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Digital Resources
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Annals of American History
Primary source documents from American history including speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews.
Britannica Escolar
Click on "Login" & enter username & password, then click on "Secondaria."
Britannica School
Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Journals, Web links
Chronicling America
Free from the Library of Congress, search America's historic newspapers from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Digital Public Library Primary Source Sets
Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide, these sets were created and reviewed by teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Digitized primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history.
Library of Congress: A-Z Databases
Freely available licensed databases and recommended resources searchable by name, subject, and provider
McDonogh Archives & Special Collection
Home to manuscripts, photos, books, maps, art, and artifact collections documenting the history and development of McDonogh School.
Opposing Viewpoints: Gale in Context
Magazine and newspaper articles, including overviews of history and general issues related to current events and controversial topics approached from opposing perspectives.
Pew Research Center
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world.
ProCon.org
"Understand the issues. Understand each other."
Research Library Prep
Provides access to over 6,500 scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, including 5,000 titles in full text.
Shakespeare Digital Texts
Shakespeare's plays and poems from Folger's Digital Texts.
SIRS Issues Researcher
Magazine and newspaper articles, government documents, and primary sources exploring current social issues concerning all areas of study.
Statista
Economic, business, and consumer insights and facts from across 170 industries and 150+ countries.
Swank K-12 Streaming
For current MS and US Faculty use only. Copyright compliant license to watch feature films and documentaries; for in-class use and outside assignments. Students, use link provided by instructor.
The World Factbook: CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency Library provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Includes maps and a country comparison function.
U.S. History: Gale in Context
Articles covering precolonial times to the present: reference, biographies, periodicals, primary documents, and radio & TV transcripts.
United States Census Bureau
Includes data about America's people, communities, economy, and geography, and international data about countries, population, trade, and migration.
World History: Gale in Context
Articles, reference, primary documents, maps and illustrations covering the past 4,900 years, focusing on European, Asian, African, Indian, and Latin American history.