1. Here, there, and everywhere
Primary Sources...
Here, there, and everywhere

2. About me... Allison Pearson
Jr./Sr. High School Social Studies teacher for four years at Wilton Jr./Sr. High School
Taught world history (7th and 10th), U.S. History (8th), Cultural Geography (11th and 12th)
Technology Integrationist at Wilton for last two years
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3. BBC- Witness
Short (2-15 minute) podcasts and videos about important events told by survivors/witnesses
Example:
Covers various topics
Great start to unit/lesson/activity
Can be used as homework
Can link various stories (I would use Blendspace to do this) to create an interactive lesson
Example:

4. Library of Congress
Various primary sources in their digital collection
Including visual, text, and audio
Many libraries (university, public, etc.) are digitizing some of their special collections, archives, etc.
U of Iowa
ISU
UNI
Harvard
Oxford (Bodleian Library)

5. Read Like a Historian
US and World History primary sources and lessons/activities
Lesson plans and documents are available to download as a PDF
Set-up similar to DBQs

6. Museums
Google Arts and Culture- scores of museums/organizations that have digital collections; categorized these digital collections so easier to find what you are looking for
Louvre
Guggenheim
National Gallery of Art-USA
British Museum
British Museum VR tour
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History VR tour
Vatican Museums
National Women's History Museum

7. Political Ads Living Room Candidate- political tv ads from 1952-today
Great way to show how political ads/messages have changed over time; can analyze specific elections (has info on both candidates from Republican and Democratic Parties and a map to show outcome)
Political Ad Archive- can watch tv ads from 2016 election and see what ads played the most in various geographic areas
Can analyze why certain ads were played more in specific area than another; can see frequency of air time in various areas

8. Other sites worth exploring...
Zoom In - U.S. History sources only; has pre-made activities using primary sources
CIA Library/Documents- Can read declassified documents/see declassified maps and images; Great info on Cold War; has “Speeches and Testimony” archive that goes back to 1995
Holocaust Sources
Anne Frank- go through primary sources dealing with Anne Frank’s life
Holocaust Lessons- amazing collection of short interviews with survivors
Docs Teach- part of National Archives; has documents and activities/lessons made around them; U.S. sources only
NASA

9. Final Thoughts
Look to see if any magazines your school subscribes too has digital collections
Time Magazine has Time Vault (has magazines from 1920s to today)that can be fully experienced once your school has signed up for an account using subscription info
Be creative in adding them to class
Try to have all pictures in powerpoints to be original works of art/artifacts so kids can see them
Include quotes within powerpoints/around class that pertain to what you are learning about
Have students read excerpts from primary source documents (don’t worry if they are too hard because class can work together to figure it out)
Look for cheap, old magazines/newspapers/artifacts at thrift stores- great primary sources that kids can touch