There are no textbook slants, but only the bias or conviction of the original writer. Below you will find Lessons on the net encouraging the use of primary documents and Resources that will allow you to search for many a time frame and media. The focus of these documents is on American History. This page contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections. This lesson introduces students to primary sources.
Students apply techniques to analyze documents about slavery in the United States.
Includes introductions, lessons, and downloadable materials. Be sure to see Primary Source Collections which includes cases, speeches, audio recordings and more. Ohio Historical-Using Primary Documents You will find an introduction to primary documents along with 2,000 pages of primary source documents either published in Ohio or directly related to Ohio. States' Rights vs. Federalism Students will use primary documents such as the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers, and the Constitution of the United States to examine the roots of the debate about states' rights versus the power of the federal government. A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.