please see the attachments.

Acceptable Websites with Primary Sources*

General U.S. History

• The American People Textbook Website http://wps.ablongman.com/long_nash_apbrief_5

This companion website for The American People provides online primary

sources, quizzes, essay questions, and links for each chapter. See also the link to

the companion website for the African American Lives textbook below.

• History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu

This excellent website provides primary source documents on nearly any subject

for American history.

• AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History http://history.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.htm

This site connects to a full-text electronic library through the University of Kansas

and provides links to a wide array of documents arranged chronologically.

• Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

This site includes annotated primary sources on United States, Mexican

American, and Native American history, and slavery.

• The Avalon Project http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

The Avalon project website, in association with Yale University, offers

researchers an interesting way to view and compare a wide variety of historical

documents.

• American Journeys http://www.americanjourneys.org/index.asp

Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Wisconsin State

Historical Society, and National History Day, American Journeys is a website

which provides a large collection of primary documents and images about the

exploration and settlement of the North American continent.

• American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

American Memory, in connection with the Library of Congress, offers a

tremendous amount of information in the area of American history. The

information, in the form of pictures, text, and audio clips, is easily accessed.

• American Studies http://xroads.virginia.edu

From the University of Virginia, this site offers many categories of Hypertexts,

including full-length autobiographies, slave narratives, and 19th century popular

fiction. Other strengths include its Cultural Maps and Museum Exhibits.

• An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html

An American Time Capsule brings together a great collection of advertisements,

leaflets, proclamations, timetables (train schedules for example), and many other

printed sources from American history.

• From Revolution to Reconstruction . . . and what happened afterwards http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm

This user-friendly database, from the University of Goningen, references a

number of historical documents ranging from the Magna Carta to President

George W. Bush's inaugural speech.

• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History http://www.gilderlehrman.org/

This website contains a wide range of useful resources that include primary

documents, high quality pictures, timelines, detailed maps, and a recommended

readings list. The site focuses on instructing students in the proper use of archives,

databases, primary and secondary sources, and other history resources. The

activities are group-oriented to encourage teamwork.

• 100 Milestone Documents from the United States National Archives and Records Administration

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

This website is part of the extensive catalog and holdings of the National

Archives. These milestone documents include such items as the Declaration of

Independence and the Articles of Confederation, treaties, Supreme Court

decisions, and congressional acts.

• United States Historical Documents Archive http://www.ushda.org

This site presents material not only by time period but also by topic/subject.

Subjects include, but are not limited to, the Federalist Papers, Speeches and

Songs, Inaugural and Farewell addresses, the Declaration of Independence,

Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.

Early American History

• Colonial Settlement, 1600s-1763 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/colonial/colonial.html

This site contains documents related to early Virginia and Georgia, including the

colonists' relationships with Native Americans.

• The American Colonist's Library: Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

Links to electronic texts relating to early American and early national sources,

including the works of Presidents Washington, Adams, and Jefferson.

• Virtual Jamestown http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html

This digital archive is an on-going research, teaching and learning project that

explores the legacies of the Jamestown settlement. There are first-hand accounts

and letters, interpretive essays, and more.

• The Plymouth Colony Archives Project http://etext.virginia.edu/users/deetz/

Fully searchable texts of early laws, court records, wills, and probates; analyses of

the colony legal structure, domestic relations, early settlement, criminal records,

and interactions of the Wampanoag people and the colonists; biographical and

social network profiles of members of the colony; a study of social and legal

relationships between indentured servants and masters; archaeological analysis of

house plans and material culture; and other seventeenth century texts.

• Famous American Trials: The Salem Witch Trials http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

This site include transcripts of trial records and examinations of six accused

witches and other relevant primary source documents.

• The American Revolution, 1763-1783 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/amrev/amrev.html

This site highlights documents focusing on antecedents of the war in the northern

and southern colonies, the phases of the war itself, and the British response to

colonial resistance.

• The New Nation, 1783-1815 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/newnatn/newnatn.html

This site provides primary sources related to the founding of the national

government, including early treaties, federal policy toward Native Americans, and

numerous congressional and presidential sources analyzing the Articles of

Confederation and the Constitution.

• Thomas Jefferson Digital Archives http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/texts/

Site provides more than 1,700 texts written by or to Thomas Jefferson.

• Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/index.html

This site provides excerpts from the Corps of Discovery's original journals

searchable by author and date.

• National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/expref/expand.html

Utilizing primary sources, this site features three aspects of national expansion:

antebellum slavery, the role of reformers and reform in early America, and

Overland Trail experiences.

Civil War and Reconstruction

• Civil War and Reconstruction http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/civilwar.html

Diary excerpts, letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts comprise the diverse

array of sources available on this site related to the War and Reconstruction.

• Documenting the American South http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html

This is a database filled with primary documents and images from the colonial

period of the South until World War I. With a plethora of first-hand accounts, the

site encourages scholars to explore issues from the viewpoint of African

Americans, Euro-Americans, women, and men.

• The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

An innovative site that examines the Civil War era through the historical

experiences of two communities in close proximity, one northern and the other

southern, told through primary source documents.

• The Freedmen's Bureau Online http://www.freedmensbureau.com/

This site contains records of the Freedmen's Bureau.

New West, New South, New Nation, 1865-1929

• The Rise of Industrial America http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/riseind/riseof.html

This site highlights documents detailing the impact of industrialization on rural

and urban communities, including the role of the railroad in westward expansion

and immigration.

