Teachers Discovering History As Historians

Revolutionary War: Primary Resources & Websites

The following link from a United States Advanced Placement Course includes an exceptional list of recommended web sites and primary source documents related to this topic:

The American Revolution Web Links (Click for 100+ topic specific primary sources and websites)

The original list of resources for this historical time period were compiled by educators at from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York at http://www.historyteacher.net/index.htm  Visit this site for exceptional materials and additional historical links.
We wish to fully credit their enormous and highly beneficial effort. However, due to a number of dead or forwarding links, we have created a parallel listing on our Teachers Discovering History as Historians website which we will attempt to update every sixty days.  

National Archives:  100 Milestone Documents

One hundred select documents that chronicle the history of the United states from 1776-1965

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone

 

Two exceptional electronic textbooks the Title will take you to the entire text.  The specific chapters/resource guides related to this topic are noted below the description:

Digital American History Textbook

A new and exceptional digital history text Includes a full textbook, guided readings, documents, timelines, exhibits, reference materials, study guides, and other materials for teaching American History. 

Chapter:  The American Revolution

          Resource Guide:  18th Century

          Resource Guide:  The Revolution

          Native American Voices:  Part III

We recommend you combine the digital text with THE ANNENBERG VIDEO SERIES-- Biography of America at  http://learner.org/resources/series123.html#  an exceptional FREE video instructional series for high school and college students produced by WGBH Boston in cooperation with the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration.  These 26 thirty minute lectures incorporate first person narratives, photographs, film footage and documents related to various historical time periods—from New World Encounters through Contemporary History.

 

National History Education Clearinghouse

Welcome to the National History Education Clearinghouse, the central online location for accessing high-quality resources in K-12 U.S. history education. This site began in 2008 and is rapidly becoming one of the best sources for United State History Educators including access to History Content, Teaching Materials, Best Practices, Issues and Research, Professional Development, and TAH Grants.

http://teachinghistory.org/

 

Exceptional Audio-Video Presentation of the Declaration of Independence

On July 4, 2001, a group of actors gathered in Philadelphia to perform the Declaration of Independence as a work of theater.  There is no better way for students to become actively engaged in the words and philosophy of this document.  You must visit!  Click on watch this video in the middle column or on the picture of the actors in the right column.

http://www.independenceroadtrip.org/

 

A User's Guide To The Declaration of Independence

This outstanding site, developed by the Claremont Institute, contains a wealth of information concerning the Declaration. The site contains a general guide to the fundamental ideas of the document, a timeline of the creation and signing of the Declaration, biographies of many of the people involved in its development, and an excellent transcription and explanation of the text itself, which is a useful tool for Lesson 6. The site also has information on current issues related to equality and freedom, including a few "hot topics" to stimulate discussion.

http://www.founding.com/

 

 

Best of History Web Sites

The Best of History Web Site is an incredible portal created for teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts.  After accessing your historical subject or topic of choice, sites are listed by historical topic with a description of what you will find and an evaluation.  A keyword search function is also available.  Scroll beyond the sites provided and you will find time period specific lesson plans, activities and teacher guides.

          http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml

 

The American Revolution from the BBC

An intriguing look at the Revolution with numerous articles, multimedia, timelines and recommended external weblinks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/empire/rebels_redcoats_01.shtml

 

An Outline of American History

This hypertext provides textbook information, documents, biographies, timelines and links for each chronological topic.

Chapter 3:  The Road to Independence

 

WWW-VL History of the United States

The introductory page for the entire U.S. History collection.  The World Wide Web: Virtual Library provides a comprehensive collection of internet sources for a variety of topics including United States History.   Links are provided for gateway Sites, Maps, Timelines, Documents, Lecture Notes, Journal Articles, and other related items.

The introductory page for the entire U.S. History collection:  http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/

Women's History (general and by time periods):  http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/women.html

African-American History (general and by time periods):  http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/african-american.html

Military History of the U.S. http://www.kwanah.com/vl/military.html

Urban History in the United States http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/urban.html

Academic Info:  U.S. History

Access to thousands of internet sites related to specific time periods and topics of United States History.  A recommend source to visit for a wide range of materials--do not allow the advertisements to irritate you.

http://academicinfo.net/histus.html

 

Eyewitness to History

100 Eyewitness accounts, most from United States History (1608-1971).  View the index or search by time period or event.  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

     Check the index here:  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eyindx.htm

Index of Resources For Historians
          An exceptional collection of THOUSANDS of  internet connections to various social studies related sites.

           http://www.gzg.fn.bw.schule.de/faecher/links/ressourc.htm

 

American Women Through Time

This is a new website featuring the best internet based materials related to American Women from pre 1599 to Present. Each section includes two sections:  1. A timeline that links specific events with relevant online sources, such as diaries and letters, photograph collections, and lectures by historians  2.  Each section also includes a guide to research sources that simplify access to sources covering specific time periods.       http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html

 

American Women's History Research Guide

Provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections—covering a wide range of topics from Abolitionist to Writers. 

http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-intro.html

 

Modern History Source Book

Professor Halshall has compiled an incredible collection of history sourcebooks utilizing the wealth of information available on the internet.  The Modern History Source Book provides historical material from the Reformation through the new millennium. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

          Other Sourcebooks by Professor Halshall:

         Ancient History Sourcebook

         Medieval Sourcebook

         Women's History Sourcebook

         African History Sourcebook

         East Asian History Sourcebook

         Global History Sourcebook

A Listing of Exceptional United States History Programs from PBS

Information, photographs, documents, lesson plans, etc. for various American history topics.  EXCEPTIONAL!Works well with the BOCES PBS Collection. 

http://www.pbs.org/history/history_united.html

 

Enterprising Women Exhibit

Two hundred and fifty years of history related to forty women who impacted American business--Visit stories and games.

http://www.enterprisingwomenexhibit.org/

 

SOURCES FOR DIGITIZED DOCUMENTS, ARTICLES AND BOOKS

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School

Pre 18th century through 21st Century Documents with an Alphabetic Author/Title List of ALL Project Documents.  Exceptional!!
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Bartleby:  Great Books On Line

Free access to great works of literature, reference and verse.  An incredible collection with a simple search process.

http://www.bartleby.com/

 

The University of Virginia Hypertext Project

Over sixty hypertexts of various great works--with many from the 19th century.  This collection is especially helpful to United States History teachers as it features some of the classic works from Cooper, Crane, DuBois, Jefferson, Louis and Clark Journals, Madison,  Sinclair, Turner, Twain and others.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html

 

On Line Books and Authors

A collection of hypertext versions of hundreds of literary works,

         Easy search by author or title.

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/authors.html

 

 

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