Internet Resources on
the History of Education

Compiled by Dr. Ann Marie Ryan

Historical Research Resources

• Reading, Writing and Researching for History
  A solid guide for researching and writing history. These guidelines help students as they learn how to write historical narratives.
• Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources
  A tutorial from Loyola University Chicago Libraries.
• Using Primary Sources on the Web
  A great page that includes how to evaluate and cite primary sources from the Web.
• How to Recognize Plagiarism
  This tutorial from Indiana University will help you to understand and recognize plagiarism.

Online Historical Archives

• American Memory
  Provided by the Library of Congress, American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
• National Archives
  The National Archives and Records Administration safeguards and preserves the records of our Government, and ensures continuing access to the essential documentation of the rights of American citizens and the actions of their government.
• History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
  Designed for high school and college teachers and students, History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
• Making of America
  Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
• American Journeys
  A digital library of documents related to early North American exploration and settlement.
• Digital History
  This site was designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges.
• Documenting the American South
  Primary resources for the study of Southern history, literature and culture, sponsored by the University Library at University of North Carolina.
• The Best of History Web Sites
  This site was created to help history educators integrate technology into their curriculum.
• New Perspectives on the West
  Resources related to the PBS documentary "The West." Includes primary sources and lesson plans.
• Chicago History Museum
  A rich source for the study of Chicago history.
• The Chicago History Project
  The Chicago History Project is a partnership between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Historical Society, Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, Chicago Metro History Education Center, the Newberry Library, and the University of Illinois at Chicago to provide professional development for Chicago Public School teachers of American History working in grades 7-12.
• Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull House and its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963
  This site provides primary sources and scholarly narratives related to Hull House in Chicago from 1889 to 1963.

Secondary Sources

• The Homeroom
  British Columbia's history of education web site.
• School: The Story of American Public Education
  Resources related to the PBS documentary "School: The Story of American Public Education".
• History of American Education Web Project
  Web resources compiled by students in a foundations of education class.
• History of Education: Selected Moments
  Created by Daniel Schugurensky at the University of Toronto.
• 50 Years for Education Milestones
  An international timeline on education from UNESCO.

revised February 2, 2006 by Tracy Ruppman (truppman@luc.edu)