Teachers will find this a superb guide book for teaching young scholars how to critically examine documents from the past. The guide contains lessons and resources for Wisconsin history but the teaching methodology can be adapted for...

Browse U.S. historical documents according to historical period or search documents via search engine.W.11-12.9b US Doc Analysis

Explore 100 selected milestone historical documents relating to American History. Click on the link to the list of links to documents. RI.11-12.8 seminal U.S. texts, W.11-12.9b US Doc Analysis.

Discover highlights from American history, including military events and founding documents.

Here are some questions that serve as a guide while you read and study historical documents. The information at this website was originally written by the National Council for the Social Studies. W.11-12.9b US Doc Analysis

Ohio test preparation material on the important historical documents from which the principles of U.S. democracy are reflected. With video tutorials, practice, and assessment.

Read historical documents from before the 18th century to the present. Providing "Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy," this website can be browsed by historical period or searched via search engine.

A collection of one hundred documents that are significant in shaping the history of the United States, beginning with the Lee Resolution of June 7, 1776, and ending with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Are all historical sources equally trustworthy? How might the reliability of a historical document be affected by the circumstances under which it was created? In this activity, students sharpen their...

Contains all the text and images of the original document. Also includes a summary of the history behind the signing of this treaty.

Read the history behind the first child labor bill in 1916 and view the original document.

A translation of the Magna Carta, broken into paragraphs for easier reading.

This resource focuses on teaching students how to do historical research via a series of steps. Historical photos and documents are included as examples.

Students become detectives, reading and analyzing documents and artifacts as clues to the life of a nineteenth century woman, Annie Steel. The students then use various materials to create a series of collages.

Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...

A lesson plan that includes a history of Chinese labor in America and pertinent historical documents and analysis sheets about the Chinese Boycott Case.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Housed at the New York State Historical Society, this extensive collection of more than 60,000 documents detailing the political and social history of the United States is searchable and allows students...

Six interactive activities are presented that walk students through how to use their critical thinking skills in the analysis of historical artifacts and documents. The sixth one explains how to balance the various perspectives that...

This Brigham Young University website provides documents from World War I. Includes treaties, official papers, biographies, and images.

Scroll to Massachusetts and link to the colonial documents establishing the colonies' earliest forms of government and laying the foundation for self-governing and eventual independence from England. Beginning with The Charter of England...

Access the documents held by the Internal Revenue Service related to the prosecution of Al Capone for tax evasion.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Sourcing asks students to consider who wrote a document as well as the circumstances of its creation. Who authored a given document? When? For what purpose? This poster reminds students before reading a...

Offers a summary of this resolution which supported President Johnson's actions in Vietnam and also provides an easy to read version of the complete text.

Read a brief overview of the history behind this executive order that integrated the segregated military and then read a copy of the complete original text.