Links+to+Primary+Sources+about+specific+Historical+Topics

**Primary Sources related to Specific Historical Topics**
Often teachers and students are looking for specific primary sources about a historical topic. Below are links to get you started about common historical topics.

Many states also have primary source documents. The following states are examples of what you may find. This list is only a beginning.

[|Colorado] [|Texas] [|Maine] [|Georgia]


 * = **U. S. History**

**[|The Gilder Lehman Institute of American History]** The Gilder Lehrman Institute's website, www.gilderlehrman.org, serves as a gateway to American history online with rich resources for educators, designed specifically for K-12 teachers and students.

Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
 * [|Making of America] **

Also refer to Library of Congress links. ||= **Women's History**

Source may be difficult for students to use. Would require deeper understanding by student of both topic and how to search for resources. Useful for specific direction on Women's history. Site does not seem like it is being updated. ||= **Civil Rights**
 * [|Women's History Primary Source Documents] **

The CRDL features a collection of unedited news film from the WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany, Ga.) television archives held by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia Libraries ||
 * [|Civil Rights History] **
 * = **Europe**

[|Europeana] A link to over 6 million different documents. Europe focus. Not a site for beginners.

[|Eurodocs] Online Sources for European History. Primary and secondary sources about Europe

[|WWW-VL: World History Index] European History resource primary and secondary sites ||= **War**

[|D-Day Primary Sources] Primary sources all about D-Day

See also: Library of Congress and Letters. ||= **The Holocaust**

[|Holocaust Documents] A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, This resource besides having primary documents about the Holocaust also has other activities and resources to use for teaching. ||