• American Temperance and Prohibition

http://prohibition.history.ohio-state.edu/

Maintained by the Ohio State University, this website offers a collection of

contemporary speeches both in support of and against prohibition.

• The Progressive Era to the New Era (1890s-1920s) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/progress/progress.html

Documents related to prohibition, the automobile, woman suffrage, and the

changing urban and rural landscapes in the early twentieth century are featured on

this site.

• The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/

This page provides resources and documents about the 1890s and the Spanish-

American War.

• The World War I Document Archive http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/index.html

Website of primary documents from the World War I era.

• Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/clash/default.htm

Primary sources on prohibition, the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan, and the

Scopes Trial are provided here.

Depression, New Deal, and World War II

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu

A user friendly website that provides a treasure trove of primary sources covering

the FDR presidency (1933-1945). Maintained by the National Archives and

Records Administration (NARA), Marist College, and IBM.

• The New Deal Network http://www.newdeal.feri.org

This website includes photographs, primary documents (letters, newspaper

articles, speeches, etc.), and political cartoons that provide insight into the

politics, culture, and economy of the 1930s and 1940s.

• The Great Depression and World War II http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depwar.html

This site features many documents related to the 1930s and 1940s, including

information on race relations, reactions to the Great Depression, FDR and the

New Deal, photographs of the Dust Bowl, and primary sources about women in

WW II industry and Japanese internment.

• After the Day of Infamy: Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afcphhtml/afcphhome.html

This website offers approximately twelve hours of contemporary opinions from

everyday Americans across the nation concerning the Japanese attack on Pearl

Harbor. Included are audio clips that present a candid picture of the political and

social ramifications of the impending war, as well as many other postwar issues

such as civil rights, and public welfare.

The U.S. since 1945

• The National Security Archives http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ This site provides digital images, primary

documents, audio/visual releases, and well-written, well-researched essays on a

wide variety of topics on post-World War II events.

• The Postwar United States, 1945-1968 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/postwar/postwar.html

• Popular culture in the postwar period and the election of 1960 are described through documents and photographs.

African-American History

• African American Lives Textbook Website http://wps.ablongman.com/long_carson_aal_1/

This companion website for African American Lives provides online primary

sources, quizzes, essay questions, and links for each chapter.

• The African-American Mosaic http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/introduction.html

This site covers nearly 500 years of the black experience in the western

hemisphere through books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and

recorded sound. It includes information on colonization, abolition, migrations,

and slave narratives collected by the WPA.

• The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html

This site has gathered together over 200 years of African-American experiences

in a collection of material that addresses slavery, abolition, the Civil War, World

War I and Postwar Society, and Civil Rights.

• Africans in America: Journey Through Slavery http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html

The information on this site is separated into four main sections, The Terrible

Transformation: 1450-1750, Revolution: 1750-1805, Brotherly Love: 1791-1831,

and Judgment Day: 1831-1865. Each of these four sections contains historical

Narrative, a Resource Bank (people, events, and historical documents), and a

Teacher's Guide with links to primary documents.

• Civil Rights Oral History Interviews: Spokane, Washington http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xcivilrights.html

From Washington State University, this website focuses on the civil rights

movement of the 1960s and features interviews conducted with individuals that

had ties to the movement. This site contains many audio clips on such topics as

comparing the civil rights movement in Spokane and Alabama, racial prejudice in

the 1960s, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and civil rights

demonstrations. Because this site focuses on oral histories in the form of audio

clips, Real Player will need to be installed on the computer.

• Freedmen and Southern Society Project: The Black Military Experience

http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/

Brought to you by the University of Maryland and grants from the National

Historical Publications and Records Commission and the National Endowment

for the Humanities, this site has collected some 50,000 plus documents describing

the black experience from slavery to the beginning of Reconstruction.

• From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html

This website offers an excellent source of primary documents representing

multiple views of slavery, including abolitionists and those who attempted to

justify slavery.

• The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition http://www.yale.edu/glc

Site contains many primary documents pertaining to slavery, slave resistance, and

the abolitionist movement.

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

Maintained by Stanford University, this site brings together a great collection of

Martin Luther King, Jr. resources in one place. This project presents historical

documents on King and the social movements in which he participated.

U.S. Women's History

• American Civil War Women http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html

Maintained by Duke University, this website grants access to diaries, letters, and

photographs and prints that describe the experiences of women during the

American Civil War.

• American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United

Stateshttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/ Through various types of

hyperlinks and full-text searching, one is able to navigate easily through

information in the Library's history.

• The Internet Women's History Sourcebook (North America) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html#North%20America

This site provides collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts

by and about women in the United States.

• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000 http://womhist.binghamton.edu/

This site contains over 1,000 documents, nearly 400 images, and almost 400 links

to other websites concerning women's history.

• Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/

The materials in this on-line archival collection document various aspects of the

Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, and focus specifically on the

radical origins of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Constitutional History of the U.S.

• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

This easy-to-navigate site presents records from the Constitutional Congress, the

Constitutional Convention, and the 1st through 42nd Congresses: 1771-1873. Not

limited to a simple search, one can also search specific titles like the Elliot

Records, House Journals, Senate Journals, etc.

• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/coredocs/

This easy-to-use website primarily offers Congressional and Presidential

Documents.