National Archives and Records Administration
Government info... right at your fingertips - look for some truly interesting things here!
NARA is the "nation's record keeper".
NARA houses the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
It also maintains: approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens."
You can locate military records, citizenship papers, genealogical records and much, much more.
Go here to find lots of primary docs for classroom and personal interest.
photo credit: Rod Williams 2012
Searching for archives is different than searching for books in a library!
Click here to find out how archivists organize their stuff
Download the NARA APP for your iPAD
Click here for the NATIONAL ARCHIVES EXPERIENCE
STUDENT RESOURCES examples of items found here:
an interactive timeline that tells about events in each president's life
use this to find: • photographic & motion picture holdings (they have lots) • records that originated in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the federal government.
highlights a specific document daily
look at these activities for the exhibits. The "What's cooking" exhibit is an example The Civil War exhibit is another
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TEACHER RESOURCES examples of items found here:
includes History Day activities/lessons lesson plans by era ***analysis worksheets
National Archives education home page National Archives Education Tool Box includes analysis worksheets on the right side
lesson plans
•create your own historical movies •take a Pathways challenge - or make one for your students
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