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The World Digital Library provides free access to manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs, and other important cultural documents from all countries and cultures, in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Jennifer Brickey's insight:
Wow--another amazing resource with over 7000 primary source documents and images from around the world. You can use the Historical Scene Investigation or Pathways (Digital Vaults) to develop activities for your students to complete using the World Digital Library. 
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From Henry VIII to Winston Churchill, find out about Britain's history with BBC programmes, timelines and games.
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Jennifer Brickey's insight:
This site offers investigative lessons that explore history through the primary source lens. HSI directly links to and is supported by the Library of Congress. Select "investigations" to see the lessons/units available.
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Project Gutenberg offers 40,000 free ebooks to download.
Jennifer Brickey's insight:
Project Gutenberg allows students to download various texts, including primary sources, for free.
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Jennifer Brickey's insight:
This site offers access to primary source documents and lessons.
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The world's largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 research centers and more than 140 affiliate museums around the world.
Jennifer Brickey's insight:
The Smithsonian offers archives of articles, encyclopedia references, and collections that relate to a variety of topics. The site may not have as much in the way of primary sources, but it definitely offers articles that speak directly to the topics being covered in social science classes. For example, the cover of the June edition of Smithsonian magazine displays the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner.
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Jennifer Brickey's insight:
Wow--what a resource!!! This site has curated a collection of 1200 items. There are activities designed to help students connect the significance of the primary sources. Students and teachers have can create free accounts to collect primary sources that they find relevant.
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From the archaeological areas of Pompeii to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Google’s World Wonders Project aims to bring to life the wonders of the modern and ancient world.
Jennifer Brickey's insight:
Through this site, teachers and students can take virtual field trips of some of the wonders of the Ancient and modern worlds that are covered within the World Civ. curriculum.
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National Geographic provides free maps, photos, videos and daily news stories, as well as articles and features about animals, the environment, cultures, history, world music, and travel.
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Unlimited access to hundreds of leveled news articles and Common Core–aligned quizzes, with new articles every day.
Jennifer Brickey's insight:
Newsela provides current event articles that relate to social science issues. Lexile features allows teachers to modify the language of the text to meet their students' needs.
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