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**How to Use Primary Sources**
 This page contains links to resources linking you to resources that explain Primary Sources and the who, what where and when of using primary sources with students. It provides a variety of different places to start for both teachers and students.


 * **[|What is a Primary source?]**

Lesson plans using primary sources. May have a religion overview so check beforehand. || **[|Bowling Green University Explains Primary Sources]** Bowling Green State University. Opening page for library Primary sources. Explains difference between primary and secondary source. Links to both types of resource. || **[|WikiHow]** How to find a primary source...

A wiki-how document on how to locate primary sources. Easy to read and step by step. As with all Wikipedia type articles be careful to check reliability of information. Some students would like the sequential nature of this source. ||
 * **[|University of Nevada Reno]** University of Nevada Reno Gateway to primary sources...library. Another site about what is a primary source. May or may not have access to the resources. || **[|ALA using Primary Sources on the web]** A resource created by the American Library Association on using primary resources. || **[|Teaching with documents]** This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections. ||
 * **[|University of California Berkeley]** Home page for U of California Berkeley Library. More explanations of primary sources. Links to primary source and secondary source documents. Students may or may not be able to access. Good resource for HS students of possible places to look || **[|University of California San Marcos]** Primary documents online from CSU San Marcos library. A variety of topics. Could work for students who are familiar with primary sources. Also contains some secondary sources. ||  ||