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Discovering Primary Source Material
Primary source material, such as speeches, letters, news reports, government documents, photographs and mapsis an indispensible resource for understanding history.
Beyond The Headlines

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Collaboration, whether between teachers and librarians or classrooms around the world, is fast becoming a crucial educational tool.
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Educators have long cautioned students about posting damaging information online, but now it’s also becoming important to build a positive digital footprint. When should students start building their online persona? The earlier, the better.


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Wikipedia provides Internet users with millions of articles on a broad range of topics, and commonly ranks first in search engines. But its reliability and credibility fall well short of the standards for a school paper. According to Wikipedia itself, “[W]hile some articles are of the highest quality of scholarship, others are admittedly complete rubbish. … use [Wikipedia] with an informed understanding of what it is and what it isn't.” To help you develop such an understanding, we present 10 reasons you can't rely on information in Wikipedia.
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On Aug. 8, 1963, robbers boarded the Royal Mail train and made off with 2.6 million pounds (equivalent to $50 million today). The crime took only 15 minutes and led to a nearly 40-year manhunt.

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