Primary sources
A primary source are those records generated by a particular event or time period, by those who participated in or witnessed it. Examples include interviews, diaries, letters, speeches, results of experiments or original research, literary works, autobiographies, original theories or other materials.
Using Primary Sources on the Web (Guide to using primary sources from the experts)
Why should you study history through primary sources?
School Resource: http://proquest.k12.com (look up the History Study Center)
User ID: cparkhs
Password: chulavista
Resources for Primary Sources
Eyewitness to History: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
National Archives and Records Administration’s Digital Classroom:
http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html
National Archives Digital Vault: http://www.digitalvaults.org/
Library and Archival Indexes on the Web: http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/
Artifact and Analysis (Smithsonian Museums): http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/ap/index.htm
Learning Page (Library of Congress): http://www.loc.gov/teachers/index.html
American Memory Collection: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents
Primary source materials and document based questions
AP United States History Archive
American History and Government Hotlist
Chronology of United States historical documents
History Net (history magazine website)
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive
Avalon Project: World War II Documents
United States Latino World War II Oral History Project
Latino Cultural Heritage Digital Archives
Hispanic Reading Room (Library of Congress)