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=Learning Activity 2-A-1: Annotated Sources=

To add a link:

 * 1) Click the **Edit** tab in the upper-right corner.
 * 2) Scroll down the page until you see the first "//Link Goes Here//."
 * 3) Highlight the "//Link Goes Here//" text.
 * 4) Click on the **Link** button on the Editor bar.
 * 5) Click the **External Link** tab.
 * 6) In the **Link Text** field, enter the name of your resource.
 * 7) In **Address** field, enter the entire web address for your resource.
 * 8) Select the **New Window** checkbox.
 * 9) Click the **Add Link** button.
 * 10) Under your link, highlight the "//Your Name//" text.
 * 11) Type your name.
 * 12) Press **Save** on the Editor bar.

To add an annotation:

 * 1) After reviewing a resource, click the **Edit** tab in the upper-right corner.
 * 2) Scroll down the page until you see the resource you reviewed.
 * 3) Highlight the "//Annotations//" text directly under the resource.
 * 4) Type your annotations.
 * 5) Under your annotations, highlight the "//Your Name//" text.
 * 6) Type your name.
 * 7) Press **Save** on the Editor bar.

=Annotated Sources=

Avalon Project
====The Avalon Project is a huge resource for primary documents relating to American History. It includes speeches, treaties, legislative bills, etc. on a very wide variety of topics related to both domestic and foreign affairs. In addition to topics dealing directly with American history, the site also contains information on the roots of our democratic system such as ancient legal texts like the Hammurabi Code, the Athenian Constitution, Magna Carta, and the like.====
 * Sean Carey
 * Steve Vaughan

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
====The Sourcebook page linked above provides primary documents related to America's involvement in WWII. The information is presented in four sections: Lead-up to war, War in Europe, War in Asia, and Aftermath of the war. Each section is further subdivided; for instance, the Lead-up to war section has subsections on the Soviet-German relations, the Munich Pact, etc.====
 * Sean Carey
 * Steve Vaughan

History Central
====History Central advertises itself as "History's home on the web," and it is an appropriate description. The site contains links to a wide variety of subjects dealing with both world and American history. There is a special section of info on America's wars. There is also a very useful link to primary source documents related to American history.====
 * Sean Carey
 * Steve Vaughan

Swenson Swedish Immigration Center, Augustana College

 * Steve Vaughan

The Swenson Swedish Immigration Center offers a vast amount of information regarding Swedish Immigration to North America. The site contains immigration information including: chronology and numbers, settlements in America, Swedish-American Community and culture and information on Swedish America today. Primary sources include archival information of immigrants and genealogy.
 * Sean Carey

Regional History Center, Northern Illinois University

 * Steve Vaughan

The Regional History Center at Northern Illinois University contains historical resources on Northern Illinois counties from 1800 to the present. It is produced by individuals, institutions and organizations. The site includes regional manuscript collections, vertical file manuscripts, regional history thesis and dissertations, genealogy vertical file manuscripts as well as a huge index.
 * Sean Carey

Kindred Trails - Sweden

 * Steve Vaughan

Kindred Trails is a genealogy resource (the study of one’s family history and ancestors) for family genealogy tools. The site includes resources for researching your family history which contain surname links, marriage records, obituaries, newspaper articles, etc.
 * Sean Carey

[|Our Documents]
====This is a very informative site that provides a complete list of documents, 100 to be exact, that chronicle U.S. history from 1776-1965. The documents all reflect our diversity and unity as a nation. Some examples include; the Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris and J.F.K' s Inaugural Address. This source provides a hands on look at actual documents as well as provides information about each document.====
 * //Source By//: Rosie Plimpton
 * Jamie Metz

[|The Authentic History Center]
====The Authentic History Center is just that, authentic. It was created to demonstrate real and factual artifacts that represent different social events within a specific era of our nation's history. You can click on a specific era and view different documents and artifacts.====
 * //Source By:// Rosie Plimpton
 * Jamie Metz

[|Making of America]
====Making of America is a site that is made up of primary sources in American social history. It is literally a digital library to search for specific subject topics or documents related to education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.====
 * //Source by:// Rosie Plimpton
 * Jamie Metz

