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 * AWESOME resource for finding websites to use in your classroom! All the websites below were found here along with 100s more! Searchable by subject, grade, content or unit focus.

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 * National Archives DocsTeach - Contains hundreds of activities to use with the 1000s of primary source documents housed on their site. FREE!! Documents can be browsed by time period in American history. Some are difficult to read because of handwriting, but are short enough to be typed into a word document to use as a close reading assignment.

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 * A part of [|www.usa.gov] (also known as Gov't Made Easy), this site offers a lot of kid friendly information about the U.S. as well as a variety of other topics.

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 * Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos. Excellent resource for famous documents, little known informational texts, great ideas for close reading. //**Note - always read material before giving it to students. Some of these letters would not be age appropriate for elementary school students.//