EDUC 336: Social Studies in the K-6 Classroom

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Digital collections shared by cultural heritage organizations from across the state of Minnesota.

"The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever."

Offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library of Congress digital collections.

Run by the National Archives, DocsTeach is full of activities for educators. The documents are organized by different periods in American history. DocsTeach provides audio, video, charts, graphs, maps and more.

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.