Social Studies Websites - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Website:

http://free.de.gov

Content and Uses:

This is the Federal Resources for Educational Excellence website. This website has a plethora of primary documents that can be accessed (e.g a scan of the Lincoln’s handwritten original copy of the Emancipation Proclimation). The website connects to resources found in many federal entities such as the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, Department of Energy, National Endowment of the Arts, NASA, National Science Foundation, etc., etc. This website is also multidisciplinary with content in many areas other than social studies.

It is important to note that this is a US government run website and that any content will be from that perspective. I see this website as primarily a resource for teachers, especially for accessing primary historical documents, but it could also be used by students in older grades as a research resource. There is also a search engine within the site to help find specific material you are trying to find.