Primary Source Sites for History Research

• Michigan State University's Primary Sources Network
• National Archives & Recordsd Administration-/Digital Classroom
• Yale University Library's Primary Sources Research
• University of Michigan Digital Library Production Services' "Making of America"
• Cornell University Library's "Making of America" Site
• Nueva Campus' Digital Library and Teacher Resource Center
• Wisconsin's Educational Communications Board- "Tracks":Impressions of American

Mozart's Magical Musical Life : Kids will love this interactive biography of Johannes Amadeus Mozart. The storybook is embellished with pictures, hypertext links to details, and audio files of Mozart's compositions. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School Content Area(s): Arts (Music) [Dewey #780]

American Civil War Ethnography : Thom Caswell has performed a service for any Net-connected teacher getting ready to study the U.S. Civil War. By gathering links by subculture / category (such as "Letters," "Slave Narrative," "Female Perspective," and "Civil War Photos"), a robust Hotlist has been created. The outlines of conducting an ethnography are sketched out by Caswell, but they are more tips than step-by-step lesson plans. Use them as a springboard or dig into the resources to create your own activity with something like Filamentality.

Resource Amazing Picture Machine : This searchable index of Internet graphics will help you find images for your lessons. Supporting a wide variety of topics from historical photos to science diagrams, the site also includes lesson ideas and search tips.

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic--LOC : This magnificent companion site to a new US Library of Congress exhibit draws upon the holdings of the Library and other archives to illustrate the importance of religion in the founding and making of America during the 17th through 19th centuries. The site is divided into eight parts, including America as a Religious Refuge, Religion and the American Revolution, and Religion and the New Republic. Each section consists of background information and thumbnail images of manuscript fragments, portraits, book title pages, documents, or other artifacts. These images, which users can enlarge by clicking on the thumbnails, are contextualized by the accompanying detailed captions and bibliographical information. In addition to the over 200 images, the site contains a complete object list of the exhibition. [JS] The Scout Report: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/

The Gold Rush : a highlight of California's rich past. The events of that era went a long way towards shaping the "Golden State" as we know it today. PBS Online brings the Gold Rush to life with this top notch web site, featuring historical writing that reads like a good book, expert interviews and photographs of the time. Students will enjoy the Fun Facts section, and teachers will appreciate the Teacher's Guide and Classroom Resources. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School Content Area: History & Social Studies (California History) [Dewey #979]

Labor History Web Sites

• Bureau of Labor Statistics 
• H-Labor WWW Site 
• Guide to Labor-Oriented Internet Resources 
• DOL Historical Information 
• Canadian Committee on Labour History Home Page 
• Welcome to the Center for Working-Class Studies Home Page 
• Labour Movement 
• Labour Movement II 
• Left History 
• NYU-Tamiment Labor Source 
• American Labor History 
• The Global Labour Directory of Directories 
• Solidarity Network Jeff Haydu : Here you will - eventually - find a complete list of the world's virtual libraries. Many of the pages are still under construction, but I couldn't wait to share this project with you. http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/libonweb.htm 

For the Record 1997: The UN Human Rights System. Produced by Human Rights Internet (HRI), this six volume report provides a country-by-country overview of human rights issues with links to relevant UN documents. The first volume includes an introduction, an appendix of UN bodies and mechanisms, a discussion of methodological and technical issues, and notes on major developments in the United Nations human rights system during 1997. The remaining volumes contain individual country reports, grouped by region. Each report contains links to treaties and reports to treaty bodies on a number of key topics. These include: Land and People; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Civil and Political Rights; Discrimination against Women; and Rights of the Child. Additional resources at the site include an internal search engine. [MD] The Scout Report: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/

CHEMISTRY has been added to PHYSICS at the SCIENCE NET web site where you find, as with PHYSICS, over 600 links to K-12 educational resources organized by Dewey and further divided by audience: K-6, 7-12, and teachers. Sites in English and French are included. We suggest you explore SCIENCE NET by clicking on the SUBJECT/DOMAINE option after chosing the English or French interface. General sites appear first under the 7-12 default grouping. From here you can switch to general sites for the other two audience groups, or explore the more specific subjects under CHEMISTRY using the drop down menu. Just select your subject and hit REFINE. There the format is repeated. Students interested in pursuing a degree in the subject will find links to the appropriate university departments under HIGHER EDUCATION at the general level. The next subject to appear will be GEOLOGY. Stay tuned! Wayne Daniels, Science Net Project Coordinator

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