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2. Conducted primary source research with students? Noticed that this is really only possible with current events topics? Wished that you could use actual historical documents to draw students in to the earliest eras in American History?

3. Over 30 million documents, some dated before the Revolutionary War Documents include immigration records, military service records, pension claim records and FBI files 72,739,636 total images on the site, including maps, photographs, illustrations Partners with the National Archives to offer never-before- seen historical documents

4. Type www.footnote.com into address bar once online.www.footnote.com Click “Join Now” at the top of the homepage. Click “Sign Up” under BASIC FREE MEMBERSHIP. The All- Access membership is $80/year or one can join monthly for $12/month. You may chose to split a membership between teachers to save costs.

5. Positives Very clear images of documents –especially important given the age of some of them Millions of documents available for perusal Some documents have never been available until now Ability to annotate, comment upon, group, print and save documents on your page (only with paid account) Free trial of pay services before you commit to anything Requires Flash, so it is incompatible with certain technology No FAQ / “Help” feature is not that thorough Quite a few documents are only available through the paid membership Many document still “Under Construction” $80 membership fee is quite a lot of money Negatives

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