Primary Sources
Primary sources are documents, videos, recordings, pictures, maps or anything else created by a person who experienced an event or time period, firsthand! Below, you'll find primary source archives, which are one stop shops for thousands of primary sources. You will also see two primary source analysis tools that can be used to help you understand the significance and usefulness of any particular primary source. Finally, I have links to two lesson plans that use primary sources a a way to develop a more accurate historical narrative.
Primary Source Archives
AMAR (Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports): This digital archive links you to reports written about specific archaeological finds.
CDLI (Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative): This digital archive allows you to explore primary source materials from the British Museum to the Louvre in Paris and all the way to the Iraq Museum in what used to be ancient Mesopotamia!
Ancient History Source book: This site from Fordham University has a great section that divides the stories of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Digital Mesopotamia: This site is still developing but according to its developers, "The focus of this project is to link the last twelve thousand years of Mesopotamia with the present using technology, archaeology, history, anthropology, geography, and economics".
Library of Congress: A great place to find primary sources for the United States, but they also have a range of sources for the Middle East!
CDLI (Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative): This digital archive allows you to explore primary source materials from the British Museum to the Louvre in Paris and all the way to the Iraq Museum in what used to be ancient Mesopotamia!
Ancient History Source book: This site from Fordham University has a great section that divides the stories of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Digital Mesopotamia: This site is still developing but according to its developers, "The focus of this project is to link the last twelve thousand years of Mesopotamia with the present using technology, archaeology, history, anthropology, geography, and economics".
Library of Congress: A great place to find primary sources for the United States, but they also have a range of sources for the Middle East!
Primary Source Analysis Tools
Lesson Plans Using Primary Sources
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