Resources for Research
TEKS Resource System Conference
General Resources
Sweet Search
This student-friendly search engine searches only the 35,000 Web sites that our staff of research experts and librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved when creating the content on findingDulcinea.
SweetSearch Today: http://2day.sweetsearch.com/
Sweet Search 4 Me: http://4me.sweetsearch.com/
Biography page: http://www.sweetsearch.com/biographies
Social Studies page: http://www.sweetsearch.com/socialstudies
Librarians: http://www.sweetsearch.com/schoollibrarians
Library of Congress
For younger students:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/index.php
Student Discovery Sets:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/student-discovery-sets/
Their teacher site allows you to search by state standard:http://www.loc.gov/teachers/index.html
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute features Google's Art Project, Historical Moments, and World Wonders. Explore collections and exhibits from museums and archives from all over the world. Browse existing collections or create your own collections of digital artifacts to share with students.
Google Custom Search Engine
Add your own websites to create a customized Google Search for students.
How-to: http://www.literaryfusions.com/2015/02/18/did-you-know-google-custom-search-engine/
Other Primary Source Resources
- DocsTeach
- Portal to Texas History - Primary Source Adventures
Resources by Topic
- Museums - birthplaces, historic homes, historical sites, national parks
- Universities - digital archives, collections, exhibitions
- State/National Organizations - libraries, archives, parks, monuments, museums