Primary Source of the Day

This page is for information on Primary Sources used in the Classroom:

Prehistory and Mesopotamia:

Artifact - African Mask (from Ms. Motes' personal collection)

Text - Diary from the Civil War (from Ms. Motes' personal collection)

Images - Cave Paintings (from Lascaux Caves website)

Artifact - Fossils (photos from Smithsonian Natural History Museum) & Fossils (from Ms. Motes' personal collection)

Images - Photographs of artifacts from ancient Sumer (from History Alive!)

Images - The Code of Hammurabi (from the Louvre website)

Text - Hammurabi's Code

Ancient Egypt:

Images - Artifact pictures from King Tut's tomb (from Boston Museum of Art)

Artifact - Rosetta Stone (replica from Ms. Motes' personal collection)

Images - Photos of various mummy's (from the Cairo Museum)

Ancient Israel:

Text - Hebrew Laws

The Americas:

Images - Codex, Columbus, Conquistadors, etc. (from the Library of Congress)

Ancient India:

Images - Photographs of society in India (from EduPress)

Text - The Vedas (excerpt about the creation of the caste system)

Text - Excerpt from Asoka's Pillars

Ancient China:

Text - Confucian sayings

Images - Terra Cotta Warriors, Great Wall of China, etc. (from National Geographic)

The Renaissance:

Images - Various Renaissance Paintings (from Google Art)

The Middle Ages:

Text - Magna Carta

Text - Crusade's Letter from Pope Urban II

History in the News:

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