Learning

Archives 101
Questions answered about archives, archival practices, and related issues.

• What are primary sources?
• Primary sources at the SMA
• What is a finding aid?
• About archives and archivists
• Preserving personal collections

Classroom Projects
Projects that encourage the use of primary sources in the classroom.

• History Day resources for students and teachers
• Historical newspaper project
• Primary source analysis worksheet: Documents
• Primary source analysis worksheet: Photographs
• Primary source analysis worksheet: Maps

Bibliographies
Resources for research on various topics.

• Century 21 World's Fair
• Great Fire of 1889
• Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
• Open Housing Campaign in Seattle
• Women in the Fire Department