Current collections include Chile, China, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, India-Pakistan, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Eastern Europe, and nuclear history. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. The site also contains information about the economy, geography, history, people, and government of the countries. There are so many Web sites offering a wide variety of primary sources that it is beyond the scope of this Digest to list them all. By encouraging their students to locate and work with primary sources available through the Internet, teachers empower them to develop inquiry skills through active learning methods.
Students learn to ask questions and seek answers independently.
Thus, they are challenged to process information and comprehend their complex world. The following list of resources includes references used to prepare this Digest. However, they can be located in the journal section of most larger libraries by using the bibliographic information provided, requested through Interlibrary Loan, or ordered from commercial reprint services. Braun, Joseph A., and C. Frederick Risinger. Greenwood Press, 1999.