Colonial Alphabet Book
====The colonial Alphabet Book is a site that appears to be made by students. The site focuses on various jobs, objects, and aspects of colonial life such as grist mils, millners, plantations, and the game of quoits. You click on a letter and are given a brief description of the topic along with visuals, audio, and video clips.====
 * Jamie Metz
 * Rosie Plimpton

Amer-Lit-Puritan Textbook
====This is a students created wikispace that is devoted to "all things Puritan". It includes various links, a glossary of terms. and descriptions of various aspects of Puritan life. Information is also embedded with still pictures, video clips, and audio.====
 * Jamie Metz
 * Rosie Plimpton

Social Studies for Kids
====This site is dedicated to Colonial Times. It is broken down into various topics such as Jamestown, The Pilgrims, Framing the 13 Colonies, Religion, Food, and the French and Indian War. There are a ton of links embedded within each topic that give additional information and images.====
 * Jamie Metz
 * Rosie Plimpton

Letters from World War II Online
====This site provides exactly what it says: letters to and from soldiers fighting in World War II. The site contains pictures of the original letters and envelopes as well as transcripts of the handwriting, which is often difficult to read.====
 * Tara Goodrich
 * Travis Singer

American Women's History: A Research Guide World War II
====This website is devoted to sharing the important role that women played in the Alliedvictory of World War II. Included in the site are links to soures such as journals, books, and oral histories which all share the experience women had in helping with the "homefront" of the war. Also included are a variety of pictures that show the jobs and roles women played during World War Two.====
 * Tara Goodrich
 * Paul Smith

War Letters
====This site provide a variety of authentic letters written by those who actually served in World War II. There is a scan of the original letter as well a rewritten version so that legibility is not an issue. These letters let the reader into the mind of the soldiers and their families as they experienced war first hand.====
 * Tara Goodrich
 * Paul Smith

World Digital Library
The World Digital Library is a site dedicated to linking the consumer to primary sources from around the Globe. Float your mouse over a region of the world, and it will connect you to primary sources that include books, pamphlets, art, and letters (among other sources). Find something you like. The primary source is available for viewing and includes a description.
 * Jessica Friday
 * Tara Goodrich

Hanover Historical Texts Project
"In 1995, the History Department and Hanover students initiated the Hanover Historical Texts Project. The Project's principal aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses." This site offers summaries and direct quotes from primary sources, which are available in the public domain. It is organized chronologically and begins with Ancient Greeks.
 * Jessica Friday
 * Tara Goodrich

Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
===="This page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online **Sourcebooks**, along with added texts and web site indicators. For more contextual information, for instance about Western imperialism, or the history of a given period, check out these web sites." This site is a collection of sources based on the Islamic experience throughout history and across many borders.====
 * Jessica Friday
 * Tara Goodrich

Chronology of US Documents
====This site from the University of Oklahoma's College of Law has documents as far back as the Magna Carta (1215) and a letter from Christopher Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in the 1490s to President Barack Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address. It includes the Presidential inaugural addresses, the Gettysburg address and a letter from a Civil War soldier, among other important documents in our nation's history.====
 * Paul Smith
 * Angie Staats

American Experience - Vietnam
====This site within the PBS site has 6 primary sources about the Vietnam war. It includes the letters that President Eisenhower and President Kennedy sent to Ngo Dinh Diem, the Letter to Congress from President Johnson outlining his reasons for sending American soldiers to Vietnam, and John Kerry's 1971 Vietnam Veterans Against the War Statement to Congress.====
 * Paul Smith
 * Angie Staats

The American Civil War
====This site has an index to many other sites which contain primary sources such as diaries and letters. Not all the listed sites still work, but one that still does has pictures of pages from an actual diary of a Civil War soldier with the transcripts written next to the pictures.====
 * Paul Smith
 * Angie Staats

Discovery Streaming
====Discovery Streaming is a resource funded by Discovery Education that contains images, an interactive atlas, video segments, full videos and in some cases worksheets that accompany these features. Topics can be searched by subject, keyword, grade/age level, even by state standards. Users have the option of streaming/viewing or downloading video segments and full videos. Discovery Streaming also offers a variety of webinars and features a daily current world event which are always accompanied by images and or videos about the event. Discovery Streaming is a resource beneficial to any educator at any level.====
 * Megan Groff
 * Megan Groff

