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Teaching with Primary Sources

Using Primary Sources in K-12 Classrooms

Smithsonian for Educators

The Smithsonian and the individual museums provide a wealth of primary resources and lesson plans.

Archives of American Art
Provides primary sources for visual arts in America
Engaging Students with Primary Sources
Designed to help teachers use primary sources effectively in the classroom
Learning Lab YouTube
A curated selection of videos from the Smithsonian Learning Lab
National Air and Space Museum
Documents and resources that focuses on the history of aerospace.
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Primary source-based teaching tools.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Lesson plans using primary sources from the museum's collections.
What is a Primary Source
Primary sources in the classroom

Oral History at Home

Smithsonian Learning Lab

Learning Lab Basics