By providing access to primary source materials in the library and the classroom, librarians and teachers can help make history come alive for their students. First-hand accounts of events and political, social, economic, health and other conditions enable students to explore specific places and time periods in more depth and detail. As the largest Web-based collection of U.S. historical documents, the Archive of Americana provides access to thousands of newspapers, books, ephemera, broadsides, pamphlets, government publications and much more, so students and teachers can discover and more thoroughly research life in 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century America.

Early American primary sources to enrich the learning experience
The Archive of Americana includes authentic recreations of not only popular publications like newspapers, but also other primary source materials such as original letters, maps, sermons, diaries, treaties, advertisements, poems, passenger lists, menus and more. First printed in the United States between 1639 and 1900, this wide variety of documents is fully searchable. Thus, the Archive of Americana helps students place primary sources within their historical context and vividly illustrates early American culture and daily life from the colonial period, through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and beyond.

Support for several school courses
The Archive of Americana is an essential resource for American history, English, journalism, economics, science and other subjects. Teachers can use it to quickly and easily locate information and examples for use in unique lessons and learning experiences. For example, AP and general history research can extend beyond textbooks to original texts, which teachers can use as examples for document-based questions or to challenge students to think critically. English classes can read early American literature and reviews by genre, compare historical and modern works or explore current issues or topics rooted in early America. The Archive of Americana offers a broad spectrum of content that supports journalism, economics and other classes, and science teachers can use this resource to show when, where and how scientific concepts and theories originated.

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