Primary Source & Other Documents Using Primary Sources in the Classroom Guidelines & lesson plans for using primary sources in the classroom. Includes documents. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/primary.html American Memory Primary source materials: history & culture of the U.S. http://memory.loc.gov National Archives and Records Administration Digital Classroom Primary source documents with lessons. http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html Core Documents of U.S. Democracy "Cornerstone documents"; documents central to understanding each of the three branches of gov't. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators /coredocs/index.html MacMillan Law Library at Emory University Contains a list of modern & historic documents. http://www.law.emory.edu/erd/docs.html Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet Conduct online searches of historical documents. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/mdbquery.html National Securtiy Archive Archive of declassified U.S. documents related to international affairs. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ History and Politics Out Loud "Politically significant" speeches from U.S. History http://www.hpol.org Images of American Political History Over 500 public domain images of American political history. Browse by era or by topic. http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/index.htm Return to NSL Government Resources *Compiled by Stacy Dimmick. **Special thanks to Marty Creel, Nancy McCulloch, Daryl Schultz, Dave West, and Jennifer Davis for their contributions.

Return to SS Resources & Links NSL Government I: Principles and Structure of Systems II: Participation in the Political Process III: Functions and Powers VI: Attaining Justice and Protecting Rights V: The Economic Common Good VI: Foreign Policy Today VII: The Public Policy Debate General Resources Primary Source and Other Documents Data Sources Elementary: Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five USDE Teaching American History Grant * Grades 4 and 5 Corps of Historical Discovery Middle School: Grade Six Grade Seven Grade Eight High School: U.S. History NSL Government Modern World History