This document provides resources for using primary sources in social studies classrooms, including search engines to find primary sources from organizations like the National Archives, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian Institution. It also recommends tools like Wordle and Tagxedo for visualizing text, and the website ProCon.org for exploring debates. The document advises teachers to start small with a few new tools or activities, add more over time, try different approaches if something isn't working well, and let students provide feedback on what works best for their learning.

1. Technology Integration in the
Social Studies Classroom
Using Primary Sources
in the Social Studies
Classroom

2. Search Engines
• Sweet Search
• Google Scholar
• InstaGrok (edmodo app)
• iSeek

3. Primary sources
National Archives – Docs Teach

5. EDSITEment

6. Library of Congress

7. Gilder-Lehrman
Institute of American history

8. Smithsonian Institution

9. European Historical Documents
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

10. Primary Sources LiveBinder

11. More Primary Source Resources
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/4376

12. Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/

13. Tagxedo pg. 69

15. ProCon.org
http://www.procon.org/

16. Keys to Success
• Start small – Try a few tools and activities
to get your students going.
• Add a Little
• If it doesn’t work, try something else.
• Let students be the judge
• Use what works best for you and your
students.

17. Q&A