One of the most popular places to find primary source material, including lesson plans keyed to national standards, is the
Library of Congress. The
National Archives offers similar resources. Each set of
lesson plans and activities includes correlations to standards, worksheets and photocopies of actual documents. Here is a brief of list of what is waiting for you and your students:
- a Bill to establish the United States Depratment of the Navy (1797),
- a letter from Gerald Ford (the House minority leader) to President Nixon suggesting possible nominees to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President,
- a Department of Justice memo to Leon Jaworski offering guidance on whether or not to prosecute Richard Nixon for Obstruction of Justice, and
- patents issued to Alexander Graham Bell for the telephone and to Thomas Edison for the electric lamp.
