primary sources

For the subject of Social Studies, it is important that students are taught how to find and use primary sources. Students in social studies courses are often uninterested in the textbook approaches. Luckily, with virtual schooling, students have access to primary sources at the click of a button. By teaching students how to locate and incorporate primary sources into their research and education, students are better prepared to meet the demands of college professors in the future.

Primary Source Resources:
One primary source resource that I found this week is the Spartacus Educational website. The website is a tool used by students and teacher in the United Kingdom that provides a list of topics along the left side of the website. When the links are clicked, information provided includes people involved to the historical event as well as many primary resources.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/

Perhaps the most comprehensive resource for primary documents is the Library of Congress website which I have already included in a previous blog, but the Library of Congress has also created a program for teachers that teaches how to learn with primary sources http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/
http://www.eschoolnews.com/funding/funding-news/index.cfm?i=53076;_hbguid=78e814cc-c535-4550-b39c-43445e80aca9

A close second in the running for comprehensive primary source resource is the Primary Source Learning page which is a database of primary resources and links with the Library of Congress. This website helps teachers to identify/locate primary sources that are associated with a specific event or topic that they are teaching.
http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/index.shtml