Family & Place - Resources

Jenny Land and Natalie Kinsey-Warnock use a lot of different resources to research their historical fiction and to help students do their own research. Here are a few ideas:

The Spare Room Website - Jenny has collected activities ideas at www.thespareroombook.com
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock's Website
Recommended Historical Fiction 

Vermont Resources

• Catalog of Archives in Vermont:  http://arccat.uvm.edu/
• Vermont Historical Society - Includes resources specifically designed for educators exploring Vermont's history http://www.vermonthistory.org/
• Vermont Online Library - Access to a variety on online databases, check both your public library and school library to see if your town has a subscription http://www.vtonlinelib.org/volbrochureEx.html
• Rokeby Museum - Vermont life across the centuries http://www.rokeby.org
• Shelburne Museum - http://shelburnemuseum.org

Other Resources

• Genealogy Research - The Vermont Historical Society provides an overview of resources http://vermonthistory.org/index.php/library/genealogy.html
• Basic References on the Web -An overview of reference sites (compiled by Vermont Department of Libraries) http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/refweb
• Oxford English Dictionary - Research the etymology of words, including whether they were being used in a particular time period (Jenny learned that there was no such term as "mudroom" before the 1920's, which is why her book opens with boots on a porch instead) http://www.oed.com/
• Library of Congress - Where Jenny found the Frederick Douglass papers, this site has more collections than we can even begin to describe http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Do you have recommended resources for helping students learn how to research local history? Add them in the comments section!