Though I found citations of primary resources in several of the lessons that I looked at throughout my planning, I wanted students to see an image of the actual documents. I felt that this would add to the lesson. It was suggested that I try the National Archives in Waltham website. Though helpful, this was a little overwhelming for me. They do have research tips and many search engines. Once I figured things out, I was able to find the Digital Vaults page.
At first the Digital Vaults was so confusing to me that I almost gave up on it. After some time and frustration, I began to feel comfortable with the system and was able to find what I needed. I thought that this was such a cool tool. You by picking a document to view. It then shows you all of the other documents with some of the same tags. You narrow things down by choosing tags that best fit what you are looking for. The Digital Vaults ends up showing you documents that you didn't even know that you were looking for. In my case, I got exactly what I needed, John Parker's account and John Robbins account of the events on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775.
I intend to use this site for lessons in the future.
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