The materials are designed to help the teacher introduce the use of primary source materials. Iincludes excellent tips for introducing students to using objects, images, audio, statistics, and the community at large. Includes projects and information evaluation ideas. After students are introduced to some of the necessary tools for using primary source material, teachers will want to move to actual sites containing materials. Spy letters of the American Revolution Stories of spy networks, Benedict Arnold, female spies, maps of spy letter routes, digitized pictures of the actual letters and the text.
Students interpret information through links to stories, maps and timelines.
Over 500 public domain pictures. Each image includes a thumbnail, a description, the credits, and a full size version of the image. Another interesting database. Searching can be done by keyword, names, and dates. In addition, the user can browse the ads by category.