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  • Full-text documents in treaties, charters, speeches, declarations and other documents, B.C.-present.
  • Documents are organized chronologically, then alphabetically by title.
  • Documents are also grouped by subject (Example, ěIndians of North Americaî).
  • They may also be searched.

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OURDOCUMENTS.GOV

Impressive compilation of source documents (under 100 milestone documents), from the U.S. Constitution to the patent for the cotton gin.

Each document has:

  • explanation of its role in history
  • images of the original
  • full text.

Example: Articles of Confederation, The Virginia Plan & others: discuss creation and ratification of the constitution (GOVT. 4)

Note the linking: explanation for the thirteenth amendment is linked to Emancipation Proclamation. (VUS 7B)

Teacherís Toolbox:

  • sourcebook: a teacherís manual with a documents timeline.
  • technologies and lesson plans on using documents in the classroom.
  • Other resources

NOTE: "(GOVT. ##)" or "(VUS ##)" refers to the corresponding Virginia Standard Of Learning (S.O.L.).

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This page last updated on: April 16, 2004

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