Research

When it’s time to dive into research, where do you start? Here are some of my favorite resources for conducting research. I hope you find them valuable for your own research projects as well! 

• Smithsonian Learning Lab (and here’s a writer’s blog article describing this resource)
• Library of Congress​​​
• National Archives
• Washington State Digital Archives

Biographies

• The Biography Clearinghouse – interesting site for educators dissecting specific biographies for use with students

Sites for archival footage and pictures:

• Library of Congress Newspaper Navigator (more than a million free historical newspaper images for download)
• Critical Past
• British Pathe
• Foto Search
• Flikr Creative – Includes Getty Images, U.S. Government Works and images from Flikr users made available with no or some restrictions

Writing

Are you a writer, too? Do you want to learn more about what it takes to get published or how to send a query to a literary agent? Or maybe you want to dig deeper into the process of developing a story. If any of these apply to you, here are some resources you might enjoy!