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GREAT *FREE* MATERIALS
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The New York Heritage
The New York Heritage
The collections in New York Heritage represent a broad range of historical, scholarly, and cultural materials held in libraries, museums, and archives throughout the state. Collection items include photographs, letters, diaries, directories, maps, newspapers, books, and more.
https://nyheritage.org/
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FindNYCulture.Org
FindNYCulture.Org
Findnyculture.org was created by the New York State Education Department’s Office of Cultural Education, with input from New York’s teachers and cultural organizations. This is a relatively new tool, broad participation from the library community will help to quickly turn Findnyculture.org into a powerful resource for providing centralized, streamlined access to in-demand library program offerings from over 4,600 cultural institutions across the state, including museums, science centers, and libraries, and is home to a robust statewide events calendar.
https://findnyculture.org/
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Life Magazine Photo Archive
Life Magazine Photo Archive
Google and Life Magazine have a wonderful search engine that lets users search millions of images from the Not only can you type in key terms to guide your searches, you can also look through images organized by decade (1860s through 1970s) or significant people, places, events or sports topics.
Life Magazine Photo Archive
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Newseum
Newseum
Ever wonder what the current headline were around the country? Newseum posts them every morning. Browse hundreds of headlines and articles from around the country.
https://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
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Spartacus Education
Spartacus Education
This is a great resource for global history. It contains free encyclopedia entries that directly connect to primary source documents, making it a perfect tool for educators looking to give students a starting point in their research. It can even be used for a historical figure scavenger hunt!
https://spartacus-educational.com/
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Teaching with Primary Sources From The Library of Congress
Teaching with Primary Sources From The Library of Congress
The Teaching with Primary Sources Program works with colleges and other educational organizations to deliver professional development programs that help teachers use the Library of Congress's rich reservoir of digitized primary source materials to design challenging, high-quality instruction.
Primary Resource Sets - Library of Congress
Finding Primary Sources - Library of Congress
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The National Archive
The National Archive
This site has selected thousands of primary source documents to bring the past to life as classroom teaching tools from the billions preserved at the National Archives. Use the search field above to find written documents, images, maps, charts, graphs, audio and video in our ever-expanding collection that spans the course of American history.
Accessing Primary Sources for Teachers and Students
Last Modified on April 21, 2020