Primary Resources - US history and NW history (see also NW history in general)

Digital History University of Houston to support k-12 American History

Footnote - the place for original documents - (not all free)

Holidays

• History of the Holidays - History Channel
• Looking into Holidays past - by seasons - American Memory
• National Archives calendar

Learning Page - Library of Congress - American Memory Collections - primary resources

• Collections Connection
• Community Center - by themes and culture groups - with online resources for teachers and students
  • Asian Pacific Americans
    • Japanese American Internment
    • Japanese American Internment primary source documents
  • Hispanic Americans - Columbus, immigration, explorers, colonial, Spanish American war
  • Early America
    • Colonial America
    • First Thanksgiving (not Plymouth)
    • Thanksgiving in American History
  • Holidays
  • Native Americans
    • Indians of the Pacific Northwest
• Features and activities
• Looking into Holidays
• Wise Guide and Wise Guide Archives - Library of Congress - offering what is best and available for the current and past months

Living Room Candidate - presidential campaign commercials 1952-2004

National Archives guide for educators and students

National Parks - Teaching with historic places - by state, theme, time period, standards

• Gold Fever - Seattle outfits the Klondike Gold Rush

National Register Travel Itineraries

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

Primary Source Learning - "discover, learn and teach with digital historical documents"

Smithsonian

• Global Sounds - audio/video clips from around the world - not all free - lesson plans and activities
• Heritage Teaching Resources - Black History, Women, Hispanic Heritage, American Indian
  • Asian Pacific American - lesson plans and activities, online exhibits
• My wonderful World - art, history and more from continents of world

US Census Bureau

• Facts for features - figures to commemorate special events, dates
• Minority Links - facts on population
• Radio Services

US Department of State

Wise Guide and Wise Guide Archives - Library of Congress - offering what is best and available for the current and past months

Northwest History (see also NW history in general)

Historic Washington Newspapers online