Social Studies Search Services: Which web sites is this customized Google
search engine using?
http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/
The North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh:
The State Archives retains many of the important documents, photographs, veterans
interviews, and maps associated with the history of North Carolina.
http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/index.html
Libraries and Archives:
North Carolina has many wonderful research libraries and archival facilities.
http://www.cmstory.org/
The above link is to the Charlotte-Mecklendburg Library. This is a website of photographs,
timelines and other materials from their collection of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
history, together with links to research databases.
http://www.ncecho.org/
A list of many cultural institutions in the state can be found at the link above. This will result in
the records, artifacts and building useful to research.
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/
A guide to our State’s Primary Resources
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
Documenting the American South:
This site contains many documents related to the history of the South from its earliest
exploration until 1940. The collections can be explored by topic or by individual names.
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true&
Our Documents: The National Archives, in cooperation with National History Day, has
created a site with 100 milestone documents from American History. On this site you will
find a digital copy of the original document as well as a transcription.
Disclaimer
Digital tools used during the course of this presentation have been helpful to some educators across
the state. However, due to the rapidly changing digital environment, NCDPI does not represent nor
endorse that these tools are the exclusive digital tools for the purposes outlined during the
presentation.
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http://www.americanjourneys.org/
American Journeys:
This is a collection of eyewitness accounts of early American exploration and settlement.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Library of Congress :
The Library of Congress has many digitized images of documents and photographs related to
various periods of the country's history.
http://www.archives.gov/
National Archives:
The National Archives has many digitized images of documents and photographs related to
various periods of the country's history.
http://classics.mit.edu/index.html
The Internet Classics Archives:
This site includes 441 works by classical authors.
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/
This site is devoted to vintage music from the early decades of the 20th Century.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html
The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular
music. The collection spans the years 1780 to 1980, but its strength is its thorough
documentation of nineteenth-century America through popular music.
http://www.dismuke.org/
The Music Division of the Library of Congress possesses many great musical treasures and
rarities; the items deposited for copyright make up the heart of the collection.
http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/about/
This web site is an edited, evolving, and free online source of information on North Carolina that
also includes commentaries, lesson plans, and a community calendar.
Disclaimer
Digital tools used during the course of this presentation have been helpful to some educators across
the state. However, due to the rapidly changing digital environment, NCDPI does not represent nor
endorse that these tools are the exclusive digital tools for the purposes outlined during the
presentation.
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http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/index.asp
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted
historical texts presented for educational use by Fordham University.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers
PBS provides resources that renovate teaching and learning.
http://millercenter.org/
The Miller Center is a nonpartisan institute that seeks to expand understanding of the
presidency, policy, and political history, providing critical insights for the nation’s governance
challenges.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/
Documents in Law History and Diplomacy
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Disclaimer
Digital tools used during the course of this presentation have been helpful to some educators across
the state. However, due to the rapidly changing digital environment, NCDPI does not represent nor
endorse that these tools are the exclusive digital tools for the purposes outlined during the
presentation.
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