[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2787] Re: INFO: National Archive Documents Online

From: Jeff Carter (jcarter@worlded.org)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2003 - 16:24:06 EDT


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On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 08:40  AM, Emily wrote:

> Millions of historical documents and photographs from the National  
> Archives are now available online at: The National Archives  
> http://www.archives.gov/
>
> Two areas on the site that seem especially worth mining for classroom  
> use are the Exhibit Hall  
> (http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/index.html) with over 30 online  
> exhibits filled with primary source historical documents and images,  
> and the Digital Classroom  
> (http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html) with lesson  
> plans & activities incorporating the online exhibits, as well as  
> guides on teaching with historical documents and conducting historical  
> research.

If anyone here on the list is interested in reading a little more about  
this, I wrote a piece in the January 2003 issue of Cable in the  
Classroom magazine about the Digital Classroom and the National  
Archives educational outreach -- and about using primary source  
documents in general.

<http://www.ciconline.org/Enrichment/Teaching/learningwithtechnology/ 
magarticles/mag_foundingdocs_jan2003.htm>

Lee Ann Potter, the director of education and volunteer programs at the  
National Archives, is the person primarily responsible for managing all  
this stuff, and she is terrific. I'm sure she would be interested to  
know if any adult educators are using these resources.

Jeff

Jeff Carter
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