Digital Research Resources for the Social Studies
Dr. Adrea Lawrence
Curriculum Materials for Teachers
MCPS Pre-K-12 Social Studies Curriculum Guide
http://www.mcpsmt.org/cms/lib03/MT01001940/Centricity/Domain/825/SS%20Doc%202014%20FINAL.pdf
OPI IEFA materials, including Fort Peck Placenames curriculum
http://opi.mt.gov/Programs/IndianEd/IEFAResources.html?gpm=1_2
OPI IEFA Connecting Cultures and Classrooms: K-12 Curriculum Guide
http://www.opi.mt.gov/Pdf/IndianEd/ConnectingCultures.pdf
NCSS C3 Framework
http://www.socialstudies.org/system/files/c3/C3-Framework-for-Social-Studies.pdf
Teaching with Historic Places, National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/
Library of Congress for Teachers
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
Docs Teach, National Archives and Records Administration
http://docsteach.org/
Smithsonian Source
http://www.smithsoniansource.org/
Teaching History
http://teachinghistory.org/
Beyond the Bubble (specifically focuses on historical thinking and its assessment)
https://beyondthebubble.stanford.edu/
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Missoula, MT
Digital Research Resources for the Social Studies
Dr. Adrea Lawrence
Historical Thinking Matters
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/
Stanford History Education Group
http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh
#sschat on Twitter (weekly discussion with social studies teachers at 7 pm EST)
discussions are archived on their Ning site: ​
http://sschat.org/
Native Languages Audio Files
http://www.amphilsoc.org/exhibit/natamaudio/abenaki
Archives and Repositories
Digital Vaults, National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.digitalvaults.org/
Teachers’ Resources, National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/education/
NARA, Pictures of Native Americans in the United States
http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/pictures/index.html
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/
Chronicling America (Newspapers)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
MCPS Assessment Institute, 2015
Missoula, MT
Digital Research Resources for the Social Studies
Dr. Adrea Lawrence
University of Montana Digital Collections
http://www.lib.umt.edu/digital
Montana Memory Project
http://cdm15018.contentdm.oclc.org/
Mountain-Plains Native American​
primary source collection
http://cdm16013.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15018coll41
Natives of Montana Archival Project​
(NOMAP)
http://www.lib.umt.edu/digital/nomap/
Lost and Found Montana​
(map project funded by Humanities Montana)
http://www.lostandfoundmontana.com/
Univeristy of Montana Archives & Special Collections
http://www.lib.umt.edu
University of Montana Mansfield Library Catalog
http://catalog.lib.umt.edu
Northwest Digital Archives
http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/
Denver Public Library, Western History and Geneaology
http://digital.denverlibrary.org
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Missoula, MT
Digital Research Resources for the Social Studies
Dr. Adrea Lawrence
Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org
David Rumsey Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
MCPS Assessment Institute, 2015
Missoula, MT
Digital Research Resources for the Social Studies
Dr. Adrea Lawrence
Sourcing
The Source
● Who wrote/created this? Who did they think they were in relation to others? Who did others
think they were in relation to the author/creator?
● Who read/interpreted this? What kind of response might the author/creator have anticipated?
● Why was this written/created?
● What is the text doing? What is its social purpose?
● Is this a primary or secondary source? How do you know?
Context
● What were the conditions on the ground, or what must they have been in order for the
author/creator to compose this piece? (descriptive assumptions)
● What did the author believe or value about his/her topic? What must s/he have thought others
beliefs or values about it were? (normative assumptions)
● What else was going on in the world when this piece was created?
● What does this source tell us about what was valued in that culture at the time?
MCPS Assessment Institute, 2015
Missoula, MT