Credible research tool that empowers students with high-quality primary sources.
Submitted 11 years ago
Community Review for National Archives
Jennifer C.
Carson High School
Carson City NV, US
My Take
The best portions of the website are found in the DOCSTEACH portion where the National Archives houses their educational resources and lesson plans by subject for teachers. The lesson plans are high quality and easy-to-use. The other portion that is highly engaging is the highly acclaimed Digital Vault aspect of the website that enables teachers and students to select primary sources by topic of study in an interactive manner.
How I Use It
I use it to search for specific lesson plans to strengthen various historical units within my social studies courses. It saves time researching. I also use the digital vault section to teach students how to group sources by common topic for students to research.
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Jay G.
Islamic Academy of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Kris H.
Instructional Technology Specialist
Coraopolis, PA
November 9, 2015
Authoritative Resource for Teachers & Students
I really like all of the resources the National Archives provides, especially the high quality primary source documents. The lesson plans are organized in a way to engage students and to help them learn. The search tool can take some time to get comfortable with, but it gives you access to a lot of great and unexpected resources.
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Mary A.
Former Literacy Coach/Staff Developer, Current Teacher Consultant with the Great Valley Writing Project, a California Writing Project Site and an Affiliate of the National Writing Project
November 13, 2014
Great site to locate additional, possibly obscure information on an already narrowed topic
I liked the sheer volume of information about a single topic. It is comparable to the Internet Public Library, except that the information is not as easy to locate if the researcher has not narrowed the topic. I suspect this is because this national site has far more sources. Students will need to access this site with a specific knowledge of what they're looking for; they'll have to narrow their topic first; otherwise, they might be overwhelmed by the volume of information. This is not a site to search for a general topic. It is a great place to access additional information on an already narrowed topic.
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