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Primary Sources
- American Archive of Public Broadcasting - over 13,000 audio and video files from public television and radio programs from last sixty years
- Chronicling America - collection of over 10 million digitized newspaper pages from across U.S. between 1836 and 1922
- Digital Public Libraries of America - over 13 million resources from the nation's archives, libraries, univesities, and museums
- Digital Vaults - interactive site where you can work with photos, documents, and popular media from the National Archives
- DocsTeach - from the National Archives that has content on Civil Rights
- Library of Congress- historic newspapers, digital collections, photographs, veteran histories, and more
- Library of Congress Teacher Page- curated primary sources and resources that students can use to learn
- Smithsonian- over 138 million artifacts from the 19 museums and National Zoo that are the Smithsonian
- Smithsonian Lab- create interactive units from Smithsonian museums for your students
- World Digital Library- over 14,000 items from libraries, museums, and other institutions from around the world
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Classroom Resources
Library of Congress Teacher Page:
Tenement Museum- an immigration experience as an immigrant from another country
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Education WebsitesPowerMyLearning- Create playlists for units of study for students to explore in our outside of classReadworks.org- Great resource for readingPlanbook.com- inexpensive online planbook and lesson planner. first month freeVitalThirteen- K-8 resources for Common Core and professional developmentCommon Core Conversation- plenty of resources from Common Core StandardsTeachers First- the best resource for lessons and web resources for the 21st century teacher
PBS Learning Media- full of classroom -ready digital resources
Teachnology- free lesson plans, worksheets, and rubrics for K-12 teachers
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)- great resource for science, technology, engineering, and math
Teachers Domain- free digital media from public broadcasting for educational useTeachers.org - great resource for teachers including lesson plans, articles, and scholarships