Primary Sources for DBQs
Link Elementary School
Link's DBQs
Primary and Secondary Sources on the American Revolution - students have to identify primary and secondary sources and justify their answers.
Causes
of the American Revolution: Interpreting Political Cartoons - Link's fourth
grade
document-based questions using political cartoons and other primary sources.
Causes of the Civil War: Document-Based Questions - scaffold questions using historical documents and primary sources to support the 5th grade social studies performance standards and assessments.
What are Primary Sources? - students have to identify primary and secondary sources about the Civil War and justify their answers.
Secret Agent: Effects of WWII on The Home Front (DBQ)- a fifth grade Social Studies, Language Arts, and DBQ WebQuest. Scaffold questions using historical documents and primary sources to support the 5th grade social studies performance standards and assessments.
Great Neck Primary Source Documents - Links to primary source documents for Early America, Civil War, New York State, Canada and Latin America.
Harper's Weekly - electronic access to Harper's Weekly 1857 to 1912
The History Place - an excellent information source for the American Revolution, US Civil War, WW II , John F. Kennedy, Adolf Hitler and more. This site is enhanced with images, documents, videos and speeches.
Library of Congress Home Page - a rich and varied collection of primary resources and photographs that tell America's story. Also includes Thomas's Legislation Information, full-text access to current bills under consideration in the Congress, and the full-text of the Country Studies/Area Handbooks series.
National Archives Exhibit Hall - source of primary documents
An Outline of American History - an overview of American history including original documents, maps, pictures and biographies.
Social Studies Resource Guide - download sample lessons aligned to the new state standards in social studies.
Student Research Resources - Virtual Library of history websites ideal for student research reports. Includes primary sources.
US Historical Documents - Here you will find 500 full-text primary source documents relating to American History from the 15th century to the present with links to additional works. The documents include Columbus' letter to the King of Spain, the Iroquois Constitution, Proclamation of the first Thanksgiving, The Mayflower Compact, Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, materials relating to the holocaust, accounts of Hiroshima survivors and so much more.
Yahooligans Primary Sources - Historical documents category gives you access to tons of primary sources.