Agreed-upon Boundaries at the Close of the Revolutionary War
As Independence Day approaches, this week we’re highlighting this 1775 “Annotated Map of the British Colonies in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits and Extent of the Settlements.” Click on...
View ArticlePrimary Sources With Some Help from Historypin
Today’s post comes from Kris Jarosik, education specialist at the National Archives at Chicago. When funds for field trips are sparse or non-existent, turn to the next best thing – combining primary...
View ArticleMemorable Primary Sources: Teacher-Digitized Documents
Today’s post comes from Kevin Goffard, former intern in our Education and Public Programs division. Earlier this year, we added hundreds of new documents to DocsTeach, thanks to teachers in our...
View ArticleMeet Our New Document Analysis Worksheets!
Document analysis is the first step in working with primary sources. Our worksheets can help teach your students to think through primary source documents for contextual understanding and to extract...
View ArticleNew on DocsTeach: WWI Stories, Google Classroom Integration, Maps, Voting...
We've been busy adding new primary sources and features to DocsTeach, the online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives. Here are some recent highlights: Maps from the Moll Atlas -...
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