1. Building 21st Century Skills Through
Online Global Primary Sources
Asia Society Conference
Friday, July 9, 2010
1:30pm—2:30pm
Workshop Goals
 Analyze the key ingredients of a successful primary source-based lesson.
 Consider the importance—and the special challenges—of using primary sources to
teach global topics.
 Explore a wide range of activities that can help students engage with and understand
primary sources.
 Learn about websites and Internet resources that provide access to primary sources
for a global curriculum.
Resources: Primary Sources from Around the Globe
Primary Source World
http://www.primarysource.org/primarysourceworld
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Asia for Educators from Columbia University
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/
Visualizing Cultures from MIT
http://visualizingcultures.mit.edu
National Security Archive from George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/index.html
EaseHistory
http://www.easehistory.org/
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
American Rhetoric
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
New York Times Historical Archive (subscription database—ask your public library)
http://timesmachine.nytimes.com

2. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (world studies)
http://www.free.ed.gov/