National Archives Digital Classroom
====The National Archives is a government site that provides links to an exhaustive amount of sources from both federal and state governments. The site contains just about anything you could want on the topic of U.S. History: sources, lesson ideas, and materials for teachers as well as students. It even categorizes the information based upon both chronology and persons of interest. For example, there are sections devoted to educators and students, press and journalists, genealogists and family historians, even members of Congress.====
 * Megan Groff
 * Travis Singer

Letters Written by the Pilgrims
This is a website dedicated to the history of the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, and the Plymouth Colony. There are many interesting and informative features to this site. A Mayflower passenger list includes the names of all who came aboard the Mayflower and well as some background information on each person. A genealogy of the passengers is also available. There is also an abundance of primary sources available. These sources range from wills, lettersw written by Pilgrims, journals and sermons, to court, church, and town records.
 * Megan Groff
 * Paul Smith

Kidsites
====KidSites.com is a website that contains a variety of "approved" websites that are either geared toward kids or "kid appropriate". Every site posted on KidSites has been reviewed and approved by a site staff member and cover topics ranging from Animals to Art, History, Math, Music, Science and more. The History link under "Educational" contains sites that cover a variety of American and World History sites. KidSites also includes a section of "Fun Sites" that include online & print activities, coloring, comics, online games, storybooks and several other sites geared to the interest of kids.====
 * Angie Staats
 * Megan Groff

America's story
====America's Story is a Library of Congress site designed for young people but contains information and topics that may be of interest to people of all ages. The purpose of the site is for users to "have fun with American History while learning at the same time". The site is composed of 5 main categories- Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play, and See Hear & Sing. Some of the sites link back to the LOC main site and other sites contain interactive maps, audio files, even movies from that particular time in History.====
 * Angie Staats
 * Megan Groff

History Teacher
====This site is devoted to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. While the site does serve the purpose of being a tourist information center, it also includes online museum exhibits of art as well as preserved items from the early Virginia colony. It provides resources for teachers as well as students.====
 * Angie Staats

[|Illinois State Archives] [|Online Database]
====This is an excellent site for Illinois state history. It includes databases of Illinois veterans going back to the War of 1812. It includes a marriage index from 1760-1900. It also includes a death index for the state. It includes links to regional databases of coroner's reports, birth certificates, court cases, and criminal cases.====
 * Robert McCord
 * Robert McCord

Illinois History
====subtitled "a magazine for young people," this online magazine provides many resources for students. Topics include Abraham Lincoln, women in Illinois history, architecture, newspapers, and civil rights in the state.====
 * Robert McCord
 * Robert McCord

Illinois Historic Preservation Society
====a website run by the state agency. Here's how it describes itself: The Agency operates over 60 historic sites and memorials. The Agency also administers the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum . The library is the state’s chief historical and genealogical research facility that is home to the state’s world-renowned Abraham Lincoln collection. The library houses the Agency's collection of more than 12 million items of Illinois history. The museum combines scholarship and showmanship to communicate the amazing life and times of Abraham Lincoln in unforgettable ways and features many of our Lincoln artifacts as well as two main theaters. We administer all state and federal historic preservation and incentive programs in Illinois, including the National Register of Historic Places.
 * Robert McCord

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 * Robert McCord

Apartheid in South Africa
====This site includes BBC news clips about South Africa during the apartheid era. This site also has links to documents from this era. For example, there are several letters from the South African government to the BBC refuting claims of government abuses and restricting journalist activity.====
 * Jessica Friday
 * Jessica Friday

Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
====This on-line archive of secondary and primary sources provides documents, images, music, and media clips detailing life in the Soviet Union. Although a free registration is required for some of the materials, the database provides over one thousand primary sources for this topic. Supported by Macalester University and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this archive provides both translated and original sources.====
 * Jessica Friday
 * Jessica Friday

Living Room Candidate
====This database from the Museum of the Moving Image provides over 300 television commericials from every American presidential campaign since 1952. These brief clips provide insight into continuities and changes in the American political process and American culture over the past half century. These commercials could also be analyzed for the way in which the campaign portrays an idea.====
 * Jessica Friday
 * Jessica Friday

Underground Railroad

 * Travis Singer

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