Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! C-SPAN host, Brian Lamb, interviews Peter Hoffer, Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia. Professor Hoffer defines primary and ...

In this lesson, students learn about the Temperance Movement and New York in the 1890s by watching an excerpt from the Bootlegger’s Notebook, investigation and examining period images, including ...

In this lesson, students view an excerpt from the Rogue Book that introduces a 1909 book featuring hundreds of clippings for lost and wanted men from the early 20th century. They analyze pages from ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are good ways to have students learn about—and use—primary sources? Primary sources can be great tools to inspire students to engage with history. They can also ...

When you are researching your family history and discover differences in details, how do you decide which is right? The key is to be aware that there are two types of records — primary and secondary.

What is a primary source? Primary sources are direct, first-hand accounts that describe a particular time period or event. Examples of primary sources include published materials (books, magazine and ...

Some things are difficult to research yourself. If you have ever needed to find out information about a topic from the past such as Charles Darwin's discoveries, or about somewhere it is almost ...