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Encyber Pedia
An encyclopedia online. Just look for your topic to find information that you need. Provides information on a wide range of topics.
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English Global Village: Glossary of Journalism Concepts
This page contains definitions for words related to journalism.
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Historic Newspapers: Brief History of Newspapers
Site gives information on the origin of the newspaper in America and its development through the Industrial Revolution.
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Minnesota Historical Society: Minnesota Communities: Lesson: Primary Sources
Lesson plan with necessary documents attached in PDF format where young scholars read three eye-witness accounts of a car accident and compare them to the secondary source insurance report. Then students read three eye-witness accounts...
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The Center for Public Integrity: Home Page
Excellent site for journalists and others who feel that it is their beat to keep a watchful eye on the political culture of the country through investigations and analyses of public service.
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University of Idaho: Information Literacy
This learning module focuses on Information Literacy including internet basics, locating, evaluating, sharing, and documenting information.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Good or Bad Resource?
This page focuses on how to evaluate resources; it establishes criteria for determining good and bad resources. Primary resources are always good, but secondary and tertiary ones need to be evaluated more closely.
PBS
Pbs: Interview With Geneva Overholser
This site is provided for by PBS. An interview with Geneva Overholser, former editor of The Des Moines Register, who led the paper to a Pulitzer Prize for public service. Frank discussion about the state of the profession, using...
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Do History: Using Primary Sources
This site explains the difference between a primary and secondary source. It also provides students with questions to ask when gathering evidence about a primary source document.
Library and Archives Canada
Nlc: Defining Primary and Secondary Sources
Libraries and archives hold documents and books that can be used for your research projects. Learn how to divide and identify them into primary and secondary sources in this tutorial.
University of California
Uc Berkeley Library: Finding Historical Primary Sources
Got a research project? Read this site from the UC Berkeley Library. A great guide on finding the best primary sources for your research. Defines both narrow and broad ideas of primary source, links to online archives of primary sources,...
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Latin Focus: Chile News Archive
This site provides links to Chilean economic indicators as well as an archive which you can search for news articles about economic stories by date or country.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Documenting Key Presidential Decisions
In this activity, students will identify and analyze documents related to key presidential decisions. Through close examination of the documents, students will determine which president was involved. Students will then identify the...
US National Archives
Docsteach: Prequel to Independence
In this activity, students sequence key events leading to the Declaration of Independence by placing documents in chronological order.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: World War I & 1920s
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate historical events. In this lesson students analyze historical evidence as they consider eight document-based questions about the post-war era of the...
TES Global
Tes: Determining of Credibility of Online Sources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This free resource is a sheet that will help students assess the credibility of an online primary source or an online secondary source.
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Awesome Library
Awesome Library's searchable database is full of resources in all subject areas. It also provides information to parents, students, teachers, principal, family, and community.
US National Archives
The National Archives Experience: Digital Vaults
This interactive website reveals primary sources for the National Archives vaults.
Read Works
Read Works: An Account From the Slave Trade: Love Story of Jeffrey and Dorcas
[Free Registration/Login Required] This primary source is an excerpt that was written in 1859. The source contains a story of two slaves who were in love. This passage is a historical account of This passage is a stand-alone curricular...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Fake or Real? How to Self Check the News and Get the Facts
Read a story on Facebook. Read the headline and think it's too good to be true, but it looks like it's from a news site. Experts offer tips to help sniff out fact from fake. One of today's greatest challenges in a media bombarded culture.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: What Artifacts Reveal About the Past
This site provides a lesson plan to teach the importance of analyzing artifacts, past and present.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Your Daily Learning Platform
An index to the Discovery Channel. Find resources for teachers, students, and even parents, from science experiments to math help, to virtual field trips.
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Becoming a Critic of Your Thinking
This resource presents an article that explains why it is important to be someone who is a good thinker. Provided are four strategies for critical thinking.
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Society of Professional Journalists: Freedom of Info.
This resource is a great tool for journalists and non-journalists to obtain information from federal and local government sources. Access to this information can make or break a news story.