Expanding Collections of Primary Source Sets

Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: October 5, 2017

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The DP.LA, The Digital Public Library of America has published 20 new Primary Source topics on diverse topics for U.S. and World history, science and technology,  literature and arts. Primary sources sets, including those curated by the Library of Congress,  are collections of multiple individual primary source artifacts surrounding a specific theme  They are free, quality “go-to” tools for teachers needing resources and for media specialists collaborating with or identifying appropriate resources for teachers. 

New DP.LA sets include the expected (The Battle of Gettysburg) and possibly unexpected but wished for (Columbian Exposition), boosting the total of sets available to well over 100!   This is great and welcome news! The growing and complementary collections of sets from DP.LA and the Library of Congress

Continue reading Revisiting Expanding Collections of Primary Source Sets, Internet@Schools, Sept/Oct 2017.

Primary Source Sets Comparison, DP.LA., Library of Congress (Including ebook Student Discovery Sets)