American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections on topics as wide-ranging as agriculture, art & architecture, business & economics, geography, performing arts, religion, sports, and technology.
Avalon Project at Yale Law School
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The Avalon Project posts digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government from the pre-18th century to the present. Major collections include colonial charters and the Constitution.
Edsitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov/websites_all.asp
The National Endowment for the Humanities maintains this site with links to best history, language arts and social sciences sites. In addition to primary sources, there are online lesson plans and other digital learning materials.
Explore PA History
http://www.explorepahistory.com/ExplorePAHistory/home.do?
Stories about Pennsylvania's past and present. Includes resources for students and teachers.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/index.html
The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, contains more than 40,000 documents detailing the political and social history of the United States. The collection's holdings include manuscript letters, diaries, maps, photographs, printed books and pamphlets ranging from 1493 through modern times. The searchable database of rare and important American historical documents contains nearly 400 annotated transcripts from the Collection. Authors include George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln. The documents span the years from Columbus's arrival to the end of the Civil War and represent topics as varied as colonial frontier life, the Boston Massacre, the "Amistad" affair, and the role of African American troops in the Civil War.
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
More than 144 first person narratives of average Americans in extraordinary times. Can be searched by time period/topic. Strong in the WWI period. A project of the Center for Social History and the New Media, and George Mason University. Also includes lesson plans and teacher resources in US History.
Past Portal: Colonial Williamsburg's Portal to American History
http://www.pastportal.com/menu.htm
An impressive and growing archive of page images of 18th-c. American newspapers and books, including the full run of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780).
Plymouth Colony Archive
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/material.html
This section of the Plymouth Colony Archive presents studies and images of various items of material culture and the built environment related to the Plymouth Colony. These studies and illustrations are drawn from archaeological excavations, historical "reconstructions," and documentary records. Based on the work of James Deetz.
Virtual Jamestown
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html
Interactive site full of information about England's first successful colony in the new world. Includes both secondary and primary source materials as well as extensive teaching tools.
