipping through textbook pages at Putnam School, 1961 (CC)
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What are Primary Documents? (Great Unsolved Mysteries)
This introduction to historical documents also provides an adaptable lesson plan that asks students to create and evaluate primary documents that would be used by a researcher in the 23rd century.
Using Primary Sources on the Web (American Library Association)
This guide develops information literacy skills regarding the use of online primary documents. For example, establishing the credibility of a website that is hosting primary documents.
Using Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
In addition to their encouragement to use primary documents in the classroom, the Library of Congress also supplies a collection of Teacher's Guides.

Portals for History Teachers and Historians

H-Net
H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. The edited lists and web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public.
Merlot
An exemplary resource that links to online learning materials. Includes annotations, peer reviews and related assignments.
The History Guide: Resources for Historians
Links to a wide range of history resources.

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This research guide was created by Marian Press. It was updated and re-formatted in July of 2014 by Caleb Domsy, a Graduate Student Library Assistant at the OISE Library.

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