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AwesomeStories - highlighting primary sources

Stories link to online primary-source materials
|Story Index|Radio Broadcasts|Newsletters|Lesson Plans| Narrations| SlideShows| Videos| Images| Audio Clips| Documents| Topics

"AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located.  

This educational, curriculum-support teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context (ie. as links within the story itself) to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment."

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