Hi all, 

I'm writing to the one group of school librarians and others who I think can come through for me out here in Southern California.

I'm starting a research project with a group of fifth graders to look at viewpoint and bias in American History textbooks through the years and would like to find a digital database of some of the older ones that are out of print (and out of copyright as well!)  I've been doing my best to find actual history pages but to no avail.  

Perhaps my own research skills are rusty--no, they ARE rusty!  If you have any links to resources you'd care to offer, feel free to add them to this Google Doc--

while I'm at it--I'm going to be doing another project with that same group related to the ethnic groups who immigrated to the US in the late 1800's and the 20th century.   We're not sure where this is going to lead, but ultimately we want them to design a Google Site using loads of primary sources of all kinds.

Ellis Island, genealogy databases, LOC and others will be used as well as local and national newspaper databases.  Again if you have anything to offer related to this topic, please add it to the document below:

Thanks, in advance, and Happy Thanksgiving from sunny Los Angeles!

Tim Cayer

Oakwood School

Instructional Technology Specialist

11230 Moorpark Street

North Hollywood, CA 91602

(formerly of New Britain, West Hartford, East Granby, and ARC-LMS)